Environment/Climate

Karen Russell, author of The Antidote (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 03/26/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
While Jonesy himself recovers from hip surgery, it’s a good time to replay one of my favorite interviews from last year, with one of my very favorite guests, Karen Russell. We talked about her latest novel The Antidote, which was named a 2025 National Book Award finalist... Read more

Changing of the Seasons Through Music

Airs at: Wed, 03/25/2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
The Underground is going through seasons with Music! Including Greyson, Gavin, Eli, Suzanne, Clementine, Lola, Olivia, Jude W, Vivian, Julian, Jude E, Clem, Grady and Nick.   Tune In to hear our musical selections!!!!!!   In Spring Is Vivian, Gavin and Julian. In Summ... Read more

Risk Bond Bill Passes Oregon Legislature

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For over a century a massive array of tanks filled with noxious, explosive liquid fuels and chemicals has been an existential threat to the Pacific Northwest. It still is, but as a result of the passage of the Risk Bond Bill at the end of this past legislative session, w... Read more

News In Depth: Leach Botanical Garden Faces Uncertain Future

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this episode of News in Depth, KBOO's Nina Mayfair dives deep on the funding crisis and historical significance of Portland's Leach Botanical Garden. At the corner of 122nd and Foster in Southeast Portland, there's a 16-acre forest sanctuary that almost didn't com... Read more

The Death and Life of Kulla Kulla Creek

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on 01/26/2026 From the crest of the Tualatin Mountains, Balch Creek flows down a canyon through Forest Park. The stream runs wild and free until a mile from its confluence with the Willamette River, where it is imprisoned in a sewer pipe.... Read more

News In Depth: Oregon ArtsWatch Update and USAID Abandons Biodiversity Work

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this episode of KBOO News in Depth:  Oregon ArtsWatch Executive Director joins KBOO's Althea Billings to discuss the latest arts news, including "Portland art organizations ask for unspent Arts Tax funds, more public support." Then, KBOO's Nate Davis interviews jou... Read more

Reviving the Willamette

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland is gifted to have a mighty river flowing through the heart of the city. Unfortunately for more than a century this priceless resource has been abused, degraded and polluted, and for many decades Portlanders turned their backs on the Willamette River. But things ... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Interview with Robert Pyle (part 2) The Xerces Society, Art and Science, and Bigfoot!

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  Todays show features the second half of a conversation with Dr. Robert Michael Pyle. Bob Pyle is a pioneer and legend in invertebrate conservation research and advocacy, as well as an accomplished author and poet. In 1971, he founded the Xerces Society, which has gro... Read more

A Different Nature: Earth Day

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2026 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Tonight will have a minimum of talking as we do an Earth Day show... some recent releases of environmental sounds...   Read more

Toxic Past, Heated Future: Resilience at the Portland Harbor

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
We often think of the Willamette River as a scenic backdrop for recreation, but for many, it is a site of "slow violence". On this episode of Locus Focus, Dr. Vivek Shandas of Portland State University explores how the harbor’s industrial legacy—a "toxic graveyard" of W... Read more