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Five reasons to be frightened of Sarah Palin

 1) She's a global warming denier.2)  She thinks that God likes pipelines,  (h/t Juan Cole)3) She has a whole lot in common with fundamentalists from other parts of the world.4) She's a liar.5) She believes the war in Iraq is God's work.And there's more, believe me. I di... Read more

Celebrating the Longest Night, and the Return of the Light

 So we've made it around the Sun, one more time.  The longest night of the year comes next week-- Winter Solstice is Tuesday, the 21st, with the Sun going into Capricorn at 3:38 PM, Pacific Time.  This is one of the eight turning points of the pagan year.  The last was S... Read more

New in KBOO Music Library April 18, 2013

  ARTIST TITLE LABEL GENRE Kouyate, Bassekou & Ngoni Ba Jama ko Out There Africa [Mali] Bombino Nomad Noesuch Africa [Niger] Biales, Lisa Singing in my Soul Big Song Music Blues E... Read more

A Meaty Food Show

Tomorrow's Food Show is alot about meat. Even if you are not an avid meat eater, you'll be honored to hear the stories of Miriam's 90ish year old Mother who will grace our show with her memories about how meat was rationed during the depression. Then we'll have the folks from ... Read more

HELP! - Important Public Radio Funding Vote in Congress Friday 9/9

This Friday, Sept. 9 at 9:30 AM Eastern, the House Labor, HHS Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled to mark up its spending bill.  This is the Subcommittee that decides on Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.  Subcommittee members are listed below. If one of t... Read more

"YOU ARE THERE-1968"

 Hey there all you "Old-Timers" ( and You "Young-Ones" too) - Don't Miss the VINYL PAJAMA PARTY™©® this  week (11/25) 3 am till 530 am  To observe KBOO's 40th Year on the air, Brian and his special guest will bring you  "YOU ARE THERE-1968" Listen in as we give up the best... Read more

Open Meetings Law

At the December board meeting, volunteers raised concern that I am not familiar with the laws regarding open meetings.  It was suggested that the board look to ORS Chapter 192.610-192.690.   http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/192.html   However, as I have communicated to s... Read more

It's the June 2 Special Announcement from KBOO Station Navigator

This past Sunday, KBOO's Station Navigator, Lynn Fitch pre-empted regular programming for 15 minutes to deliver an address to all listeners which contained an ambitious membership, outreach and awareness building campaign for this Summer.If you care about KBOO, please gi... Read more

Jan 22 - From the Inaguration forward - Community Conversation

Joanne Zuhl interviews Helen Thomas, legendary White House Press Corps bulldog about the responsibility of the Press in the new administration. And we invite you to call in to join the discussion on how we move forward after the inauguration buzz wears off. We open a dis... Read more

Greg Palast

KBOO is a proud sponsor for Greg Palast's Portland "pre-release" premier of his new book Vulture's Picnic This is a benefit for KBOO Community Radio, The Portland Alliance and Laughing Horse Books Palast pursues petroleum pigs, power pirates and high finance carnivores ... Read more