Recent Audio

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

Go into the woods Thursday morning, with host Jonathan Lay on Rise When the Rooster Crows: traditional North American music, it's roots, branches and beyond. In this episode, those roots and branches reach to shady groves, piney woods, crooked trees, lone trees, maplewoo... Read more

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

New releases will be heard after Kilgore's interview. Read more

On this edition of Century: Hemp in the Keystone State. Federal law regarding hemp was changed recently and the hemp and hemp-derived products industry is in turmoil. There has been a backlash against those changes from the public, the industry, and some members of Congre... Read more

Late Night Reggae Energy, a few new arrivals & plenty of Deep Record Box pulls✨ **Live & Direct** Mixx to the Maxx** Read more

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

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

the Selling Out of Ukraine (by the US and Russia) Read more

The long weekend honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. passed amid state violence against people of color, dictatorial posturing from the American president, and saber-rattling against the Republic's oldest allies. And elsewhere, brutal repression seems to have cr... Read more