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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

Getting Biological With Fascinary Games

Airs at: Tue, 01/20/2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Winner's Bias
James and Nate welcome Gina and Christa of Fascinary Games to talk about their game Mate: The Part Game for Feral Naturalists. We talk about turning animal mating habits into a game, creating a game using the concepts of Universal design, and how you know when you're don... 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

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

Compassion in Washington State

Airs at: Wed, 01/21/2026 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Compassion in Washington State. In the state of Washington, legislators are considering House Bill 2152, entitled Permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualifying patients in specified health care facilities. This bill is based o... 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

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

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