Q-90.1 FM’s host Adam Gac probes the depths of Clarren’s pysche and past in a wide-ranging and funny conversation that delves into how she used journalistic techniques to write novel KICKDOWN, what led Clarren to both journalism and novel-writing, and more.
Clarren dishes about the four main characters featured in her debut novel and what she’s working on next.
Rebecca reads three different passages from KICKDOWN, shares musical selections inspired by the book and talks with host Anjoli Roy about her past as a rural DJ in western Colorado. LIsten here to the entire playlist she created, inspired by her novel.
Women’s voices and views, with news headlines, interviews, and a community calendar. Broad Perspectives begins Sunday public affairs programming on KXCI at 3pm.
‘Kickdown’: In the American West, nagging questions over how to save the family ranch
FULL REVIEW by Molly Gloss
Rebecca's series of articles with Investigate West and The Nation won SPJ's Northwest Excellence in Journalism Award in the Social Issues Reporting category for 2017. Her article on Native American education was runner-up for Government & Politics reporting.
Native American tribal courts operate differently than the federal and state systems. Rebecca Clarren speaks with Think host Krys Boyd about how these courts work – and about how their approach to criminal justice has shown a decrease in recidivism.
Native American students drop out of school at a rate that’s twice the national average. Rebecca Clarren talks with Think host Krys Boyd about how cultural insensitivity, declining federal funding and other factors have led to an educational crisis among American Indians.
How to sidestep environmental despair.
Rebecca talks with host Terry Gross about her trip to the Marianas Islands and her subsequent Ms. Magazine cover story.
Rebecca's High Country News cover story, “The Dark Side of Dairies,” won the 2010 Hillman Prize for Magazine Writing. Here's a link to the award ceremony and her acceptance speech.
A document leaked from the Fish and Wildlife Service calls for changes to the Endangered Species Act that would dramatically curtail the protections the act offers.
Rebecca talks with Al Franken of Air America about her work for Ms. Magazine on Marianas Islands sweatshops that sidestep U.S. laws regulating minimum wage, tariffs, quotas, and immigration.
Immigrants in California’s Central Valley are sick of breathing poisoned air.
