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11th Annual Village Building Convergence

KBOO is a proud sponsor for CityRepair's 11th Annual Village Building Convergence This year's theme is Urban Alchemy - Transforming Spaces into Places May 27th - June 5th 11th Annual VBC in brief: We will come together to create benches, community kiosks, gardens, street... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library August 10, 2015

Beal, Willis Earl Noctunes Tender Loving Empire Alt Rock Deaf Wish Pain Sub Pop Alt Rock Gardens & Villa Music For Dogs Secretly Canadian Alt Rock Hammond Jr, Albe... Read more

Masters of the Universe, Redux

July 21, 2009 Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi gets to the heart of how one investment banking firm, Goldman Sachs, has engineered bubble after speculative bubble in the marketplace for years, always positioning itself to prosper in the wake of each disaster -- often at taxpa... Read more

Remix Colbert Contest!

Recently, digital rights champion Lawrence Lessig appeared on the Colbert Report to discuss copyright issues.  .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b... Read more

New Xmas and Holiday Releases 2012

KBOO Christmas 2012   12-14-12 Dwight Trible/Paul Zauner        Dwight Christmas            PAO Michael Tinholme            The Lost Christmas Card        Blue Planet    Spencer Day                If Christma doesn’t Kill Me        Concord Jamie Leonhart            ... Read more

Five reasons to be frightened of Sarah Palin

 1) She's a global warming denier.2)  She thinks that God likes pipelines,  (h/t Juan Cole)3) She has a whole lot in common with fundamentalists from other parts of the world.4) She's a liar.5) She believes the war in Iraq is God's work.And there's more, believe me. I di... Read more

Stay in the KNOW with "Paula's Picks"!

Find "Paula's Picks" on Twitter: http://twitter.com/PaulasPicks Find "Paula's Picks" on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paulas-Picks/272737117460 Have other ideas of where Paula the Small should be found? Leave a comment. And as always, listen to "Paula's Picks" every ... Read more

Mic Crenshaw's Afrikan Hiphop Caravan 2015 Journey

AHC 2015:   Baqi and I flew for what felt like a week. Portland to SFO, to JFK, to Istanbul, to Kilimanjaro, then  after finding out Baqi’s checked bag  didn’t make it we went on to catch a taxi the village of Embaseni, 35 minutes from Arusha. We stayed at the UAACC host... Read more

A Meaty Food Show

Tomorrow's Food Show is alot about meat. Even if you are not an avid meat eater, you'll be honored to hear the stories of Miriam's 90ish year old Mother who will grace our show with her memories about how meat was rationed during the depression. Then we'll have the folks from ... Read more

KBOO Raises Over $10,000 for Haiti

On February 18th, 2010, KBOO Community Radio in Portland, OR dedicated 13 hours of airtime to fundraise for Haiti relief efforts, due to a rare FCC waiver that allowed us to fundraise for organizations on-air. The last time the FCC allowed this was after Hurricane Katrin... Read more