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Per Fagereng (1934-2023)

Airs at: Wed, 03/01/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Per Fagereng, host of Fight The Empire, in conversation with John Shuck, of the Beloved Community show. They discuss Per's book Jack Maloney's Century, as well as politics of the day, oil, the environment, among other topics, and they receive a few callers in the second ... Read more

Celebration of our Animal Family

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2023 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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  And yes, today at KBOO we certainly and decisively celebrate our animal buddies with all our might. What would we do without them? Would we ever get outside the house and experience the world without our dogs? Could we ever brush off depression and despair without them? ... Read more

National Love Your Pet Day

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
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  In commemoration of our awesome animal friends and family, who in one way or another bless our human lives, we take pause today to remember how important and utterly wonderful they are.  For them! We celebrate National Love Your Pet Day here at KBOO 90.7FM Portland   ... Read more

Wall Street out of Oregon's Forests!!!

Airs at: Wed, 03/22/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
    Today we turn our attention to the "financialization" of forests in the Pacific Northwest: how private equity firms and hedge funds have been buying up increasing acreage of timberland and forcing them to produce profit for big investors.   Our guests today are Chuc... Read more

Pastures of Plenty - March 22, 2023

Airs at: Wed, 03/22/2023 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Pastures of Plenty
This week's show finds us welcoming old friends and discovering new talents. We feature new tracks from Aussie songwriter Vance Joy ("Every Side of You") and Swedish sister group First Aid Kit (title tune "Palomino"). We dig out chestnuts from Matthews Southern Comfort ("An... Read more

Human Rights and Reform at the UN

Airs at: Wed, 03/22/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Human Rights and Reform at the UN. The sixty-sixth session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs was March 13 through 17 in Vienna, Austria. At this year’s session, the voices of people from the global south, of indigenous people from all over... Read more

World Poetry Special: Part 2, with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 10:30pm - 11:00pm
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Join us in the second half of Talking Earth's World Poetry Day Special, host Walt Curtis and board-op Patrick Bocarde read poetry from Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Appollonaire, Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Paul Celan among others, many in their original languages.  Filmaker Sabrina Gui... Read more

World Poetry Special: Part I, with Kurt Schweigman

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 10:00pm - 10:30pm
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Kurt Schweigman, formerly Luke Warm Water, reads from his new collection of poetry KBOO's spoken word radio show Talking Earth celebrates World Poetry Day with a half hour special featuring the poetry of Oglala/Sicangu Lakota poet Kurt Schweigman.  Portland poetry fans may... Read more

The Current Wave of Trans Hate Legislation

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Transpositive PDX
Please join us for Transpositive on KBOO Community Radio on Tuesday, March 21st as we discuss the current wave of hate legislation being introduced across the country targeting trans kids.  Over 400 individual pieces of legislation have been introduced in over 36 states inc... Read more

Jaleesa Johnston on Conductions Black Imaginings

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
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On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Jaleesa Johnston of the Portland Art Museum about the five-day show Conductions Black Imaginings, which shows the work of Black artists ariella tai, Ella Ray and Sharyll Burroughs. Runs March 22-26 in vari... Read more