The BOO Beat: Issue 2!

  KBOO's zine, the BOO Beat, is back with a second issue, featuring KBOO's program guide, interviews with local activists and community members, spotlights on local businesses, and on-the-ground reporting. Our publication has its finger on the pulse of Portland, and you... 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

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Kush 20th Anniversary Part 3 with The Incredible Kid

Airs at: Tue, 01/20/2026 at 10:00pm - Wed, 01/21/2026 at 12:00am
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Kush celebrates 20 years on KBOO! All month The Incredible Kid brings the party to you with the latest Global Bass jammers: emphasizing South Asia and the South Asian diaspora with a special focus on Punjabi beats. Khushi or Kush, the choice is yours! Read more

Remembering Claire Hall and the Murder of Rene Good on Transpositive PDX

Airs at: Tue, 01/20/2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Transpositive PDX
Join us this Tuesday, January 20th at 6 PM on KBOO Community Radio for Transpositive PDX. In the first half of the show, we’ll be joined by Marci Grace Frederic and Sheila Menghert to remember the life and legacy of Claire Hall, the transgender Lincoln County Commissione... Read more

You KNOW it's Gonna Get Stranger Pt1 A tribute to Bobby Weir

Airs at: Sat, 01/24/2026 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Phil G here, This week I'm going to be paying tribute to the late Bobby Weir by exploring music he made outside the Grateful Dead bubble. There will be sit-ins, other projects, and lots of his own songs that were not played with the Grateful Dead. I'm betting that some o... Read more

Mimi Pond

Airs at: Thu, 01/22/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Mimi Pond is an author, humorist, and award-winning cartoonist who’s written for newspapers, magazines, and television shows such as Designing Women and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.  Her books include Over Easy, The Customer Is Always Wrong, and most recently Do Admit!: The M... Read more

The Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN) Returns to "That Vegan Show"

Airs at: Fri, 01/23/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for That Vegan Show
I am pleased to welcome NARN back to the show to find out about their current campaigns and collaborations, including a collab with Portland's ARCPDX ​​ (arcpdx.org)! I spoke with Rachel Bjork, Board President, and Amada Elyse, Policy & Program Lead, about many topics,... Read more

Radio Noir starring Edward G. Robinson and Jack Webb

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/20/2026 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
Featured tonight are Two Classic Radio Dramas. First aired in 1949, Edward G. Robinson stars in this episode of the CBS Radio series Suspence adapted from the film noir classic Night Has A Thousand Eyes.  The original story, by Cornell Woolrich, follows a young couple de... Read more

Musical Grooves For A Winter's Day

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortunato presents a selection of music to round out your afternoon. Featuring Marvin Gaye, Esperanza Spalding, Issic Hayes, Grover Washigton Jr, Jimmy Cliff, Lee Morgan, Carmen McRae, Mel Brown, and more. Read more

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
On April 12, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and nearly 50 other protestors and civil rights leaders were arrested after leading a Good Friday demonstration as part of the Birmingham Campaign, designed to bring national attention to the brutal, racist treatment suffered... Read more

Cai Emmons' posthumous novel The Bells with her husband Paul Calandrino

Airs at: Thu, 01/22/2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Jonesy
I had the great pleasure of interviewing Eugene-based writer Cai Emmons five times for KBOO, before she ended her life, through Oregon’s Death With Dignity program, in January 2023. Cai was diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS in early 2021, at the age of 70. It’s a debilitat... Read more