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In his 1989 book A Forest Journey, John Perlin shows how an abundance (or scarcity) of wood has greatly shaped the culture, demographics, economy, politics, and technology of societies over the millennia. Until our dependence on fossil fuels, wood was the principal fuel and... Read more

  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Dreaming An-Other World: We haven’t heard much about the EZLN of southern Mexico recently, but they’ve been active. In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond updates... Read more

Histories and popular culture of the Golden Age of Piracy offer tales of resistance to capitalism through multiracial democracy and sexual and gender liberty. Frann Michel discusses the books The Many Headed Hydra:  Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the ... Read more

We haven’t heard much about the EZLN of southern Mexico recently, but they’ve been active. In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond updates us and reminds us of their unique mode of struggle. Norm is joined by two distinguished actors to present dramatic r... Read more

An interview with Carmen P. Thompson, historian, and author of The Making of American Whiteness: The Formation of Race in Seventeenth-Century Virginia. She earned her Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and her Masters of Arts in African... Read more

  In addition to the usual line-up, here are our Featured Goddesses this week:  BlueBonnets - a Rock/Blues band hailing from Austin, Texas. Led by Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's, this group knows how to lay down a groovy blues sound that'll have you on your feet. Plus, th... Read more

As part of Women's History Month and in conjunction with KBOO's All Thrills, No Frills winter fundraising drive, this edition of Swing 'n' Country will focus solely on the music of women in country music, many of whom pioneered the way for later female artists. For the 3rd ... Read more

Spring time in Portland Oregon...and the rain continues. The Rain is one of the nice things about Portland actually. The air always seem clean and the trees are green. Rain is also good for taking some time to calm down, and to reflect on your present circumstances, while l... Read more

Hot off the presses -- vital artists respond to our tempestuous times in song. Today's Songcircle features brand-new music from Iris DeMent, Slaid Cleaves, Van Morrison, U2, The Long Ryders, Dom Flemons (formerly of Carolina Chocolate Drops), Eric Bibb, and Lonnie Holley, p... Read more

This week, Jeff Godsil reminds us of Michael Moore's Farenheit 9-11, followed by a reprise of Britts Gordon's comments on  Jia Zhangke's first feature film, Xiao Wu, also known as Pickpocket, but first, Matthew of KBOO's monthly bedtime story program Gremlin Time assesses t... Read more