Government/Politics

Drug Recriminalization Effective September 1st

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On September 2, 2024, host Karen James spoke with people at the annual Hands Across the Bridge event about addiction, recovery and deflection.  In 2020 Oregonians, realizing that arresting and punishing people for drug use is a failed approach, passed Measure 110 which decr... Read more

Running On Air: Mayor, E1 - Durrell Kinsey Bey

Airs at: Fri, 09/06/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Running On Air
  On this episode of Running On Air, Portland Mayoral Candidate Durrell Kinsey Bey sits down with KBOO's Lanita Duke to discuss the campaign so far, his vision for "moral rejuvenation" in Portland, and how that bears out into policy and action.  Related Links:  https://w... Read more

Running On Air: D4, E1 - Freeman, Lykins and Vltavín

Airs at: Thu, 09/05/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Running On Air
  On this episode of Running On Air, Portland District 4 candidates Lisa Freeman, Andra Vltavín and Chad Lykins sit down with KBOO's Barbara Bernstein to discuss why they've decided to run for office, chess metaphors, being 80% right and the CEI Hub. Related Links:  http... Read more

Fire on the Island

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On July 20, a dark plume of smoke rose from the center of Ross Island, a much abused island in the Willamette River south of downtown Portland. Ash and smoke blew into the adjoining neighborhoods and the fire burned for several hours. Neighbors stood along the bluff above t... Read more

Running On Air: D3, E1 - Anderson, Flanary, Koyama Lane and Walker

Airs at: Wed, 09/04/2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Running On Air
  On this episode of Running On Air, Portland District 3 candidates Tiffany Koyama Lane, Matthew Anderson, Chris Flanary and Jon Walker sit down with KBOO's Cory Elia to discuss their campaigns for city office, and the issues that matter to Portlanders most.  Of note: One... Read more

Running On Air: D2, E1 - Olson and Zaghloul

Airs at: Tue, 09/03/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Running On Air
  On this episode, Portland District 2 Candidates Chris Olson and Nabil Zaghloul sit down with KBOO's Don Merrill to discuss their campaigns for city council. They discuss why they've joined the race, the economic issues confronting Portlanders, and their ideas to address ... Read more

Meet the hosts of Running On Air

Produced for:  Running On Air
    Running On Air is lucky to have all-star hosts from different KBOO shows on the program to help facilitate conversations between Portland's candidates this election season.  Learn a little bit more about them, before the show begins!         Don ... Read more

Healthcare Access and Barriers to Care Among People Incarcerated in US Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Healthcare Access and Barriers to Care Among People Incarcerated in US Prisons. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Emily Lupez, MD, MPH, a General Medicine and Primary Care Research Fellow at Cambridge Health Alliance and Harva... Read more

KBOO's Election Agenda 2024

Produced for:  Evening News
  The results are in! Nearly 500 KBOO listeners answered our Election Agenda survey this summer. It all centered around the question, 'what do you want candidates to be talking about as they compete for votes?' With this information, we’ve created KBOO’s 2024 Election Agen... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 08/29/2024 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode, the elusive Middle East peace, the Ukrainian incursion in Russia, US nuclear and drone strategy vs. China, and more. Read more