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KBOO News In Depth: 4/13/17

Airs at: Thu, 04/13/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Wendy Sample: National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk

Airs at: Thu, 04/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

As the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization, NAMI provides support, education and advocacy for millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI is a lifeline for people and families who need a place to turn and try and make sense of these afflicti... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 24, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tod Sloan hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1. Alex Diamond talks with Bill Resnick about his experience teaching in a poor schools in Memphis. 2. Desiree Hellegers reads from a history of how the bodies of people of color were used to study and teach anat... Read more

Old Mole Action Calendar

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Host Tod Sloan and long time Old Mole and radical activist Bill Resnick discuss upcoming opportunties for political action. They highlight the May Day March and Rally, All Power to the People: Rise Up, Resist, Unite Monday, May 1, 2017 from noon–5pm Shemanski Park 1010 S... Read more

Trouble-making in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

In the aftermath of the November election, Unions are facing a host of challenges. On April 8th 2017 Labor Notes was in town for the Portland Troublemakers School to help union members and Organizers understand and learn to fight back against such challenges as Right to Wor... Read more

Oregon Documentaries

Airs at: Thu, 04/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

A flurry of documentaries about Pacific Northwest newsmakers are making the rounds of film festivals and television shows, locally and around the country. The Reluctant Radical profiles climate activist Ken Ward, one of the Valve Turners in the campaign to shut down the... Read more

Terrorism: Theirs and Ours

Airs at: Tue, 04/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Terrorism is the scourge of the era. It is a fearsome symbol conjuring images of nasty-looking, bearded men brandishing AK-47s. The media focus only on the terrorism of official enemies like Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. The notion that the U.S. and its allies enga... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 24, 2017

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tod Sloan will be our host for this edition of the Old Mole, and we will hear-- an interview on teaching in poverty schools, the tragedy of it and some wonderful possibilities a reading on the long history of medical experimentation on people of color in the U.S. ... Read more

Young Oregonians on the Health Crisis of Gun Violence

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Celeste and Cecil welcome Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) 2017 high school student winners of the 9th annual Greenfield Peace Writing Scholarship: Jessyka Evans of Tualatin High School, Keagan Rice of The Dalles High School, and Kennah Watts of Oregon Cit... Read more

Spies of Mississippi

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Spies of Mississippi is a journey into the world of informants, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in the heart of Dixie. The film tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain “the Mississippi way of li... Read more