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  KBOO COMMUNITY RADIO’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RECRUITING Do you love KBOO Community Radio and its mission? Apply to join the Board of Directors! The Board of Directors of The KBOO Foundation governs the station: safeguarding its financial health, shaping its future, re... Read more

  Chart a course for engaging radio in our “Radio Ahead” special programming season! Choose your own adventure amongst our plethora of specials ranging from enlightening interviews, to compelling talk radio, to dynamic music of all genres.  KBOO’s DJs are bringing you ... Read more

On today's episode, our guest is Liz Prato, author of the new book Purgatoire: a novel in stories from Forest Avenue Press. Liz and I last talked on Jonesy four years ago, for her essay collection Kids in America: a Gen X Reckoning. Her work also includes Volcanoes, Palm... Read more

  Andy Warner is an artist and writer of non-fiction comics, and an editor for international cartoon platform The Nib.  His books include Brief Histories of Everyday Objects, This Land Is My Land, and Spring Rain: A Graphic Memoir of Love, Madness, and Revolution. Spri... Read more

In this episode: Cease-fire in Iran; International Efforts to Re-open the Strait of Hormuz; Human costs of Trump's War Read more

Phil G here In the time of this unjust military incursion, we lost one of the great Anti-War Activists last month, Country Joe McDonald. I'll be paying tribute to this tireless activist; whether it was support of Veterans, Environmental issues, Feminism, Unions, Nurses, ... Read more

In literary works by Kafka, Beckett and Pinter, I have noticed that characters often come in pairs. With that in mind, this morning I will be playing two songs from each group or album. As always, I hope you enjoy listening to this show in particular, and KBOO in general. Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes a re-broadcast from Against the Grain: While the wealthy disproportionately own real estate in the U.S., in many locales the properties of low income homeowners and especially homeowners of color are... Read more

  This program aired originally on February 23, 2026   As data centers continue to pop up like noxious weeds, a growing movement is coming together to stop their spread. Like oil and gas pipelines before them, data centers are uniting people of diverse backgrounds and p... Read more

April 13th, 2026 Michael Franklin teaches 'Poetic Voices', a high school poetry class that allows students such as Emily Kelley, Drake Peters, and Alissa Peterson to dig deep into their poetic self.   Read more

On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews Julia Dolan of the Portland Art Museum about “David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”.    Curator Dolan talks about how Hockney emerged from Swinging... Read more

  Tune in to KBOO Between the Covers on Thursday, April 16th at 11:00 am for an interview with author Michell Cox. She is the award-winning author of historical fiction, including the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, The Fallen Woman’s Daughter, and The Merriweath... Read more

The KBOO Youth Collective is all about Portland. They talk about their favorite places, the movie scene, pizza, sounds, donuts, and more! Read more

Legendary labor organizer, Ellen David Friedman, chair of the Labor Notes board and coordinator of the United Caucuses of Rank-and-File Educators (UCORE) has just released her first book: "Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It's Hard".  In this interview Friedman sha... Read more

  Places to find food for those who lost SNAP benefits: (Compiled via Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, Oregon Live, KGW)   OREGON FOOD BANK Searchable database of places providing hot meals, boxes of groceries, and other goods. Search by zip code Expect to call a... Read more