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Sex4Sale: Episode 9, Performing

Airs at: Thu, 12/07/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO News presents the ninth episode of ten on the business of sex in Portland, Oregon, this one dealing with dance performance.  Portland is unique in the number of clubs where dancers perform in complete nudity.  The working world of a stripper in Portland is not an easy ... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 4, Sex Industry Workers

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is the fourth episode in KBOO's series on the business of sex in Portland.  In this episode we describe the different types of workers who make their livings in the sex industry.  Guests include people who work in prostitution, stripping, porn film-making and sex toy s... Read more

Teachers Join Parents to Fight for Pioneer School

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we discuss Portland Public Schools' decision to close Pioneer School without any collaboration or discussion with the people who work or send their children there. Today we are joined in studio by three PAT (Portland Association of Teachers) members who work at P... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 5, Legal and Enforcement Issues

Airs at: Tue, 11/21/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is Episode 5 in KBOO's ten-part series on the business of sex in Portland, Oregon.  In this issue we discuss enforcement issues with local law and police:  Agent Denise Biehen of tghe FBI, Attorney Scott Kieren of the US Dept. of Justice and Undercover Agent "A" and Of... Read more

Sex4Sale Episode 5

Airs at: Tue, 11/21/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:15pm
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PhotoVoice Empowering Community

Airs at: Mon, 12/04/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Desiree Hellegers talks with Sarah Chivers of the Noble Foundation about organizing work pushing back against the resurgence of white supremacy in Kelso, WA.    The upcoming PhotoVoice project will be December 9, 2pm-5pm at 2500 Main Street in Vancouver, WA.   Read more

The Fight for Free Time

Airs at: Mon, 12/04/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge shares a shortened version of an essay by Miya Tokumitsu in Jacobin: "The Fight for Free Time."    Image by William Merritt Chase, Public Domain   Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 3, Portland's Sex Culture

Airs at: Tue, 11/14/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is the third episode of Sex4Sale, a 10-part series about the business of sex in Portland, OR--what we know, what we don't know, and what we think we know. In this episode, we'll take a look at the overall sex industry in Portland and how citizens--involved or not--view... Read more

The People's Summit

Airs at: Wed, 11/29/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Over the weekend of June 9, 2017, over 4,000 activists gathered in Chicago for the People's Summit. Organizers described the Summit as a convening of organizations and individuals committed to social, racial and economic justice. Those who attended pushed forth a people'... Read more

Fighting Budget Cuts at Washington State University

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel talks with Desiree Hellegers about an organizing campaign to push back against planned budget cuts at Washington State University, including to the Vancouver, WA campus. The WSU President's proposal would eliminate theater entirely, cut graduate stipends and po... Read more