Race

A Movie about Move

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2015 at 12:00am
In remembrance of the police bombing of the MOVE collective in Philadelphia in 1985, Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris talk about the 2013 documentary film "Let the Fire Burn." In discussing the film, Jan and Denise take up some of the politics of MOVE and their acti... Read more

Glenn Waco on the Last Thursday Shooting and Gentrification

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
The Last Thursday shooting on NE 20th and Alberta St. has led to a police response that may do more harm than good.           After people were seen taking selfies near the crime scene, two black men were arrested while helping one of the three shooting victims.          In... Read more

A Peace Worker Talks About the Crisis in Burundi

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for News In Depth
Yesterday in Burundi, the government announced that presidential and parliamentary elections planned for this Friday will be indefinitely postponed.           The announcement follows more than a month of unrest as protesters and police have clashed in the capital of Bujumb... Read more

Theory & Practice

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan talks with Lara Messersmith-Glavin of the Institute for Anarchist Studies about theory and practice. They consider how theory helps illuminate individually lived experiences as part of larger systems, while also stressing the priority of lived experience in genera... Read more

Anti-Islam Rally Planned in Phoenix

Airs at: Thu, 05/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
A rally in front of the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix, Arizona, has been scheduled for tomorrow night at 6:15, during Friday prayers. the organizers say it is in response to the attack on a "draw the prophet" event in Garland, Texas earlier this month, in which two gu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 11, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick hosts this membership-drive special (and hence the shorter length of the show) and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Malik Miah about the Black Lives Matter movement Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss Everyday Rebellion, a cross-media documentary of ... Read more

Malik Miah on Black Lives Matter

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Malik Miah about the Black Lives Matter movement, its origins and direction. Malik argues that race makes for different working-class experiences of capitalist oppression, that we cannot simply rally under "class", and for how rebellious movements un... Read more

News and Public Affairs Day: Solidarity!

News and PA Day is May 15th, 8am-8pm   KBOO's volunteer news and talk producers have put together an amazing lineup for this Spring Membership Drive. Speakers will include: Noam Chomsky, Bill Moyers, Helena Norberg Hodge, Winona LaDuke, and more! ... Read more

Alice Eve Cohen Interview

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Between Us
Author Alice Eve Cohen has told two stories of personal upheaval that have visited her family in the last six years; "What I Thought I Knew" in 2009, and her most recent memoir, "The Year My Mother Came Back".  She talks with Don Merrill about what those two different stori... Read more

David Dante Troutt, "The Price of Paradise"

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Patricia, O.B. and Emma speak with David Dante Troutt about his book, "The Price of Paradise: The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America." David Dante Troutt is Professor of Law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar at the Rutgers University-Newark Law ... Read more