Race

The Five Wounds

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
It’s not easy to write a novel that tells an engaging story, has the reader identifying with a diverse range of characters, and at the same time shines a light on how race, gender, and class affect people’s lives. But writer and photographer Matt Witt says that's what autho... Read more

Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of "Critical Race Theory"

Airs at: Thu, 09/07/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  Illmatic Consequences was influenced by rapper Nas’s 1994 debut album Illmatic,” which features internal rhymes and inner-city narratives based on Nas’s personal experiences. “Nas’s 1994 album ‘Illmatic’ is fundamentally a statement of self-worth. It’s not even just a co... Read more

Donovan Scribes, Devon Boss and Nikki Sandoval on Black Friday at the Hollywood Theatre

Airs at: Thu, 08/24/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The event featured three short films: about Paul and Geneva Knauls; one about DJ OG One; and one about Creative Homies, a downtown BIPOC artists’ collective. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 21st, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode of the Old Mole is Hosted by Denise Morris Dreams of Liberation. This morning on The Old Mole we rebroadcast CS Soong interviewing historian Robin D.G Kelley on Against the Grain. Against the Grain is a weekly radio show hosted by Sasha Lilly and C.S Soong o... Read more

Jerry Foster of Passinart Theatre Company

Airs at: Thu, 08/10/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Passinart's most ambitious event of the year, the Pacific Northwest Multi-Cultural Readers Series & Film Festival, is sure to bring new talents to the stage and screen. Check them out! Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 14, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2023 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: The Bomb: Last week was the 77th anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The explosion... Read more

Sonali Kolhatkar in Conversation With Ruby Joy White

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
  Join us on a remote broadcast, live on the Pearl Room at Powell's City of Books, with celebrated journalist Sonali Kolhatar (from the hit syndicated show Rising Up With Sonali), where she will be expanding on her latest book, Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing... Read more

Kent Ford and the "The Portland Black Panthers"

Airs at: Thu, 08/03/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  Portland is  widely regarded as a liberal bastion, and yet the 2010 census found it to be “America’s whitest major city.” Longstanding racial tensions led to the formation of a local branch of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s.  Based in the city’s Albina Distric... Read more

Totality of Circumstances | June 27, 2023

Airs at: Tue, 06/27/2023 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  This month's show focuses on the recent interactions between the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) and Portland City Council, as the PAC gets closer to its August 31 deadline to present the council with its complete plan for a new police oversight system. This show... Read more

Songcircle’s Summer of Soul (to Soul)!

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2023 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for:  The Songcircle
Today on The Songcircle, it’s my last show of June (DJ Dan S. guest-hosts next week) so we’re closing out Black Music Month — and the week of Juneteenth — with a program drawn from three great concert documentaries and their soundtracks: the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a... Read more