Global Affairs

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Evening News on 05/21/25

Airs at: Wed, 05/21/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of the KBOO Evening News: Oregon special election results are (mostly) in! The new Portland City Council faces approving its first budget And, in International News, Pope Leo makes his first general address, specifically calling out events in Gaza Read more

Scotland the Brave

Airs at: Wed, 05/21/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Scotland the Brave. On Wednesday May 7 2025, the UK Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee held a hearing entitled: Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility. The Committee was looking at the ... Read more

Synthetic Opioids Hit Europe

Airs at: Wed, 05/21/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Synthetic Opioids Hit Europe. There have been warning signs recently of an emerging toxic drug crisis in Europe. Heroin still dominates the opioid market but the rise of nitazenes, which are a class of powerful synthetic opioids, poses a grow... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 05/20/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"Donald in Arabia" discusses the president's primarily business trip, at which he raked in hotels, cryptocurrency, and supposedly, weapons deals. Read more

BLM History

Produced for:  Radiozine
First, Elizaha talks about Martin Luther King JR and his life's work. We discuss the impact of MLK's death on America.  Next, Gabby talks about the celebration of Black History Month. Gabby emphasizes the need to come together and lift each other up rather than bring ea... Read more

The Palestine Exception: Interview with Filmaker Jan Haken, plus Biodiversity in Palestine: Connecting and Reconnecting to the Land, featuring Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh

Airs at: Thu, 05/15/2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Jan Haaken is a former nurse and psychology professor who taught at Portland State University from 1980 to 2011, and now works as a documentary filmmaker and radio programmer on the Old Mole Variety Hour, a weekly public affairs program on KBOO community radio. She rece... Read more

Vox Pop: Portlanders on Trump's attacks on higher education, and the importance of international students

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  'Vox pop' is short for vox populi, meaning voice of the people. On April 11th, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to Harvard University with a list of demands. They included seizing the use of diversity, equity, and inclusion in admissions and hiring, limit... Read more

Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System

Airs at: Wed, 05/14/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century: Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System. Recently at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the Fourth Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement held publ... Read more

Labor Internationalism

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks to Dianne Feeley, a retired autoworker and editor of Against the Current, about UAW president Shawn Fain’s disappointing embrace of Trump’s tariffs and the need for labor internationalism to strengthen workers’ power in the U.S. and across border... Read more

Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System. Recently at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, the Fourth Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement... Read more