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Buscando America on 02/27/24

Airs at: Tue, 02/27/2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa escucharás un espacio dedicado a la salsa antirracista y anticolonial con la investigadora y melómana Astrid Cuero. Gráfico elaborado por Travesura.   Read more

Black Panthers In Africa: Charlotte (Mama C) & Pete O'Neal

Airs at: Tue, 02/27/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
    The People's Dinner Party     ||     Host: Suncere Ali Shakur      ||   Guests: Charlotte (Mama C) & Pete O'Neal      || -------     Homage (book) by Charlotte Hill O'Neal   || africanbookscollective.com/books/homage   || United African Alliance Community Cente... Read more

Effective, Practical, and Sustainable Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Effective, Practical, and Sustainable Harm Reduction. A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized and conducted a two-day virtual public workshop Jan. 30 and 31 entitled “Harm Reduction Servi... Read more

Chris Hedges Interviews VP of Destroyed University in Gaza; Talk by Refaat Al-Areer

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
On Jan. 17, the Israeli military detonated 315 mines to destroy Gaza’s last standing university, al-Israa University, located south of Gaza City. For 70 days prior, the Israelis occupied the university as a military base, posting snipers in its buildings and using it as a d... Read more

De Facto or De Jure

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: De Facto or De Jure. The drug war is fundamentally unsustainable. We keep throwing more and more money into the effort, made all kinds of minor repairs to the system to try and keep it going like treatment alternatives to incarceration... Read more

Lawsuit: Washington County Fails People with Disabilities

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Dave Boyer, managing attorney with Disability Rights Oregon, who filed a lawsuit against Washington County, Oregon’s 2nd largest county. The federal lawsuit was filed after a year-long investigation alleging that when someone in the County exper... Read more

Human Rights and the World Drug Situation

Airs at: Wed, 02/14/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and the World Drug Situation. The United Nations Human Rights Council on February Fifth held an Intersessional panel discussion on human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug situation. We hea... Read more

John D'Emilio on Bayard Rustin

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks with John D'Emilio, Professor Emeritus of History and of Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of the award-winning book, Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin. They review George Wolfe’s film Rusti... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 19, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and includes these segments:   The Afro-Atlantic Origins of the Banjo Joe Clement presents a collection of traditional banjo music and documentaries shining light on the Afro-Atlantic origins of the banjo, and some of its enduring... Read more

Interview with Jamie McLeod-Skinner

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Join us Thursday, February 15 at 9:30 am as KBOO Board President Emma Lugo speaks with Jamie McLeod-Skinner, candidate for the 5th Congressional District in Oregon.  In 2022 McLeod-Skinner barely lost the race for the newly reshaped 5th District to Republican Lori Chavez-De... Read more