Civil Rights/Human Rights

Tim McCloud Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Tim McCloud is a republican who is running for Oregon governor.  He talked with Don Merrill about how, as a homeless father raising three children and entrepreneur, he has lived experiences that transcend party, why he views discrimination as an effect of democratic policie... Read more

George Carrillo Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
George Carrillo is a democrat running for Oregon governor.  He talked with Don Merrill about how he moved from law enforcement to politics, why the school to prison pipeline is one of the biggest issues Oregonians face and how, if he becomes governor, he promises to stop th... Read more

Reversing the War on Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 04/13/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century we're joined by Sarah Reyes, MSW, Policy Analyst with the Texas Center for Justice and Equity and co-author of their new report “Reversing the War on Drugs in Texas: Prioritizing REAL Public Health and Safety for Texans.” We discuss the failures o... Read more

Documentarian Jan Haaken

Airs at: Thu, 04/14/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Jan Haaken is a clinical psychologist who also happens to be an author and documentary filmmaker.  Her films include Guilty Except for Insanity, a look behind the walls of a hospital for the criminally insane; Mind Zone, a portrait of therapists with the 113th Army Comba... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 18, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  A Pace College student in a gas mask "smells" a magnolia blossom in City Hall Park on Earth Day, April 22, 1970, in New York. Image via Flickr Patricia Kullberg hosts this Earth Day special on the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Indigenous Visions: This... Read more

Killing In The Name Of Drug War

Airs at: Wed, 04/06/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, a discussion on Extrajudicial Drug War Killings in 2022 with David Borden, Director of the DRCNet Foundation / StopTheDrugWar.org; Zaved Mahmood, human rights and drug policy advisor to the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights; and Commis... Read more

Trump, the Big Lie, and Voting Rights

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  American Standoff
As DONALD TRUMP’s Big Lie spawns conspiracy theories and widespread bitterness about local elections beyond 2020, let’s look at its impact nationally on voting access. Across the country, Republican candidates are spending money on ads and throwing doubt on the legitimacy o... Read more

Chelsea King Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Chelsea King is a democrat who is running for the Oregon Senate in the 13th District.  She talked with Don Merrill about how West Linn-Wilsonville teachers are whipsawed by changes in the district budget and why that has to stop, how a colleague from a co-founded non profit... Read more

Russian Oil & Gas Fuels War on Ukraine

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
With a Russian military convoy advancing on her city of Kyiv, Ukraine’s leading climate scientist made this emotional plea at the most recent meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “Human-induced climate change and the war on Ukraine have the same roots, ... Read more

Georgia Deaths in Custody

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, April 4th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Drastic Measures about Georgia deaths in custody.  Drastic Measures joins us on KBOO from inside of a private prison in Georgia to discuss 43 deaths in custody in 2021... Read more