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Voices of the Ironfront Episode 1

Airs at: Thu, 11/13/2025 at 2:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Voices of the Iron Front
Voices of the Ironfront is a fierce, uncompromising dive into the world of modern antifascism. Each episode breaks open the machinery of hate groups, white-supremacist movements, and far-right organizing in the United States while highlighting the communities fighting ba... Read more

Genius Box: "A problem well-stated is half-solved"

Airs at: Fri, 11/14/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Genius Box
  Reed is back! Thank goodness.  Things to pay attention to this week: Portland City Councilor Angelita Morillo's amendment to move $ away from the Impact Reduction Program homeless sweeps fails. There's a PPA ballot measure to reroute PCEF money to... wait for it... h... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 11/13/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Main topics in this episode: Obstacles to Trump's Gaza plan; COP30 lobbying; US attacks on alleged drug boats Read more

From Protest to Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 11/17/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It is heartening that over 7 million people participated in the last No Kings demonstrations and that they are happening in countless places across the country, in red and blue communities, rural, suburban and urban. But after the exhilaration of these marches and rallie... Read more

Remembering Dan Handleman

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio This week on Prison Pipeline, host Emma Lugo sits down with members of Portland Copwatch for a special program dedicated to remembering Dan Handelman — the longtime activist and founder of Portland Copwatch, who spent decades chal... Read more

Genius Box: Lateral Thinking with special guest Eliza Y.

Airs at: Fri, 11/07/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Genius Box
  Dick Cheney is dead, but we're here, still alive and talking to you.  Althea and Eliza talk some of the latest goings-on, like the government shutdown, the Triple D celebrity death trifecta, the special election and more.  Then, we talk to callers about LATERAL THINKI... Read more

Criminalizing Dissent

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Donald Trump’s executive order branding antifa as a terrorist organization was never intended to quash political violence, but rather to criminalize dissent. Long time public interest attorney at City University of New York, Chaumtoli Huq, argues that Trump’s EO is a tim... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 11/06/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Main topics in this episode: 3 notable things in the Trump-Xi meeting; Trinidad an outlier on US attacks in the Caribbean; Russian paramilitary units suffer setbacks in Central Africa. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 10, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Defending Tom Alter: Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse fired tenured Professor Tom Alter for engaging in protected political speech as a private citizen, in a... Read more

Let Francisco Stay

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Francisco Aguirre is an influential leader in the immigrant rights and labor movements. A long-time Portland resident, he fled El Salvador to escape the military's extreme violence against him and his family. In 2014, ICE agents came to Francisco’s home and tried to arre... Read more