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We speak with Portlander Lisa J. Shannon about her new book Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunman: An Ordinary Family's Extraordinary Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in Congo. Lisa has founded and led multiple international campaigns, including Run for Congo Women and Sister... Read more

What is food democracy and how might we achieve it? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Jahi Chappel, Ph.D., Director of Agroecology and Agriculture Policy at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, in ... Read more

On today’s program we’ll hear a panel discussion on how members of the Nez Perce tribe are protecting the environment. This panel was recorded at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene by KBOO’s Paul Roland. Panelists from the Nez Perce Tribe discuss ... Read more

Lisa Loving speaks with Welsh journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, and radio presenter, Jon Ronson, whose works include the best-selling The Men Who Stare at Goats. He has been described as a gonzo journalist. They discuss his latest book So You’ve Been Publicly Sh... Read more

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Maria Armoudian of The Scholars' Circle looks at deception and lying. Some scholars say that deception is ubiquitous and normal in all human interactions, that lying is useful and possibly even biological. Others suggest that there is a cost to lying even for white lies.... Read more

On March 4, three speakers — Charlie Miller, oceanographer; Ted Gleichman of the Sierra Club; and Dan Serres of Columbia Riverkeeper — presented a program on hazards posed by Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) pipelines traveling to Warrenton and Coos Bay, Oregon, and exporting it... Read more

It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to the trash produced by your single-cup coffee machine, Making Contact and Green Grid Radio team up to count the costs of y... Read more

Host Stephanie Potter will speak with Jayne Miller, founder of the Oregon Cougar Action Team  (OCAT), who asserts that cougars are an apex predator necessary for the health of forest ecosystems. A citizen's initiative passed in 1994, banned the use of hounds to tree coug... Read more

KBOO speaks with Denise Bates, President of th Oregon Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation, a Portland-based all-volunteer nonprofit. They are holding the 14th annual Oregon Scleroderma Educational Seminar on Saturday, March 14th from 10am-3pm at the University of Portl... Read more