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Gentrification and the Right to the City

  The well-read red has been reading about gentrification, as well as seeing plenty of it.    Despite what we often hear in mainstream media, gentrification is not simply a cultural change in a neighborhood, and not simply a matter of individual choices.  Rather, it invo... Read more

American Holocaust: When It’s All Over I’ll Still Be Indian

AMERICAN INDIAN Holocaust HOZWE | MySpace Video   The powerful and hard-hitting documentary, American Holocaust, is quite possibly the only film that reveals the link between the Nazi holocaust, which claimed at least 6 million Jews, and the American Holocaust which... Read more

DIY, Portland: Education Roundup

DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE KBOO SITE, THIS EPISODE IS ONLY AVAILABLE AT DESTINATION DIY AT THIS TIME. We're revisiting last year’s series on do-it-yourself education. You’ll hear voices from the Portland Free Skool and the Waypost, as well as Matthew Sta... Read more

New Jazz Releases, June 13, 2012

Ruth Aguilar                An Invitation                self prod Peter Appleyard            Sophisticated Ladies            Linus Ravi Coltrane                Spirit Fiction                Blue Note Manuel Galban            Blue Cha Cha                Concord Picante... Read more

The State of the Website

Hello! Welcome to the newly scrubbed clean KBOO.fm. Our website is now safe again for you to visit, enjoy and make donations to KBOO. What happened? Long story short, the website was infected with malware, which most likely happened after my work computer was infected. How... Read more

The Supreme Court and Corporate Speech

Clayton Morgareidge for the Old Mole Variety Hour Audio version, click here.    Last week, in what some are calling the most consequential decision in decades, the Supreme Court struck down the ban on corporations contributing corporate funds to political campaigns for ... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library January 5, 2015

Brika Voice Memos Art House Alt Rock Fraser, Brooke Brutal Romantic Vagrant Regular Rock Ghost Tiger Some Friends Feel Like Family Self Released Regular Rock Intui... Read more

Program changes for July 2009

We've been updating our on-air sound to offer compelling radio programs in a convenient and easy-to-follow schedule. We've moved a step at a time, starting with surveys and community meetings and then working closely with our volunteer-driven program committee to offer m... Read more

Write Around Portland's Workshop for Transgendered Adults guests on Out Loud on 5/27

Tune into Out Loud on May 27th @ 6pm to hear from guests from Write Around Portland's Transgendered Adults Writing Workshop.  Barbara interviews three participants and a program coordinator from this series of workshops. Read more

New Jazz Releases, August 7, 2012

KBOO jazz Tracking 8/7/12 Ben-Hur/Debriano                Our Thing                    Motema Sylvia Brooks                Restless                    self prod Frank Herzberg            Handmade                    self prod Hot Club of Detroit                  Juncti... Read more