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Nakba Day

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are acknowledging Nakba Day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the "Nakba", or "Catastrophe". The anniversary puts the spotlight on one of the world’s... Read more

The Sacred Circle "TEMENOS" on 07/04/25

Airs at: Fri, 07/04/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Old Mole Variety Hour for July 7, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Organizers: remembering activist Dan Handelman; sneak peek at documentary The Israeli.  This episode is hosted by Jon Nelson and features these segments: Documentary The Israeli:  Filmmaker Jordan Karr-Morse talks with Frann Michel about his feature documentary-i... Read more

Remembering Dan Handelman (Part 2)

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In the second of a two-part segment, Desiree Hellegers brings audio excepts from recent memorial services for Handelman, who died in April at age 60. Donna Hayes, Debbie Aiona, P.C. Peri, and the Reverend Dr. Leroy Haynes, among others, reflect on his organizing legac... Read more

Documentary The Israeli by Jordan Karr-Morse

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Filmmaker Jordan Karr-Morse talks with Frann Michel about his feature documentary-in-progress, The Israeli, about the remarkable ideological journey of prominent Israeli-American activist and author Miko Peled, from Zionist to Palestinian Rights Activist. There will ... Read more

Labor vs ICE

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Nydia Caballero, union electrician, and Geovanny Tolentino, union teacher, discuss what's behind Trump's mass deportation campaign, popular resistance and the role of labor unions in this fight. Read more

Donovan Scribes: Black Lives Matter Rertospective

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The guest is Donovan Scribes. He edited BlackOut, the recent Portland Mercury special edition looking at the Black Lives Matter Movement, five years later. In the process he helps define who we are at the current pivotal moment in society.  Read more

Cow Poop Won't Solve the Climate Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on April 7, 2025 Concentrated Animal Feed Operations have been around for a few decades. Basically concentration camps for cattle, pigs and chickens, these factory farms not only torture animals but also are major polluters and a principal... Read more

No Straight Road

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg reviews Rebecca Solnit's  latest collection of essays, No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain.  You can find the book at the Multnomah County Library.  You can find more of Solnit's most recent writing at her site, Meditations in... Read more

Truth Demands

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Matt Witt reviews Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice, by lawyer, climate activist, and writer Abby Reyes.  Twenty years after Abby Reyes's partner, Terence Unity Freitas, was assassinated in Colombia while working with the ind... Read more