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Big Data, Racial Discrimination and Privilege

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome Douglas Tsoi from the Portland Underground Grad School to talk about two upcoming courses that cover urgent issues in today's climate. Structural racism is insidious in two particular ways. First, it is normalized and thus difficult to see, ... Read more

Talking with Sasha Buchert, staff attorney with Lambda Legal

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be discussing current trans and queer law cases around the country, with Sasha Buchert of DC's Lambda Legal (and before that, the Transgender Law Center; and before that, a KBOO program host!).  Read more

How Fascism Works: Jason Stanley

Airs at: Tue, 12/12/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  What is fascism? Michael Parenti, author and historian says, “Fascism historically has been used to secure the interests of large capitalist interests against the demands of popular democracy. Then and now, fascism has made irrational mass appeals in order to secure t... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 9, Performing

Airs at: Thu, 12/07/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO News presents the ninth episode of ten on the business of sex in Portland, Oregon, this one dealing with dance performance.  Portland is unique in the number of clubs where dancers perform in complete nudity.  The working world of a stripper in Portland is not an ea... Read more

Sex4Sale Episode 7: Prostitution

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
This is the seventh in a ten-episode series.  This installment takes on the subject of prostitution.  No, it's not the world's oldest profession.  It is a major part of the business of sex here in Portland, and it has both legal and illegal dimensions.  We talk with Red ... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 7, Prostitution

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is the seventh in a ten-episode series.  This installment takes on the subject of prostitution.  No, it's not the world's oldest profession.  It is a major part of the business of sex here in Portland, and it has both legal and illegal dimensions.  We talk with Red ... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 4, Sex Industry Workers

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is the fourth episode in KBOO's series on the business of sex in Portland.  In this episode we describe the different types of workers who make their livings in the sex industry.  Guests include people who work in prostitution, stripping, porn film-making and sex to... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 6, Sex Trafficking

Airs at: Thu, 11/23/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO news talks with FBI Agent Denise Biehen, US Dept. of Justice Attorney Scott Kerin and Undercover Agent A and Officer Chris Lindsay of the Portland Police Bureau to understand sex traffing in the Portland area.  We focus on the crime, how it's defined and reported an... Read more

Sex4Sale Episode 6: Sex Trafficking

Airs at: Thu, 11/23/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
KBOO news talks with FBI Agent Denise Biehen, US Dept. of Justice Attorney Scott Kerin and Undercover Agent A and Officer Chris Lindsay of the Portland Police Bureau to understand sex traffing in the Portland area.  We focus on the crime, how it's defined and reported an... Read more

Michelle Alexander

Airs at: Sun, 12/10/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we hear from Michelle Alexander about building the movement for racial justice and drug policy reform. Michelle Alexander is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar, and the author of The New Jim Crow. She delivered a keynote address... Read more