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Ten Good Things in 2015

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Looking back at 2015, Medea Benjamin found ten good things to celebrate -- ten wins for the left. Tom Becker reads from her piece in Huffington Post.  Read more

Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Takes Effect Tomorrow

Airs at: Tue, 12/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On January first a law will go into place assigning certain protections and benefits to domestic workers in the State of Oregon, called the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.  For more KBOO reporter Jared Dancler spoke with Tom Breedlove, an expert on household labor and t... Read more

Migrations End of the Year Special

Airs at: Tue, 12/29/2015 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
For the last show of 2015, Dmae brings back profiles of West African guitarist and singer Parfait Bassale, Bhutanese poet Dilip Sunar with interpreter Suprina Koirala and the Tongan Sewing Circle led by  Kato Kakala Kavapalu and Kolini Fusitua. All were featured in Dmae'... Read more

Journalist Jamie Kalven on Laquan McDonald and Police Reform in Chicago

Airs at: Thu, 12/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Independent Chicago journalist Jamie Kalven has been a voice calling for police reform in Chicago for years, and it was his lawsuit against the city of Chicago that brought the autopsy of Laquan McDonald into the light. McDonald, a 17-year-old black man, was shot to death ... Read more

Plan of Action for Boise-Eliot School:

Airs at: Sun, 12/20/2015 at 12:00am
THANK YOU for tuning in to this latest podcast for EarToTheStreets of Portland: A series of conversations will be happening during the start of the new year of 2016. Concerned fathers whose children attend Boise-Eliot school are asking other parents to take active rol... Read more

KBOO Noon News 112715

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Tune in every weekday at five for more local, national and international news produced by volunteer reporters in our Portland studios. Read more

Toxic Hate and Guess Who's Coming to Radio

I find it easy to listen to the radio and applaud our DJs and radio producers for the good work they are doing: exposing truth, healing us from daily harshness through amazing music, and keeping the edge of education and uncomfortable radio balanced enough for us to lear... Read more

Mic Crenshaw Interview

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Mic Crenshaw is many things; a hip hop artist, a music ambassador, an activist and a co-manager at radio station KBOO in Portland. But one thing he is not is someone who holds his tongue about the music scene as it is affected by race or race as it is affected by society... Read more

The Breast Cancer Monologues

Airs at: Tue, 10/06/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
​As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, Stage and Studio presents a half-hour adaptation of The Breast Cancer Monologues. Originally produced in 2003 as a one-hour documentary collage with and about Breast Cancer Survivors produced by Dmae Roberts ... Read more

The Work Of Doula's and Midwifery

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
On this EarToTheStreets podcast...you will hear the discussion from the organizers of the International Center For Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) and the work being done to put together the conference of training for doula's and midwives. ETTS host Stephen G. and Sekoyn... Read more