Government/Politics

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Earth Day Special Programming

  On Monday, April 22nd, KBOO Community Radio celebrates Earth Day with special programming devoted to everything Mother Earth, ecological justice, environmental awareness, climate activism and animal rights advocacy. Either poetic and imaginative, or highly researched and... Read more

Who is Running Portland's City Government

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
When voters overwhelmingly passed a new city charter in 2022, optimism abounded that the new form of government would more truly represent all of Portland, not just the business elite who had been running things pretty much for over 150 years. The city was supposed to be ru... Read more

Putin's Russia - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 03/13/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  As Vladimir Putin flexes his geopolitical muscles at the start of a second Trump term, we revisit our March 2022 conversation with British comics artist Darryl Cunningham, author of Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator. In this hour-long special, Darryl tracks the ris... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 03/11/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
President Trump displays extraordinary ignorance about the world. His territorial demands, indifference to facts, and bizarre handling of international trade matters are putting America last, not first. As Martin Luther King once said, "sincere ignorance and  conscientious ... Read more

Nukes for Needless Energy Take 2

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
An unholy marriage between big tech and nukes threatens to upend the Pacific Northwest as we know it. 45 years ago, soon after a serious accident at one of the nuclear reactors at Three Mile Island caused the core to partially melt down, Oregonians overwhelmingly passed a b... Read more

Stop The Drug War

Airs at: Wed, 03/05/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Stop The Drug War – Part One of a Conversation with David Borden, Executive Director of the Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet) and StopTheDrugWar.org. Read more

Interview with Jasmine Wright This Week on Transpositive PDX

Airs at: Tue, 03/04/2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
Please join us for Transpositive PDX on Tuesday, March 4th on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Jasmine Wright. She is a lawyer and advocate for transgender rights.  We will be talking this week about the Skrmetti case and it's larger implications for the transgender com... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Tonight's episode features Germany's election, Zelensky's minerals deal with Trump, and Trump's pro-Russia stance seeps into Congress and the UN Read more

Breaking It All Down with Jordan Fink from BuildSoil

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Jordan is our resident genius thinker about global sustainability, community organizing, and how not to get lost in the current chaotic moment. You can read more about his work here on his website. Read more

Trump, Inc and the Law

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
With the surge of brutal attacks by Trump Inc on government programs and existing laws, many pundits argue that the courts are the only institutions with the power to check the administration's authoritarian impulses. In their Left & the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Sne... Read more