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Patch Bay Episode 1: Wendy Melovin

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/23/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  AudioPilot
  The Patch Bay is a program dedicated to tracing the through lines of records we love, by highlighting the players on the wax. This week, we’re taking a deep dive into the playing of Wendy Melovin. Best known as the guitarist for Prince and the Revolution, Wendy has also ... Read more

A Different Nature (Nature)

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
  Earth Day special! Remember when we heard NO human voices on KBOO for one whole day and only the sounds of nature? This time, we’ll bring you music and sounds that have evolved from the sounds of nature with artists such as Graeme Revell, DakhaBrakha, Lucidbeaming, Ela L... Read more

Oregon Forest Sounds

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Earth Day 2024 special programming      _______   A collage of high definition Oregon forest sounds    _______ We take a moment to rejoice in the sounds of Nature.      _______       Read more

Earth Day and Labor

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  Earth Day 2024 special programming   _____     Organized labor and environmental activism   _____   The theme reflects how organized labor has transitioned to reflect a common ground concept to ensuring strong labor standards while also exploring renewable energy projec... Read more

Celebrating Two Recent Victories for Oceans and State Forests!

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  It is important to celebrate our victories, and today we get to talk about two of them! The Oregon Board of Forestry (BoF) recently voted to approve its first ever Habitat Conservation Plan on State Forests, and a bill to fully fund and strengthen Oregon's Marine Reserv... Read more

Environmental Justice Change-makers are making it happen: Interviews with Oregon non-profit leaders

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  Earth Day 2024 special programming   ______ KBOO's Althea Billings catches up with the environmental justice change-makers in our community. She speaks with Audie Paulus and Tim Elder from Wild Salmon Center, Kristina Lefever from the Pollinator Project Rogue Valley, Ja... Read more

Darrah Blackwater - Spectrum Sovereignty

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 1:00pm - 1:30pm
  Dine' environmental activist, researching and exposing the idea that Native Nations have exclusive rights to the electromagnetic spectrum on and over their lands. She asserts this is Nature, therefore a natural resource and it should be treated as such.    ______ Darrah... Read more

Drax and the Downside of Biomass

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Woody Biomass is being promoted as a carbon neutral climate solution. Proposals for industrial scale wood pellet projects are popping up in California and Washington State, that claim they will help to protect forests and benefit rural communities—as well as combat climate ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 22, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Defending forests, obliterating dams, replanting watershed, and organizing against genocide (that is also ecocide): Frann Michel hosts this Earth Day episode, which includes these segments: Forest Defense In this Earth Day segment of "Field Notes,” Sophie Smith speaks w... Read more

Organizing with JVP-PDX

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  As the genocide in Gaza continues into its sixth month, activists and groups in solidarity with Palestinian freedom continue to organize for a cease-fire and an end to US military support for Israel. Journalist Kevin Foster talks with Zia Laboff, an organizer with Jewish... Read more