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U.S. Interventions in the Middle East: Edward Said

Airs at: Tue, 11/06/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The current occupant of the White House has said, “The Middle East is a troubled place. There are a lot of bad things happening in that part of the world.” Indeed. But why is it troubled place and why are bad things happening there? There is no mention of Washington’s ro... Read more

Portland Pursues Alternative to Compliance with EPA Lead Levels

Produced for:  Evening News
In Nineteen Ninety One (1991) the United States Environmental Protection Agency published the lead and copper rule, to minimize nurotoxins in water. The rule established a maximum contaminant level goal of zero for lead in drinking water. The Portland Water Bureau has neve... Read more

Corvallis Renters Crisis - Affordability, Availability, Questionable Practices Part 2

Airs at: Fri, 11/09/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Andrea Haverkamp is a PhD student in Environmental Engineering and Queer Studies at Oregon State University.  Her personal mission is to advance social justice and gender equity in engineering.  She is the host of Labour Wave, a radical, leftist working class podcast in Cor... Read more

Ball of Confusion (Midterms Edition)

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
May you live in interesting times . . .     Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/474274843083366/ Read more

Press**Watch: Last Stand Against Fascism

Airs at: Thu, 11/01/2018 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Fascistization doesn't happen when everyone turns fascist.  On the contrary, it happens when certain elements are in place so that a minority can rule.  And what are those elements?--a demagogue in power,  enthusiastic support for that demagogue in the courts and police sta... Read more

Kids and Teens Sue the Government Over Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Franklin High School senior and activist Annika Mayne about Juliana vs. United States, a law suit that was supposed to begin in a US District Court on October 29th. In it, the plantiffs (young people from Oregon) charged the federal government with abd... Read more

Halloween Transpooktacular!

Airs at: Tue, 10/30/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
Please join us this Tuesday at 6pm on Transpositive PDX on KBOO Community Radio for our Halloween edition!  It is October and this is the season of transitions.  Transitioning into fall, transitioning into the rain, saying goodbye to the sun and hello to a deeper time of in... Read more

Haley Pessin on the Radical Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer

Airs at: Tue, 10/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Fannie Lou Hamer was a fighter for equality and justice who said, “If I fall, I’ll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom.” Going against entrenched racism she was able to accomplish much in gaining voting rights for African Americans. She died in 19... Read more

Corvallis Renters Crisis - Affordability, Availability, Questionable Practices (Part 1)

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Join Host Dale Holiday as she talks about the renters' crisis in Corvallis with Andrea Haverkamp.  Andrea Haverkamp is a PhD student in Environmental Engineering and Queer Studies at Oregon State University.  Her personal mission is to advance social justice and gender equ... Read more

A New Path

Airs at: Sun, 10/28/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: A New PATH's director and co-founder Gretchen Burns Bergman addresses the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, and Members of Parliament in the UK debate drug policy, decriminalization, and harm reduction. A New PATH   Read more