Here are some of the specials planned for the day:
Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse
Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Gore Vidal said of our guest pioneering political blogger and National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation John Nichols, "Of all the giant slayers now afoot in the great American desert, John Nichols sword is the sharpest"
House of Hope: Waldorf-inspired school in Palestine
Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Manar Wahhab Vosgueritchian is a Palestinian peace worker and co-founder of House of Hope, an elementary school and community center in the West Bank village of Bethany/ Al-Eizariya. Manar provides art and music therapy to young Palestinian students at House of Hope
ANGELA DAVIS! Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
From the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list to being Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at University of California Santa Cruz, Angela Davis has remained a committed and eloquent force for communities of struggle.
An interview with Stacey Tran
Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
As a part of KBOO's News and Public Affairs Day, Pacific Underground will be interviewing local writer Stacey Tran. She curates Tender Table and her writing can be found in diaCRITICS, The Fanzine, Gramma, and The Volta. Wendy's Subway released her first chapbook, Fake ...
Amy Knight, author of Orders to Kill
Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
New York Times critically acclaimed author Amy Knight is considered the wests foremost scholar of the KGB, now named the FSB. Amy's latest book: Orders to Kill exposes the journalists and political critics that have turned up dead under Putins influence.
Damon Motz-Story from the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Damon Motz-Story from the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility talks about Oregon PSR's campaign that was born out of the hate crimes and the emoldening of white supremacy. One such emoldened move that OPSR is fighting is from the Oregons For Immigration Reform
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum Talks Civil Rights
Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is Oregons first female AG and she's been busy championing and fighting for civil rights and for the extinction of white supremacy and fascism. Kboo Evening News reporter Annette Newell sits down with Rosenblum
The Hollywood Murders Special
Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
KBOO Evening News Reporter Tom Flynn speaks frankly with those affected and at the center of the tragic stabbings that brought Portland, Oregon into national attention as a city that is grappling with a long history of white supremacy and terrorism.
The Portland Entheogenic Society and Oregon Psilocybin Society
Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Helen Daring from PEERS talks about international science news involving studies that support micro-dosing that successfully treats certain mental and physical health challenges. Refencing people who've completed PTSD MDMA clinical trials with excellent results.
This day is part of our fall membership drive, so please, if you like what we offer as far as news and public affairs programming: