Recent Audio

  According to newly published research, opioid testing information was unavailable in half of injury death investigations in the U.S. in 2021 and in only about one out of ten unintentional overdose death investigations that were conducted that year. This at a time whe... Read more

The Portland Book Festival is not only our city’s biggest literary event, and one of the most popular on the entire West Coast, but a great way for local writers to meet and make connections. Our In Depth guests tonight, Dao Strom and Alicia Jo Rabins, are a case in poin... Read more

"Embrace Russia, Contain China? A Fool's Errand" Read more

James and Nate welcome Liz and Curtis from Montavilla's Board Bard Games. They talk about their first year and a half of business, the challenges of opening a new game store, and fostering a warm and welcoming community. Read more

War plans shared on a group chat. Tariffs for everybody. More and more firings of government employees. Alienation of longtime allies. Universities held hostage. More mass deportations. If only this were an April Fools joke -- but it ain't. Join Traci and Abe for the lat... Read more

Tune it for the last hour of César Chávez Day. We'll get heavy to mix of folk, punk and folk punk all revolving around themes of community, standing up for worker rights, critiquing our capitalist system.  Read more

Standup Comedy is back at KBOO - join us in the back! As part of Women's History Month and KBOO's All Thrills No Frills, Comics Take and Comedian Cimberly Nickell are producing standup comedy show for the KBOO community. The show is on March 28th at the station (doors ope... Read more

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Please join us on Monday, March 31st at 6:30 pm for Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio as we talk with Leonard Love about his life, his recent release from prison, his life before incarceration and his many accomplishments including the publication of several books ... Read more

Al Bradbury, editor of Labor Notes, and participant in the upcoming Portland Troublemakers School, describes the Labor Notes project - "putting the movement back in the labor movement" and building the "troublemakers wing" of trade unions.  The day-long Troublemakers Sch... Read more