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At the start of Portland’s first heatwave this summer at the end of a traumatic week for our nation, longtime climate activist and journalist Bill McKibben came to Portland to speak at a gathering sponsored by the Third Act Oregon. In 2008 McKibben co-founded 350.org, which... Read more

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Incarceration and Crime. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with Nazgol Ghandnoosh, PhD, Co-Director of Research with The Sentencing Project and co-author of a new report from The Sentencing Project entitled Incarceration and Crime... Read more

We present a series of recordings with composer and wind instrument master Anthony Braxton, here playing one-on-one duos with various artists including: Richard Teitelbaum, Marilyn Crispell, Joelle Leandre, Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum,  John Wolf Brennan, James Fei, an... Read more

The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is live for our 44th anniversary of this landmark jazz festival! The event will be held from July 19th to the 21st. KBOO will be doing it's annual live broadcast and bringing you all the smoothest melodies from this years incredible event! ... Read more

It’s a blend of old and newer country tunes, featuring several duets, from Corinne West & Kelly Joe Phelps, Mary McCaslin & Jim Ringer, The Louvin Brothers, Charlie Louvin & Melba Montgomery, Johnnie & Jack, Doug Cox & Linda McRae, Gene Watson & Rhonda Vincent, Brennen Leig... Read more

  Here at KBOO, we are celebrating Pride Month and LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage on Tuesdays, 7:00 to 8:00pm, with live panels from our studios, where we will have guests from these communities talk to us about their culture, presence, struggles, and relevance. Calls are welcome, 5... Read more

  Click here to listen or download segment audio In May, over 3000 thousand activists attended the People's Conference for Palestine in Detroit, Michigan with thousands more joining virtually. The conference, held from May 24th through the 26th, was a place for activists ... Read more

  Click here to listen or download segment audio   Chiquita Bananas and Climate Justice: On June 12 Democracy Now aired a segment on a legal victory for Colombian agricultural workers against Chiquita. After years of legal wrangling, the banana giant was ordered to pay $... Read more

  North Carolina legislators have passed a comprehensive mask ban and politicians elsewhere are pushing to criminalize masking in public space as part of ongoing suppression of political dissent and extension of police power.  Frann Michel discusses this attack on our righ... Read more

This special programming was broadcast Saturday, March 16th, 9am to 5pm for the 2024 Bluegrass Marathon on KBOO! 8 hours of live bluegrass performed by 13 of your favorite local bands and special archived performances We were live in the studio at 20 SE 8th, and we did l... Read more