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Annual Call-In Chicken Show 5-13-11

Airs at: Fri, 05/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Chickens! Everything you ever wanted to know... It's your chance to ask local experts everything you ever wanted to know about raising backyard hens. Also: how to train your chicken! The only show in the country devoted to all things chicken--only on KBOO! Featuring Buffy... Read more

Stephanie Coontz and "A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique at the Dawn of the '60's"

Airs at: Wed, 05/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Royal wedding got you down? Are Barbie-style women still stuck on their pedestals? And what about the rest of us? Are you a woman -- or a man -- who lately feels like everything's 'back to the 60s?' Tune in for Wednesday Morning Talk Radio when ou... Read more

Ann Crittenden on "The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued"

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Ann Crittenden talks about the 10th anniversary of her bestselling book "The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued". Ann shows how mothers are systematically disadvantaged and made dependent by a society that exploits those w... Read more

Avel Gordley talks about her memoir "Remembering the Power of Words"

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Hosts Patricia Welch, O.B. Hill and Emma Jackson Ford speak with former Oregon State Senator Avel Gordley about her memoir Remembering the Power of Words. Avel Gordly is the first African American woman elected to the Oregon State Senate. Remembering the Power of Words is t... Read more

Well Read Red: Islamophobia and Islamic feminism

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Islamic Point of View
Frann considers Islamophobia and stereotypes about savage male sexuality as a way to pervert feminism for liberal military ends in the Middle East, but also as a way to obfuscate women's actual power and their struggles for it in Muslim countries. The text version of this w... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 2nd

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Today's show, hosted by Joe Clement, is relatively shorter because of the pledge drive. We hear about the death penalty and law day, Islamophobia and Islamic feminism, the right and wrong way to think about Oregon's budget problems, and a short commentary on the assissinat... Read more

Islamophobia and Islamic feminism

For the Old Mole Variety Hour May 2, 2011.  Despite women's active participation in the popular revolutions of this "Arab spring," US media often continue to present women in the middle east as uniquely and homogenously oppressed by patriarchal culture. But these alignme... Read more

Positively Revolting on 04-29-11 Starhawk

Airs at: Fri, 04/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Ani and Lyn speak with Starhawk, discussing the sacred Earth and the nuclear crisis on the eve of Beltaine. Join KBOO now at kboo.fm or call membership central at 503-232-8818!   Read more

April 25 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge hosts today's show.  We hear a discussion of political obstacles in fighting climate change and what needs to be done; some questions about who creates jobs and what a job is; a conversation among Movie Moles about women on the Oregon Trail in Meek's Cu... Read more

Book Mole: "Hungry for the World"

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hungry for the World is a memoir by Kim Barnes about a young woman fleeing patriarchal domination of family and church to make a life on her own.  Our reviewer Larry Bowlden admires her writing and courage, and hopes she will fly further in a sequel.  More of Larry's revie... Read more