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Airs at: Thu, 03/19/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Airs at: Wed, 04/01/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:00pm.

A deeper look behind the day's top stories

KBOO News In Depth is a daily in-depth interview or feature on a story of significant interest to our listening audience.  These pieces focus on local, national or international issues that reflect KBOO's values of peace, justice, democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism, freedom of expression or social change.

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Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Media, Arts/Culture, Class, Race, Civil Rights/Human Rights
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News In Depth: Street Roots Story "Young Activists Reimagine Care for Children of Incarcerated Parents"

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth,  KBOO's Hana Francis talks with Street Roots Correspondent Anna Wilcox about her latest story for the paper, called "Young activists reimagine care for children of incarcerated parents."  Also looped in on this conversation, Fami... Read more

News In Depth: PCC Faculty and Staff On Strike, and Portland City Council Moves Police Mask Ban Forward

Airs at: Tue, 03/17/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this episode of KBOO News in Depth: Unionized faculty and staff at Portland Community College are on strike, nearing their second week. It's the first time in Oregon's history that a community college staff has gone on strike. KBOO Reporter Masato visited the stri... Read more

News In Depth: Leach Botanical Garden Faces Uncertain Future

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this episode of News in Depth, KBOO's Nina Mayfair dives deep on the funding crisis and historical significance of Portland's Leach Botanical Garden. At the corner of 122nd and Foster in Southeast Portland, there's a 16-acre forest sanctuary that almost didn't com... Read more

News In Depth: Kotek Convenes Data Center Advisory Committee and the Global Citizen International Digest

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  The Oregon Data Center Advisory Committee was created by Governor Tina Kotek in January, to come up with policy and regulatory recommendations for data centers. How the state should balance economic opportunities with negative ... Read more

News In Depth: Oregon ArtsWatch Update and USAID Abandons Biodiversity Work

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this episode of KBOO News in Depth:  Oregon ArtsWatch Executive Director joins KBOO's Althea Billings to discuss the latest arts news, including "Portland art organizations ask for unspent Arts Tax funds, more public support." Then, KBOO's Nate Davis interviews jou... Read more

News In Depth: Oregon Pride In Numbers Survey and Zionism's Distorted View of History

Airs at: Tue, 03/10/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this episode of KBOO News in Depth:  Oregon has one of the largest Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ populations per capita in the country. And right now, communities across the state are coming together to tell a more accurate story about who they are through the Pride in ... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Interview with Robert Pyle (part 2) The Xerces Society, Art and Science, and Bigfoot!

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  Todays show features the second half of a conversation with Dr. Robert Michael Pyle. Bob Pyle is a pioneer and legend in invertebrate conservation research and advocacy, as well as an accomplished author and poet. In 1971, he founded the Xerces Society, which has gro... Read more

Previewing Portland Youth Philharmonic's Spring 2026 Concert

Airs at: Thu, 03/05/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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If you haven’t heard our city’s Best Musical Group, according to Willamette Week’s 2025 Best of Portland Readers poll, this Saturday’s your chance. The Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra, continues its historic 102nd season with a conc... Read more

Penny Allen returns to Portland for new film's U.S. premiere

Airs at: Wed, 03/04/2026 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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Pioneering Portland filmmaker Penny Allen is back in town for the U.S. premiere of her latest film “Pushing Back the Bad” at the Hollywood Theater, this Saturday, March 7th. Penny’s roots as a Portland activist led to her writing, directing, and producing her first two ... Read more

News In Depth: Street Roots Article "Portland’s focus on new shelters may reduce opportunities to house people" and Portland Filmmaker Penny Allen's New Film "Pushing Past the Bad"

Airs at: Wed, 03/04/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Hana Francis speaks with Street Roots Editor-in-Chief K. Rambo about their latest article for the paper, called "Portland’s focus on new shelters may reduce opportunities to house people: Since 2021, the city all but eli... Read more