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  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

James and Nate Wrap Up The Year

Airs at: Tue, 12/16/2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Winner's Bias
It's just James and Nate for the last show of the year. They talk about board game themes and playing games during the holidays. We think. They do the show live, so the whole thing may change by the time they get talking. 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

Christmas Jazz Special

Airs at: Wed, 12/17/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for Jazz in the Afternoon
Local, coast-to-coast, and international Christmas and holiday sounds, including some KBOO debuts. Read more

Human Rights Day

Airs at: Wed, 12/17/2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Human Rights Day. Ever since it was first observed in 1950, December 10 is Human Rights Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, which set out, for the first time, fun... Read more

Today on Film at 11, two films and three shows, 19 Dec., 2025

Airs at: Fri, 12/19/2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Today, Jeff Godsil relives Eastwood's Unforgiven, Britta Gordon surveys the mysteries of Trenque Lauquen, and Mona Bowen discusses Swirl, Plu3ribus, Wake  Up Dead Man, The Last Frontier, and Blue Moon. Read more

Happy Holidays from Swing ’n’ Country!

Airs at: Sat, 12/20/2025 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Swing 'n' Country
This is the last Swing’n’Country show before Christmas (Saturday Dec. 20th 6-9am 90.7fm).  Accordingly, the playlist includes a sprinkling of holiday music early in the program, which becomes an all-out holiday celebration by the last hour.  The show starts with Bob Will... Read more

A City in Love with its River

Airs at: Mon, 12/22/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Deadly algae blooms have desecrated sections of the Willamette River through Portland for many years. With the warming climate they are only growing worse. But it doesn't have to be this way. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Willie Levenson, director and ring... Read more