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THE NATURE FIX: WHY NATURE MAKES US HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE CREATIVE

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  On the final day of KBOO's Winter Membership Drive Paul Roland welcomes Florence Williams to the studio to discuss her new book The Nature Fix.   "For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks an... Read more

Vote for your favorite #PetsAgainstTrump !

Voting extended until March 13th! The winning pet will receive a custom KBOO hoodie with "I'm Trump's Pet Enemy #1". Here are the finalists for KBOO's #PetsAgainstTrump contest - vote for your favorite, then click 'submit' below. Loading...     Read more

Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin

Airs at: Thu, 02/16/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
  “Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We’ll need writers wh... Read more

Voices from the #INAUGURATE The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  Voices From the #Inaugurate The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration...Gerald Horne on Trump's First Week in Office, Including Threats to Voting Rights, Mexico, China and the Environment.  UNHEARD VOICES FROM THE ONLY PERMITTED PROTEST AT THE INAUGURATION OF D... Read more

The Last Unicorn

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to western science - a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in 50 years. Rare then and rarer n... Read more

Ralph Nader: Animal Envy

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Voices for the Animals
  On this episode of Voices for the Animals Courtney Scott interviews  Ralph Nader about "Animal Envy",  his new book praised by leading animal rights acvocates.  Ralph Nader puts his incisive writing skills to work to create a fresh and innovative take on animals--and wha... Read more

How does the melting Arctic affect the rest of the world?

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Disability Awareness
  Disability Awareness is off this week, instead we present this special program: The Arctic is now warming twice as fast as the global average. That's the finding in the 11th Arctic Report Card released on December 13, 2016, at the annual American Geophysical Union meeti... Read more

GOING VEGGIE in the New Year

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Voices for the Animals
  Host Dab Steadman talks with Amanda Otto and Tara Hathaway of NW Veg  about the three compelling reasons to change to a Vegan lifestyle in the New Year.  We  discuss the effects of  diet on "food animals",  the environment, and one's personal health.    We also learn abo... Read more

Twas The Swing & Country Show Before Christmas

Airs at: Sat, 12/24/2016 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Swing 'n' Country
Tune in to Swing & Country on Christmas Eve for a jam-packed star-studded extravaganza. At 8:00 a.m. Special guest the Reverend Doctor Nigel Formal will read the immortal Christmas classic 'The Night Before Christmas.' At 8:30 KBOO Radio Playhouse Theater brings you the wel... Read more

Anders Nilsen: Poetry is Useless

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  The work of Portland-based artist Anders Nilsen defies categorization.  Themes of anatomy, geography, and mythology intertwine in his minimalist artscapes.  The New York Times notable book Big Questions brought the realm of ancient gods down to earth.  The wordless A Wal... Read more