June 8, 2018 - 3:43 pm
This KBCS series on Incarcerated Women takes a look at prison food. You’ll hear about how food is prepared at Washington Corrections Center for Women. KBCS’s Yuko Kodama spoke with inmates at Washington Correctional Center for Women about food preparation at the facility.
June 8, 2018 - 3:12 pm
Ever wonder what it would be like meet your prosecuting attorney after leaving prison? Check out this week’s segment of KBCS series on Incarcerated Women as KBCS’s Yuko Kodama speaks with Shontina Vernon, a local artist who was formerly incarcerated. Vernon shares her experience of meeting her prosecuting attorney after she served time as a 10 year old in Texas.
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June 6, 2018 - 10:29 am
Please join KBCS in extending best wishes to Steve Ramsey, as he retires from KBCS after over eighteen years as General Manager. A It’s been an honor and privilege to have been fortunate enough to lead 913KBCS for the past 18+ years. I can’t thank the generosity of our listener supporters enough for helping KBCS
June 5, 2018 - 10:03 am
Warm up your playlist before summer gets underway. Check out Iaan’s reviews of albums that won’t disappoint in this month’s, Music of the Moment. Artist: Leon Bridges Album: Good Thing Label: Columbia Records The new album from soul singer Leon Bridges is a master class in how take something old and make it fresh again.
June 1, 2018 - 7:40 am
Yemen is in a humanitarian crisis, as bombings and medical and food blockades continue. Listen to local perspectives on the conditions in this country.
May 31, 2018 - 2:58 pm
Listen to what it feels like to be a minor behind bars on our KBCS series on Incarcerated Women as KBCS’s Yuko Kodama speaks with Shontina Vernon, a local artist who was formerly incarcerated in Texas, at age 10.
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May 25, 2018 - 10:50 am
Join KBCS’s Yuko Kodama on another nature walk with Ed Dominguez, Seward Park Audubon Center Lead Naturalist, to find out about when and how algae can throw its environment out of balance in our local lakes.
May 25, 2018 - 7:49 am
Brooklyn-based filmmaker, Alvin Tsang came to the United States from Hong Kong when he was 9 years old. His mom and stepfather worked day jobs, and by night, Tsang and his two siblings joined the parents to clean office buildings.
Tsang’s film, Reunification is about the immigrant experience of navigating a family who has straddled cultures and weathered trauma. Reunification was recently featured at the Northwest Film Forum.
May 25, 2018 - 6:40 am
What do you do when you witness harassment on the street, at the coffee shop or on the bus?
Pastor Andrew Conley-Holcom of Admiral United Church of Christ is a conflict management workshop facilitator and an advocate for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Pastor Conley-Holcom also facilitates workshops in bystander intervention. The sessions involve theater games to explore, disrupt, and reformulate power relationships.
KBCS interviews Pastor Conley-Holcom about how the workshops are structured and some approaches to the urge to help.
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May 23, 2018 - 7:55 am
Facing breast cancer is scary enough, but learning you have cancer while incarcerated comes with its own set of problems. Pamela Lorenz, an inmate in the Washington Correctional Center for women, found the lack of support groups and privacy as the most challenging parts of facing breast cancer in prison. She shares her story with
