Race

Patricia Turner, author of "Crafted Lives : Stories and Studies of African American Quilters

Airs at: Thu, 12/03/2009 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Hosts Patricia Welch, O.B. Hill and Emma Jackson Ford speak with Patricia Turner, author of "Crafted Lives : Stories and Studies of African American Quilters." Turner explores the culture and recent history of African Americans through the creations and wisdom of nine quilt... Read more

A recent study shows that our dynamic Immigrant Community actually BOOSTS our local economy. Find out how!

Airs at: Wed, 12/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Common Sense Talk Radio Hosted by Kayse Jama and Grassia Melendez From the Center for Intercultural Organizing Today's guests are Joy Margheim from the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and Ronault "Polo" Catalani from Portland's Office of Human Relations.  Joy was an autho... Read more

Movie Review: Precious

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What do we learn from Precious, the movie about a pregnant black teenager, about poverty, education, and matriarchy?  What does it leave out or distort?  The Old Mole's Denise Morris talks with Juell Stuart, a writer and activist from Brooklyn whose article on Precious appe... Read more

Where Do We Call Home?

Airs at: Fri, 11/13/2009 at 12:00am
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Episode #5: Where Do We Call Home? Episode Aired Live: Friday November 13th, 2009 Featuring Special Guests: Dr. Darrell Millner Professor of Black Studies and Max Rameau from Take Back the Land For our fifth installment, we are joined in the studio with two special g... Read more

Ala' Jaradat on the issue of Palestinian political detainees

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2009 at 12:00am
KBOO speaks with Ala' Jaradat of the Palestinian prisoner support organization Addameer, about the conditions facing Palestinian political detainees - including family visitation, administrative detention, imprisoned children and women, and mothers whose children were born ... Read more

Dhoruba bin Wahad and Naji Mujahid: Denied entry into Palestine

Airs at: Thu, 11/26/2009 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
5:00 - 6:00 pm Thurs. Nov. 26th, 2009 KBOO interviews Dhoruba bin Wahad, who is speaking from a hotel in Jordan after being detained and then denied entry into Palestine by Israeli authorities. bin Wahad is a former political prisoner in the US who was charged in 1971 with... Read more

Vancouver Avenue: Yesterday, Today and Forever

Airs at: Thu, 11/05/2009 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
The hosts focus on "Vancouver Avenue: Yesterday, Today and Forever," a pictorial history of Portland's Vancouver Baptist Church and the community it serves. Read more

Common Sense: Basic Rights Oregon and the Immigrant Community

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Common Sense Talk Radio Hosted by Kayse Jama, Grassia Melendez, and Lucilene Lira From the Center for Intercultural OrganizingToday hosts Lucilene Lira and Grassia Melendez speak with Jessica Lee and Ernesto Dominguez from Basic Rights Oregon about the overlap between the ... Read more

November 2 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 This show, hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, raises questions about the impact of dams on native peoples in Canada; how to get automobiles out of our cities; Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help about black servants in Jackson, Missississippi in the '60s; is  it too late to prot... Read more

Book Mole: "The Help"

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Kathryn Stockett's  new novel The Help is about a white southern writer trying to tell the stories  of black domestic servants in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s.   Our Book Mole Larry Bowlden wrestles with the problems this poses.   For an archive of Larry's reviews, go... Read more