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Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 09/12/2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
Arella DeAndre Christianson (born April 23, 1991) is an American filmmaker and musician whose work delves into the poetic dimensions of the human soul. Drawing on themes of dreams, memory, and metaphysical transformation, his films construct evocative, introspective nar... Read more

Albina One development grand opening at the Back on the Block Party

Produced for:  Evening News
  This Saturday, Northeast Portland will celebrate the opening of Albina Vision Trust’s new development. Albina One will facilitate the return of displaced families back into the Albina neighborhood with affordable housing for the community. KBOO’s Hana Francis has more. Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Renee Watson and "The 1619 Project: Born on the Water"

Airs at: Thu, 09/04/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
As attempts to ignore, refute, or even remove African-Americans' contributions to the American record, we at "Black Book Talk" continue to affirm Black history and culture as expressed through our literature.  To this end, we rebroadcast our November 2021 conversation ... Read more

Interview w/Josh Odam from Healing While Black

Airs at: Thu, 07/31/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Ancestral game as literature.  Black historical periodicals as time machines. Black Philly as a catalyst.  Got a great episode for you this week with our very special guest, Josh Odam from Healing While Black!   Josh Odam (he, him) is the Founder & Curator of Healing Whi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 28, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On Monday's episode, hosted by Desiree Hellegers:  Laurie Mercier interviews Paul Ortiz, professor of labor history at Cornell University and author of An African American and Latinx History of the US. They talk about Latinx activism since the Trump election and how anti-... Read more

The Ebony Collective CDC Rebroadcast

Airs at: Thu, 07/10/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
This is a rebroadcast of a show from last year about the Ebony Collective. They have their first ever fundraiser and open house on Saturday, July 12 from 11am to 3pm. The link to register is right here. Read more

Criminal Injustice

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Criminal Injustice. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Troshawn McCoy. Mr. McCoy was one of the so-called “Marquette Park Four” who back in the 1990s were framed by Chicago Police for crimes they did not commit, for which he ... 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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Brendan Slocumb, THE DARK MAESTRO

Airs at: Thu, 07/03/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Braendan Slocumb introduces Curtis Wilson, a cello prodigy,  in his third mystery, The Dark Maestro.  Curtis is growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. But through determination and talent, and the loving support of his father’s ... 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