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To everyone in our Beloved Community,   In light of the inauguration, the slew of executive orders, and the rise of misinformation in the United States, we here at KBOO are committed to continuing our legacy as an alternative to mainstream media. We have a duty to serv... Read more

For years the fossil fuel industry has set its sights on Port Westward, just outside Clatskanie, Oregon, where there is a small industrial park along the Columbia Estuary. Port Westward has very little industrial development on what is primarily highly productive agricul... Read more

Adam Carpinelli interviews Danny Wilson and Tracy Schlapp with Bridgeworks Oregon. Bridgeworks Oregon partners with individuals and groups to run programs that focus on well-being and education by using art, music, and cultural awareness to bridge societal divisions in O... Read more

Tonight we honor the passing of long time KBOO on air host Walt Curtis of The Talking Earth. Ten years ago I brought Walt into the studio to record him reading a story by Jack London called Hobos That Pass In The Night. About London's own years riding the rails looking f... Read more

  On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan talks to artists about the Recent Grads show at Blackfish Gallery in the Pearl District, a show of works selected by college professors to showcase some outstanding young artists coming out of Oregon colleges ... Read more

We interviewed a nesting pair with no shortage of poly experience.  They've had wild ups and downs, and history in the "companion" industry, which can they laugh about.  Come on in; the water's fine. Read more

On today's episode, we welcome back Lidia Yuknavitch, author of the new memoir Reading the Waves from Riverhead Books. Lidia’s the nationally bestselling author of the novels Thrust, The Book of Joan, Dora: A Headcase, and The Small Backs of Children, which won the 2016 ... Read more

This week Jeff Godsil joins us to discuss the film noir Cry Danger, as well as Ari Aster's new "state of the nation" tale  Eddington. In addition we have reviews of two recent Criterion releases, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Jean Eustace's The Mother and the Whore.  Read more