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Black Radicals

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Sky Wilson interviews Kent Ford, co-founder of the Portland Chapter of the Black Panther Party about the role of the radical Black tradition in our world today. This interview was produced by Old Mole Desiree hellegers. Sky Wilson is new to KBOO and the Old Mole. Originally... Read more

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On April 12,  1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and nearly 50 other protestors and civil rights leaders were arrested after leading a Good Friday demonstration as part of the Birmingham Campaign, designed to bring national attention to the brutal, racist treatment suffered b... Read more

Episode Nine - The Story of Jon Bair

Airs at: Fri, 01/15/2021 at 7:00am - 7:15am
Produced for:  It Did Happen Here
On December 31, 1992 SHARPs and neo-Nazis met up on icy streets, with fatal results. Episode 9 tells the story of the New Year’s Eve that changed the life of SHARP member Jon Bair and shifted the balance of the battle to take Portland’s streets back from racist skinheads.  ... Read more

Storm Beat author Lori Tobias shares stories from the Oregon Coast

Airs at: Wed, 01/13/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Lori Tobias, author of the new memoir Storm Beat: A Journalist Reports from the Oregon Coast, published by Oregon State University Press. Lori has worked in journalism for over 25 years, including time at the Rocky Mountain News as a columnist a... Read more

José Clemente Orozco / Julián Carrillo: Concierto para Piano en Tercios de Tono; Horizontes.

Airs at: Tue, 01/12/2021 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Muralista mexicano en la serie Voz Viva de México de la U.N.A.M., y el Concierto para Piano en Tercios de Tono y Horizontes. Read more

Settler barbarians at the gates, with co-host Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 01/13/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  As Trump visits the obviously symbolic town of Alamo, Texas and celebrates his border wall, in brazen denial-defiance of the fall-out from the siege of the Capitol, 2nd Wednesday co-host Jacqueline Keeler and regular host Paul Roland look at the events of the past week i... Read more

Episode Eight - SHARPer Times

Airs at: Fri, 01/08/2021 at 7:00am
Produced for:  It Did Happen Here
In this episode we hear from the former SkinHeads Against Racial Prejudice.  SHARPs share their experiences on how they came to hold the front lines in the fight against neo-Nazi violence on the streets of Portland. Featured in this episode are interviews with former SHARPs... Read more

7 - My friend, John Waters. The Making of Polyester with Dave Insley

Airs at: Wed, 02/24/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
On this episode of The Ghost of Hollywood, the stench is heavy as Poxy and Ragan discuss John Waters 1981 cult classic, Polyester. Poxy talks with Cinematographer Dave Insley about his work on Polyester and more!         Read more

The Authoritarian Trend

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
As part of our continuing series Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond looks at the world-wide trend toward increasing authoritarianism in the institutions of the State. Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny and some of the work of Pippa Norris on cultural backlash provide insights... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 4, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today’s show is hosted by Norm Diamond and includes the following segments: In Memoriam: Denise Morris introduces this interview from the Old Mole archive in which Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the 2008 crisis of capitalism and what opportunities for socialism c... Read more