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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

International Women's Day (March 8th) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. International Women's Day honors the work of the suffragettes, feminists, and pioneers who have fought for gender equality... Read more

     Join Andy O’Hara on “The World of Jazz” for an afternoon exploring the innovative spirit of jazz and its far-reaching influence. In this episode, we honor the foundations of the craft featuring John Coltrane and Lee Morgan, alongside the timeless bebop of Dizzy Gill... Read more

Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning when we'll celebrate the birthday of Richard Thompson, who will also be in concert at Revolution Hall in Portland on Tuesday, April 14th (see link below).  We'll also enjoy new and favorite folk and roots music from To... Read more

Today, Film at 11 welcomes friend-of-the-show Mike Russell to discuss his new book The Running Movie: Liner Notes for a Lost Sports FIlm,  about the making of Rob Nilsson's On the Edge starring Bruce Dern and Marin County.  .  Mike's book is available to read here. The ... Read more

Folk Classics with Ed Mellnik Read more

Hello. Thank you for reading this description of my radio show. This show broadcasts from 3 to 6 AM, and I hope the music I have selected will ease you into your day. Read more

Jerry Ryan is a life coach, psychotherapist and best-selling author of Living Less Stressed, and he is one of the authors of the new book We Choose To Be More Than Our Diagnoses.  HOST Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, international mindfulness expert, fo... Read more

Joe Clement returns to host an episode of the Old Mole, and we hear: Patricia Kullberg, our Well Read Red, reads excerpts from an article titled: “The Price of Not Knowing: Iran, Corporate Interests, and America’s Cycle of Violence,” by Sara Van Gelder. It was published... Read more

Joe Clement and Mar Zusman talk about the Jewish holiday of Passover through a Jewish antizionist lens that seeks to include all oppressed people in its story of liberation. The video recording of the opening song Mir Veln Zey Iberleben can be found at the 2:08:30 mark o... Read more

  This show aired originally on February 16, 2026   The largest waterfall in North America is Niagara Falls, a world renowned tourist attraction with spectacular views from many angles. The second largest falls is Willamette Falls, 16 miles south of Portland, Oregon, wh... Read more

Singer Songwriter edition of the Monday Sampler with Ed Mellnik Contemporary Music Read more

Today's show is the first of three shows with songs and tune titles containing animal names. 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

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

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