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“White Album Xmas” Returns for 18th Year

  WAX is Back! By Joseph Gallivan   Photo: Jon Dutch and Anngela Burt performing their new pole balancing and juggling act at White Album Xmas at the Alberta Rose Theatre, through Dec 13, some tickets remain for Dec 3, 4 and 10.)     Photo courtesy Jon Dutch.     ... Read more

KBOO's Community Resource Directory

  Places to find food for those who lost SNAP benefits: (Compiled via Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, Oregon Live, KGW)   OREGON FOOD BANK Searchable database of places providing hot meals, boxes of groceries, and other goods. Search by zip code Expect to call a... Read more

Multnomah County's Climate Justice Plan

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Multnomah County's Office of Sustainability has been working on a Climate Justice Plan for the past several months. The plan is a shared vision and roadmap for climate justice for Multnomah County, co-created by community members and local government staff. Over the past... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 15, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Photo of Wall Art in Cypress: Image licensed for public use: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/809719 Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Finding Home: Sisters of the Road and the Welcome Home Coalition conducted re... Read more

A Matter Of Public Records / Episode #107

Airs at: Sat, 12/13/2025 at 3:00am - 6:00am
Please enjoy this selection of cover versions of songs originally recorded by John Coltrane, Faust, Joy Division, MC5, The Stooges & many more. Read more

Double Groove - James Taylor

Airs at: Fri, 12/12/2025 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for Double Groove
Tune in to explore James Taylor's first album, titled “James Taylor”. We’ll hear the unique composition of his first album paired with some awesome covers, map larger world events on to the album and perhaps sprinkle some holiday music in while we're at it!     Read more

Traditional folk music from "The History of Sound" on Pastures of Plenty

Airs at: Wed, 12/17/2025 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Pastures of Plenty
The recently released film “The History of Sound” staring Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal is a love story between two musicologists in the 1920s who travel around rural Maine recording traditional folk ballads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Sound The leading... Read more

🔊Dance In Brooklyn🔊

Airs at: Wed, 12/10/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Ital Vibes
Lining up a Heavy Reggae mix featuring the Elemental Styles with a special nod to the NYC productions of the 70s & 80s✨ **Live & Direct**Mixxed to the Maxx** Read more

Gifts for gardeners, plus asking the right questions to get the right fruit tree for you

Airs at: Wed, 12/10/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Dirtbag
Host Glen Andresen and co-pilot Jim Gilbert are back in the KBOO studio for a live December show. Hey, wondering what gift to give to a gardener in your life (or your favorite KBOO gardening show hosts)? We've got ideas. This month starts the pruning season...and it can ... Read more

Amy Mason Doan, author of The California Dreamers

Airs at: Thu, 12/11/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Amy Mason Doan, author of the novel The California Dreamers from Graydon House. Amy is the bestselling author of three previous novels: Lady Sunshine, The Summer List, and Summer Hours. Before turning to fiction, she worked as a reporter an... Read more

Favorite Folk and Roots from 2025 on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 12/12/2025 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we take a look back and enjoy some of my favorite folk & roots releases from 2025!  We'll hear fantastic music from The Horsenecks, Meredith Moon, Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton, Carla Gover, True North Duo, I'm With ... Read more

Making Nonfiction Comics

Airs at: Thu, 12/11/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Comics journalism is a fairly new medium.  Many attribute its origin to the work of Portland native and Palestine author Joe Sacco.  Now, two comics artists have compiled their experiences with comics journalism into a how-to book: Making Nonfiction Comics. Eleri Har... Read more

Sailing, Whaling and Folk Music

Airs at: Wed, 12/10/2025 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Pastures of Plenty
Please join me for the December 10th episode of Pastures of Plenty (90.7 fm 5:30-7:00 am).  I’m featuring a set of seafaring music, including songs about two old vessels with strong Oregon connections - The Star of Oregon by Shanghaied on the Willamette and Ballad of the... Read more