Page 8
March 8, 2023
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Portland Radio Show Wins Worldwide
Let’s Talk
About Race!
radio show wins
National and
International
Awards
Portland radio show LTAR:
Let’s Talk About Race’s remark-
able show, “A Woman’s Rights
vs. The Supreme Court’s Might”
is lauded in a number of interna-
tional awards. The episode won
“Best Podcast under 30 minutes”
at Echonation Audio & Film
Festival in Greater Manchester,
England, “Best Podcast” at the
Swedish International Film Fes-
tival, and “Best Audio Podcast”
at EdiPlay International Film
Festival in France.
LTAR: Let’s Talk About Race
is an intergenerational, round-
table discussion of independent
national journalists who engage
in rigorous conversations and
analysis of news coverage re-
garding the role race plays in
politics, government, the econo-
my, education, and health. This
show was created in the after-
math of the United States Su-
preme Court's decision to over-
turn the right to an abortion. The
panelists digest the issue and
find the complex, overlapping
problems that this decision cre-
ates for Americans.
“I’m so proud of how our
show has grown, and how we
focus on the intersectionality of
issues. We’ll be banned in Flor-
ida soon, but that’s a point of
pride,” said LaNita Duke, host,
and moderator of LTAR.
Another highly lauded LTAR
episode is “The Second Pandem-
ic – Domestic Violence in Amer-
ica.” That program won “Best
Podcast” at the 4th Dimension
Independent Film Festival in
Bali, Indonesia, “Best Audio
Podcast” at Bright Internation-
al Film Festival in London, and
won at the International Black &
Diversity Film Festival in Toron-
to, Canada.
The
roundtable
line-up
features: LaNita Duke, an
award-winning audio and video
producer who has written, di-
rected, and produced political
news and commentary for Grass-
roots NW and KBOO Radio for
over 45 years. Dianne Johnson,
a journalist from Texas co- host/
musicologist on From the Grass-
roots, a political news magazine.
Althea Billings, journalist, and
radio producer. Cecil Prescod is a
talk-show host on local, national,
and international issues ranging
from poverty in Portland to pol-
itics in Africa. Nia Gray, host and
blogger of The Faith Report and
The Woke Church in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Mary Li, the Di-
rector of the Multnomah Idea
Lab, a think tank in Portland, OR.
LTAR is a production of
Grassroot News NW based in
Portland, Oregon, and airs on
KBOO Radio. Episodes come
out twice monthly, and are
available online wherever you
find podcasts, by searching “I’m so proud of how our show has grown, and how we focus on
“LTAR: Let’s Talk About Race.” the intersectionality of issues,”
— Lanita Duke, host, and moderator of LTAR. (pictured)
ltarshow@gmail.com