Global Affairs

Medea Benjamin on KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin to discuss her new book Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ms. Benjamin just returned from South Korea where she's helping to mobilize the peace movement to su... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 18, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Thom Becker is our host and presents the following pieces: 1. Korea scholar Martin Hart-Landsberg discusses the Trump - Kim Jong Un summit with Laurie Mercier 2. The Left & the Law team take up the legal challenge to the policy of taking children away from immigrant famili... Read more

The Trump - Kim Jong Un Summit

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Martin Hart-Landsberg, Lewis & Clark College professor emeritus and board member of the Korea Policy Institute, talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier about the meaning of the recent Trump-Kim Jong Un summit. They discusses what the mainstream liberal media has missed, ho... Read more

How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Lawyers, translators, donations, protest... from Slate.com: If you’re horrified by news of families being separated at the borders, here’s a bit of news you can use. First, the policy: It helps to be incredibly clear on what the law is, and what has and has not changed... Read more

Why Elites Support Israel

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge reports on and reads from an interview with Jeff Halper, “Israel’s Occupation Continues Because Economic and Political Elites Around the World Benefit From It.” It appeared in In These Times. image via wikimedia commons Read more

Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

A revelatory and necessary read on one of the most destructive wars of our time . . . In great personal detail, Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple poignantly capture the tumultuous life in Syria before, after, and during the war—from inside one young man’s consciousness.”... Read more

The Cost of Deportations

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

The Cost of Deportations looks at deportation through the lens of one Central American nation that sends migrants north" Guatemala. About two million Guatemalans live in the US. But, half of those here lack legal status, and tens of thousands of Guatemalans are deported... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 14, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Dave Finkle about Trump's withdrawal from the Iran deal and Middle East politics. 2. The Left and the Law team discuss immigration policies at the southern border in light of the caravan o... Read more

"Freeway" Ricky Ross

Airs at: Thu, 06/07/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Today, we broadcast our one-hour special with Rick Donnell Ross, better known as "Freeway" Ricky Ross, and Cornell "Coach" Ward. Ross and Ward joined us for a special in-studio discussion on their role in the explosion of crack-cocaine that hit U.S. streets in the 1980s,... Read more

All Governments Lie - Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

Airs at: Thu, 05/31/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

Per Fagereng welcomes producer Jeff Cohen to KBOO ahead of the Portland screening of his film All Governments Lie. Jeff Cohen is the founding Director of the Park Center for Independent Media and Endowed Chair / Associate Professor. The center’s mission is to study the... Read more