Education

December 14 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this program about the political climate in Copenhagen; children's books for progressives; the life and music of Floyd Red Crow Westerman; Invictus (the Clint Eastwood movie about South Africa); and Jhumpa Lahiri's book Unaccustomed Earth. For in... Read more

Children's Books for Progressive Families

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Portland's independent women's bookstore In Other Words is expanding its selection of books for children, selecting those that convey progressive values of equality, diversity, peace, and democracy. Amber Roland from In Other Words talks with Bill Resnick about som... Read more

Queer Open House & Recruitment for The Other Team, Queer Youth Radio Show

Calling all Portland area youth:: do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning or are an ally to the queer community? KBOO is hosting two open houses for The Other Team recruitment: Sunday Dec 20 from 3-5 pm and Monday Dec 28 from 5-7 pm. We need Y... Read more

Voices from the Edge: What's behind Oregon's domestic violence murders-suicides?

Airs at: Thu, 12/10/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Fourteen Oregonians died last month in five murder-suicides and one attempted murder suicide. Why this sudden outbreak now of men using guns to murder their spouses, ex-spouses and themselves when domestic violence homicides in Oregon have been on the decline? In 1997, 2... Read more

December 7 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Denise Morris, this show discusses how to make jobs part of the economic recovery, the Afghanistan "surge," student protests against the tuition hikes in California, and how homophobia begins at home and what to do about it. For information about our theme mu... Read more

Students Organizing Against Tuition Hikes in California

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Old Mole's Laurie Mercier talks with Quinn Nguyen and Iris Bustos, student activists at UC Santa Barbara about the recent protests and one-day fast at UCSB. They also discuss the larger coalition-building among UC students with service workers and the larger co... Read more

Voices from the Edge: The Portland Police Association

Airs at: Thu, 12/03/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Jo Ann and Dave talked about the recent demonstration by the Portland Police Association, in which the association expressed a vote of no confidence in Chief Sizer and Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman following the latter's decision to suspend Officer Chris Humphreys... Read more

Ethos Music Center, Boys & Girls Aid foster youth adoption, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center Kwanzaa celebration

Airs at: Fri, 12/04/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Community Grooves

On this month’s Community Grooves program, Host Natalie Butto features Ethos Music Center, celebrating 10 years of providing music education to youth in underserved communities; Boys & Girls Aid foster care adoption program for long awaiting children; and Interstate Fire... Read more

Recovery Zone on 11/25/09

Airs at: Wed, 11/25/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Recovery Zone

Learn how to live a MOGO life! Humane educator Zoe Weil talks about her latest book Most Good, Least Harm, A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life. Weil is co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, and leads workshops that pro... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11/19/09

Airs at: Thu, 11/19/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Building new community journalism Like their national counterparts, our local media is in a tailspin. The Oregonian is cutting more than 60 reporters from its newsroom. Television and radio news has been reduced to weather reports and traffic accidents. Developments on ... Read more