Community Building

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Zenith Gets Its Hearing

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on May 26, 2025   On May 12, The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality held a public hearing, where over 300 people testified against DEQ approving Zenith Energy’s draft Air Contaminant Discharge Permit. This is the last permit Zen... Read more

Katherine Morgan/Grand Gesture Books

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Katherine Morgan is the energetic owner of  Portland's first all-romance bookstore.  Her enthusiasm for the genre is sincere and contagious.  Perhaps that's why this Black-woman-owned business, located on 10th Avenue, right across from Multnomah County's Main Library, ca... Read more

Big Hopes for the Oregon Journalism Protection Act (SB 686)

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The Oregon Journalism Protection Act (SB 686) would create a funding system where social media mega-companies pay local media outlets for the content they use. The hope is that systems like this will slow the downward spiral of local newsrooms. The guests are, in the fir... Read more

Thermal Energy Networks

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In a growing number of communities across the United States, gas utilities, supported by state legislatures, labor unions, environmental groups and other stakeholders, are exploring Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) to decarbonize buildings and create clean energy jobs. TEN... Read more

Progress in a Crisis

Airs at: Wed, 06/04/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: Progress in a Crisis Part One. On Saturday May 31, the Big Cities Health Coalition and Vital Strategies convened a panel of public health and harm reduction experts to present new national polling data and spotlight the latest stories f... Read more

Evening News on 06/03/25

Airs at: Tue, 06/03/2025 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this edition of KBOO's Evening News: Community members want to stop a camp sweep at Thousand Acres Park on the Sandy River Delta as the number of people living outside continues to rise Large Navy ships will once again fill Portland's waterways for Fleet Week And, i... Read more

The Mother (and Father) Of All Episodes

Airs at: Tue, 06/03/2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Winner's Bias
Nate and James welcome perhaps the most special and greatest radio guests of all time, Nate's parents! Ginny and Jeff Capp talk about playing games as a family and what it's like to play games they've never heard of to accommodate Nate's whims. Read more

Local Skaters and Parklane Skatepark

Airs at: Fri, 05/23/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO's News In Depth KBOO's Lexus Ponce speaks with local skateboarders on their perspectives about what they think on the new Parklane Skatepark Read more

Cinco De Mayo Fiesta To Proceed Despite Concerns For The Community

Airs at: Wed, 04/30/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO's News In Depth KBOO's Lexus Ponce speaks to Brandon Treadway, the event director of the Portland Cinco De Mayo fiesta on what the fiesta has in store for Portland and the safety measures they're taking. Read more

Project Matcha Interview

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this edition of KBOO's News In Depth: KBOO's Lexus Ponce speaks with the co-founder of Project Matcha, Purin Moungvang on opening dates, menu items, and what it's like opening up a matcha shop in Portland Read more