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Old Mole Variety Hour for September 16, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Libraries as Grammar Schools of the Commons: Joe Clement shares commentary and news on the political significance of libraries, examining the material context of social attacks ... Read more

Yellowface

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Analogous to the term blackface, yellowface means to color your face yellow in order to appear Asian. Metaphorically speaking, that’s exactly what protagonist Juniper Song does in the 2023 novel by Rebecca Kuang titled Yellowface. Book Mole Patricia Kullberg reviews this bi... Read more

Why “Excited Delirium” is a Fraud

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
In June 2024 the Mental Health Association of Portland held its Law & Mental Health Conference with a focus on psychosis. Joanna Naples-Mitchell presented “Why ‘Excited Delirium’ is a Fraud”.  In March 2022, Physicians for Human Rights published a report which she co-author... Read more

Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A Novel

Airs at: Thu, 07/25/2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's show, we welcome Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A Novel from Portland’s Hawthorne Books. Sidney’s book is a fictionalized account of the life of Frederick Douglass, a former slave who became instrumental in ending slavery in the U.S., and who many... Read more

End Prison Slavery

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews former Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim with The Jericho Movement, Spirit of Mandela and People's Senate talking about the importance of getting involved with the 13th Forward national initiative to end prison slavery.  More Information: https:/... Read more

LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage | Live Panel 3: The Queer BIPOC Community

Airs at: Tue, 06/18/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we will be celebrating LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage on Tuesdays, 7:00 to 8:00pm, with live panels from our studios, where we will have guests from these communities talk to us about their culture, presence, struggles, and relevance. Calls are welcome, 503-231-8187 ... Read more

The Opening Sky author Charlotte Watson Sherman

Airs at: Thu, 06/06/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Newly-emancipated Halle decides to leave the plantation in search of her parents.  Aurelia, whose privileged life was ravaged by the Civil War, wants to find her brother, a soldier who fought with the Union army.   Both are plotting their trip North when their paths cross. ... Read more

Freeman's Challenge with Robin Bernstein

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Please join us on Monday, May 20th at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Robin Bernstein about the release of her new book. “Freeman’s Challenge" is a provocative, robust, and rigorously researched interrogation of the historical meaning of ... Read more

Reflecting on Reflections Coffee and Books

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
We flipped the script for this program.  Black Book Talk co-host O B Hill is our guest, along with Gloria McMurtry.  They are the founders of Reflections Coffee and Books which, for 17 years, drew fans to the crossroads of MLK Blvd and Killingsworth St.   More than a coffee... Read more

Duncan Hwang and Jamal Dar on a Greener 82nd Avenue

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00pm
 Our guests today are Metro Councilor Duncan Hwang and Jamal Dar, founder and Executive Director of the African Youth and Community Organization.  They are working on the 82nd Ave vision for a resilient green eco district. Read more