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This program aired originally on December 23, 2024 As we transition to a truly renewable world two of the things we need less of are more and larger server farms and nuclear power reactors to feed them electricity. Yet that is the plan being hatched by Microsoft, Amazon a...

This program aired originally on June 22, 2026   The Human Access Project (HAP) was founded in 2010 on the simple belief that Portlanders should be able to swim in their river. Since then the organization has worked on a variety of fronts to transform the Willamette ...

On this edition of Century: Compassionate Oregon. Anthony is Secretary and Legislative Director at Compassionate Oregon and a founding member and Chair of the Oregon Cannabis Commission. Anthony is also a longtime activist for medical cannabis access as well as for mariju...

In this episode, "Trump Threatens Iran and Allies Alike"

On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews photographer Mark Maio [pronounced MY-oh] about his show “Against the Grain,” which is on now at Blue Sky Gallery through August 29, 2026.    Maio talks about his 16-year project shooting black-and-wh...

Comics Take on the News will be live in the KBOO studios on Aug. 24th. This month's comedians are all stable, mentally-sound individuals so the breakdown will be reasonable and balanced. It is possible.  This month's panelists are Chris Johnson, G Wade, and Tyler Fowle...

In this episode of Prison Pipeline, host Angela Kim talks with Martin about the journey from prison to purpose: what genuine rehabilitation looks like, the role education and self-reflection played in his transformation, and how people rebuild their identities after inca...

Wes Holing of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee and Carolyn Roderique of Workers Organizing Workers explain these two new projects of the Democratic Socialists of America, based on the Rank-and-File Strategy of building shop floor worker power.

This program aired originally on May 25, 2026 A high tech noxious weed is spreading across Oregon, sucking up electricity and water and giving little back in return, as the landscapes of Washington County and parts of Eastern Oregon have been transformed into mazes of ...

This week's show, hosted by Desiree Hellegers, features the following segments:  In the Shadow of Fascism: Jan Haaken talks with Michael Fabricant about his new book, The Struggle for Public Goods in the Shadow of Fascism: Hope at Dusk. Fabricant is a Professor of Socia...

Investing in Human Rights: Laurie Mercier speaks with Sally Joughin and Sami Ortoleva with the Oregon for Human Rights Coalition about the coalition’s work to push Oregon cities and the state government to adopt human rights screens for their financial investments. Fi...

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Treatment for Methamphetamine Use Disorder. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Professor Rebecca McKetin, PhD. Dr. McKetin leads a program of research into stimulant use epidemiology and interventions at the National Drug...

James and Nate welcome KBOO Board Member and long-time boardgamer Alex Privee to the show. They delve into a topic oft unexplored on Winner's Bias, two-player games.

Prison Pipeline — Restorative Justice and Repair This Monday, August 17th at 6:30 p.m., Prison Pipeline on KBOO Community Radio will explore a different way of thinking about justice: restorative justice. What happens when the goal of responding to harm isn't simply pun...

This program aired originally on May 4, 2026 The Willamette River begins its course as two forks merge south of Eugene, to form the major river in NW Oregon. From its pristine origins the Willamette flows as a recognizable river through small cities, forests and farmla...

Joe Clement and Jan Haaken discuss All That's Left of You (2026).  Directed by and starring Cherien Dabis, it follows multiple generations of a Palestinian family enduring the violence and humiliation of waves of the Nakba, the catastrophe of Israeli occupation.  Fra...

Desiree Hellegers reflects on the links between the 81st anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the existential threat posed by AI data centers and the small modular reactors that would power them, and the pivot so many university presi...

Preschool for All, Higher Education, and Palestinian Film: this episode is hosted by Frann Michel and includes these segments:   Funding Preschool for All:  Laurie Mercier speaks with Mary King, Co-Coordinator of Friends of Preschool for All, about the upcoming Multnom...

Laurie Mercier speaks with Mary King, Co-Coordinator of Friends of Preschool for All, about the upcoming Multnomah County Board of Commissioners’  vote on August 20 to continue funding for the landmark county universal preschool program. https://friendsofpfa.org/ Fr...

On today’s episode, we focus on WIC: the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. WIC is a federally funded program that provides healthy foods, nutrition education and breastfeeding/chestfeeding support to low-income families in Multnomah County,...

From the Labor Notes book "Secrets of a Successful Organizer" (labornotes.org/secrets), Lesson #5, "An Escalating Campaign"..." Once you've identified the issue, potential leaders, and your target, you can think about the tactics that will get you what you want.  This l...

Roberta Gregory grew up in a creative environment as the daughter of a Disney comic book artist, and soon established herself as a leading voice in the alternative comics wave of the 1980s and '90s. After contributing to the groundbreaking anthologies Wimmen's Comix an...

On today's episode, we welcome Polly Dugan, author of the novel The House of Cavanaugh from Sibylline Press. Polly’s work includes the linked story collection So Much a Part of You and the novel The Sweetheart Deal. Her short fiction has appeared in Narrative and Line Ze...

James and Nate talk about the trials and tribulations of scheduling a game night, taking time to actually talk to the people you are playing with, and giving games you didn't like a second try.

On this week's edition of Prison Pipeline, we speak with Dr. Taryn VanderPyl, co-founder of CREW (Connecting Resources to Empower Women), about Con Art, a new initiative created by incarcerated women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to support women preparing to re...

Six miles of toxic tanks have lined the North Reach of the Willamette River for nearly a century. But it’s only been in the past few years that elected officials in Portland have started to take seriously the existential crisis these tanks pose. And the reason that every...

Oregon’s namesake animal is a critical keystone species, but due to colonization and the fur trade, beaver populations and wetland topographies have plummeted. Artemisia reports on the restoration work of BARK, a local community-centered nonprofit acting as a watchdog...

Main stories in this episode: Trump's war enters a new phase; the retreat from global warming; China may dominate Syria's reconstruction

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Liberating Methadone. Our guest this month is Noa Krawczyk, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the Associate Director of the Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Po...

On this edition of Century: World Drug Report 2026 Part Two. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its annual World Drug Report on June 26. This week we hear more interventions from national delegates and nongovernmental organization representatives at the...

David Hockney died on June 11, 2026. This is a rebroadcast of the April 14, 2026, show.  On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews Julia Dolan of the Portland Art Museum about “David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer a...

Join us as we speak with San Francisco educator Nathalie Hrizi about California's "We Can't Wait" campaign that brings together a coalition of educator locals to fight for better contracts and funding for schools. We Can't Wait

This summer, as Eugene swelters under a heat advisory and mourns the fifth year anniversary of the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome which killed over 500 people across the region, the Eugene Clean Energy Fund Campaign is working to pass an initiative which could dramatic...

Since spring of 2025, it has seemed that the pro-Palestine protests on campuses across the country had been resoundingly defeated. The largest anti-war movement since the 1970s, students’ call for ending their schools' support for Israel kept the genocide in Gaza in the ...

Desiree Hellegers reads from her July 3 commentary in Counterpunch magazine “Academic Gaslighting and Administrative Bloat Be Gone!” about unfolding budget cuts and layoffs in the midst of a wholly manufactured fiscal crisis. With the Washington legislature mandating a $...

Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Left and the Law: Since spring of 2025, it has seemed that the pro-Palestine protests on campuses across the country had been resoundingly defeated. The largest anti-war move...

Throughout our history and across the globe, music has played a key role in radical organizing, articulating hopes and grievances, and pulling people together in struggle. Suzan Erem, writer, organizer and farmer in rural Iowa, recently interviewed Dick Flacks about infl...

How are Jews and juggling connected? Join host Liz Schwartz for an interview with Portland's own Howard Jay Patterson: musician, composer, author, actor, juggler, bandleader, and environmental ecologist best known as a co-founder of the Flying Karamazov Brothers. Howard ...

Roberta Gregory grew up in a creative environment as the daughter of a Disney comic book artist, and soon established herself as a leading voice in the alternative comics wave of the 1980s and '90s. After contributing to the groundbreaking anthologies Wimmen's Comix an...

On today's episode, we welcome Paul Susi, author of the book Character Work from Portland’s Perfect Day Publishing. Paul is a writer, theater artist, social services professional, educator, and activist, born and raised in Portland. He’s the peer resource navigator for P...

Host Glen Andresen and co-pilot Jim Gilbert are in the KBOO studio for a live July show. This is prime time for pruning apples and pears. What? In the summer? Yep, especially if you don't want your trees getting much larger. And do you have a strategy to deal with weeds ...

Transpositive – Tuesday, July 7 at 6:00 PM on KBOO Community Radio This week on Transpositive, we welcome Debra Porta, Executive Director of Pride Northwest, for a conversation about the 2026 Portland Pride Festival and the continuing importance of Pride in building commu...

James and Nate celebrate two years on the air by bringing on their frequent gaming friend, Brian (and maybe KBOO News Director Althea) to discuss playing the Board Game Geek number one game of all-time, Brass: Birmingham.  James and Brian will also share their top 5 games...

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Mental Health and the Juvenile Criminal Legal System. The US Commission on Civil Rights held a hearing June 12 entitled “Mental Health in Juvenile Justice Facilities: Civil Rights Implications, Access, and Racial Disparities.” The Com...

As you drive through the eastern end of the Columbia Gorge into the plateaus of Eastern Oregon suddenly the scenery shifts from spectacular wild land formations on either side of the river to a swirling web of industrial infrastructure – massive high voltage towers conn...

This Monday Prison Pipeline is examining one of the least discussed challenges facing people returning home from prison: accessing health care after incarceration. While reentry is often framed around housing and employment, navigating the medical system can be just as d...

Kevin Reed, president of the Service Employees International Union local 503, sublocal 89 at Portland State University, representing non-faculty, classified workers, explains the difficulties of bargaining with a PSU administration unwilling offer compensation to keep up...

Until 1991 Portland dumped its garbage in a wetland in the St. Johns neighborhood. After the dump closed the land was restored to become Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area. So where did the garbage go after that? Now it goes to a Metro transfer station from where it i...

In an extremely close race, hard right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella was just elected as Colombia’s new president. Norm Diamond speaks with Alex Diamond about why Colombianos supported the right, what the left could have done, US interference in the election, and wh...

Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Trillions for the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex: President Trump recently proposed a record $1.5 trillion dollar military budget, declaring that it will be paid for ...