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Writing Groups

Airs at: Thu, 04/05/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  Conversation with local writers about the advantages of being part of a writing group. Co-hosts Emma Jackson Ford, O B Hill and Patricia Welch review works in all genres by well-known and emerging authors. Occasional call-in shows allow audience members to talk directly... Read more

Liberation Literacy

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Paul Grice, Executive Director of Liberation Literacy.  The mission of Liberation Literacy is to build social justice literacy in prisons in order to re-imagine and re-articulate the relationship between incarceration, our community, and ourselves... Read more

The Real Black Panther: Bobby Seale

Airs at: Tue, 04/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Black Panther is a blockbuster superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character. But back in the 1960s the Black Panther Party represented an African-American political and social welfare organization. Why the name? As Huey Newton, one of its leaders said, because the... Read more

Counternarratives

Airs at: Thu, 04/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “In Counternarratives, John Keene undertakes a kind of literary counterarchaeology, a series of fictions that challenge our notion of what constitutes “real” or “accurate” history. His writing is at turns playful and erudite, lyric and coldly diagnostic, but always compl... Read more

SuperButch!

Airs at: Thu, 04/12/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Portland alt-comics heavyweights Barry Deutsch (Hereville) and Becky Hawkins (French Toast Comix) have teamed up to create SuperButch, the adventures of a lesbian superhero and the citizens whose lives she transforms.  Set in the 1940's when many gay Americans led double... Read more

King Killed 50 Years Ago

Airs at: Wed, 04/04/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Fifty years ago Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. William Pepper, a lawyer and peace activist, was a colleague and friend of King. He came to understand that government figures carried out the killing, and spent many years seeking the truth. Friday, Ma... Read more

Black KBOO!

Airs at: Thu, 03/29/2018 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
KBOO Radio began in 1968. 2018 marks 50 years of on-air programming. Join host Reggae Bob, Deena Bee, Shaheed Hamid, Celeste Carey, Tavis Miller, JJ Johnson, Mic Crenshaw, DJ Audio, Marvin Raines, and others as we share our Black KBOO History ! The Triumphs & Celebrations a... Read more

When They Call You A Terrorist: Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Patrisse Khan-Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and the author of the new book, WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, a meaningful, empowering account of strength and resilience. In this conversation, hosted by long-time organizer Cat Brooks... Read more

Right to Health focuses on racism as a public health issue

Airs at: Wed, 03/28/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
Leslie Gregory has been working to bring attention to racism as a national, public health crisis.  As the founder of the non-profit Right to Health US, she has challenged the Center for Disease Control to declare racism a public health threat, including this petition at Mov... Read more

Can You See the White? (Part 2)

Airs at: Fri, 03/23/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Faith is a white woman who reflects on personal and societal events that shaped her life’s journey to racial justice and equity awareness.  I asked Faith to be on the show because she and I have had many conversations about race that may be inspiring to listeners.  I admire... Read more