October 15, 2018 - 10:25 am
It has been fifty years since a group of Seattle citizens successfully fought a major freeway planned through their neighborhood. What did the fight look like? And what can it tell us about activism today?
photo courtesy of Jeff Smith
October 8, 2018 - 9:54 am
We explore our region’s original commutes along the water highways of the Salish Sea and Pacific Coast.
October 5, 2018 - 2:40 pm
October 7th, 2018, marks the end of the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival. One of the films playing is Afghan Cycles which follows a 5 year journey of a women’s professional cycling team in Afghanistan. Join us as KBCS’s Ruth Bly speaks with Film Director, Sarah Menzies about what the women face while cycling in their country.
Read More about Afghanistan Women’s Professional Cycling Team Goes Against All Odds
October 5, 2018 - 2:16 pm
What is it like to live on the US Mexico border today compared to ten years ago? Eva Lewis, a resident of Arivaca, Arizona says the difference is ICE. Lewis describes what motivated her to tackle the subject of life in a border town in the film, Justice in Immigration – Undeterred. This year’s Social Justice Film Festival kicked off in October, with Eva Lewis’s documentary. KBCS producer, Ruth Bly caught Lewis in Arizona by phone.
Read More about Undeterred – A Documentary about Living at the Border
October 1, 2018 - 9:22 am
A chef makes a meal based on the seven bus in Seattle — partially to pay tribute to the rapidly changing neighborhoods along the line.
September 26, 2018 - 2:00 pm
Meet the owner of a Estelita’s Library, Edwin Lando. The new community library opened it’s doors near the Beacon Hill Light Rail Station. Jim Cantú spoke with its owner, Edwin Lando, about what Estelita’s Library is. This is an excerpt of a KVRU interview
Estela Ortega (courtesy of El Centro de la Raza)
September 20, 2018 - 2:08 pm
El Centro de la Raza on Beacon Hill provides social service support to local communities. KBCS’s Jim Cantu spoke with Estela Ortega, Executive Director of the El Centro, about how they provide education and services to immigrant families at risk. Ortega describes how this administration’s actions impact families and children in the Latinx community.
September 17, 2018 - 3:12 pm
On September 16th, 2018, the Seattle Storm celebrated their third WNBA championship with a rally. KBCS’s Gol Hoghooghi was at at Key Arena to speak with fans at the event.
Read More about Seattle Storm’s Third Women’s NBA Championship
September 17, 2018 - 8:00 am
Today on Unmute the Commute, we’re following the commute of Caleb Gustin to the VA hospital, where they work. In addition to working as nurse at the VA, Gustin dresses in drag and teaches inclusive sex ed. Produced by Rachel Stevens.
September 14, 2018 - 10:31 am
Conscious Cartoons is a new international animation film festival taking place on Vashon Island Friday, September 14 through the 16th. KBCS interviewed the event’s organizer, Bill Jarko.
