Law/Court/Crime

Interview with Chairman Omali Yeshitela

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, November 18th at 6:00 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party.  On September 12, 2024, a federal jury in Tampa returned a contradictory and nonsensical verdict... Read more

Striking Back at Northwest Natural

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Northwest Natural, Oregon's largest fracked gas utility, has been doing its best for several years to delay the region's move to full electrification. But in the past few months the company is getting its comeuppance in the form of an expanded lawsuit from Multnomah County,... Read more

PSJ: Criminal Justice Reform

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Shannon Wight, Deputy Director, and Babak Zolfaghari-Azar, Senior Policy Manager, with Partnership for Safety & Justice and Safety and Justice Oregon. They discuss their advocacy work plans for the 2025 Oregon Legislative session and past accomp... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 28, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Genocide Gentry: The Genocide Gentry Project exposes the executives and board members of major weapons companies who also hold prestigious and powerful positions at museums, cul... Read more

Remembering Salmon Scam

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In a continuation of the “Fish Wars” of the 1960s and 70s, a 1982 federal sting operation scapegoated and criminalized Columbia fisher people for diminishing salmon runs. This segment, which originally aired in May 2023, we feature commentary from Wanapum fishing rights act... Read more

EXCITED DELIRIUM: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Emma Lugo speaks with Aisha Beliso-De Jesus about her book: EXCITED DELIRIUM: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease. In this book, Aisha uncovers the invented disease—excited delirium syndrome—which is used by medical examiners to assign cause to “unexplaine... Read more

Left & the Law: Marcellus Williams

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Death row inmate Marcellus Williams was executed on September 24th, despite admissions from a prosecutor’s office claiming his innocence. The attorneys for Williams filed two last-minute requests with the US Supreme Court on Monday. Both of them were denied before he was... Read more

Supreme Atrocities: Russ Feingold on SCOTUS

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick discusses the Supreme Court's horrendous atrocious recent decisions with Russell Feingold, former three-term Senator from Wisconsin and now President of the American Constitution Society, the liberals' answer to the Federalist Society. In particular, they discu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 30, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and features these segments:   How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as bastions of liberal democracy even as Israel continues to bomb schools in Gaza in its genocidal... Read more

Vadim Mozyrsky Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Vadim Mozyrsky has been through it.  As a relatively recent addition to Portland, he's worked hard to involve himself in causes he cares about, while also building name recognition.  Now, as he competes for the District 1 seat on the Multnomah County Commission against Megh... Read more