News and Public Affairs Day - Fall 2017

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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.


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