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Step into the vibrant world of live music and community spirit with KBOO, your independent radio station in Portland. For years, we've been bringing you the pulse of summer through our captivating live remote broadcasts, capturing the energy of bands, artists, and the local... Read more

Phil G here, FRESH OFF THE VINE, (and not just the True Vine), KBOO's Fall Membership drive Starts this Saturday, September 23rd. KBOO Community Radio is celebrating 55 years on the air and we couldn't have done it without your support! To kick things off, I have a great a... Read more

On today's show, we welcome Aaron Adams and Liz Crain, authors of the new cookbook Fermenter: DIY Fermentation for Vegan Fare, from Sasquatch Books. Aaron is owner/chef of Fermenter and the new Workshop Food & Drink restaurants in Portland. He grew up in the East Bay, where... Read more

Tonight I’m joined live in the studio by The Restaurant Hot Sauce, aka Eric Killkenny, performing live and telling us about the upcoming 24 hour Louie Louie marathon early next month. Lots of mayhem expected as H:Ohm Studios welcomes its first ever live guest. YOW!     Read more

  All Things Hank Considered Greetings, Swing & Country fans. September 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hank Williams. Tune in to KBOO.FM Saturday, September 30th from 6:00 - 9:00am Pacific time as we celebrate one of the most influential country music ar... Read more

For years Portland has been renowned for its vast urban canopy but in recent years that canopy is shrinking. As the climate crisis tightens its noose around our communities, trees are one of the most important allies we have to stave off the worst impacts from a heating pla... Read more

This week on Century of Lies: Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs and Harm Reduction. On this edition of Century, part two of a conversation with Doctor Tim Piatkowski, a researcher and lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, who has been doing some gro... Read more

Here’s some new and used tunes to start your day with a smile, including a salute to Autumn and October in song, a preview of the Annual Gales of November show coming in November, and a fond farewell to Portland’s beloved Mona Warner, who we lost in May. Featured performer... Read more

1.5 hours of Shakey Graves / 1.5 hours Billy Strings Special Program This program is 3 hours long. The first hour and half features music, interviews, and interludes from Shakey Graves albums Roll The Bones X, And The War Cane. Movie Of The Year also 3 one man bands that in... Read more

  Cinematographer, Pat Capone, discusses his career behind the camera, and his latest work as the Director of Photography for the hit series, Succession. Read more

  For the best in vintage rock and roll sounds, check out the next Roots of Rock and Roll show Friday 3pm-4pm with DJ Mike Fisher!  Or listen to the archive anytime at kboo.fm/program/roots-rock-and-roll .  This is Mike's second show as a new host on the show, after joinin... Read more

Before the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was created, since time immemorial this extraordinary bend in the Columbia River was a vital and sacred place to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Nez Pe... Read more

Just as we are realizing how important trees are for climate resilience, carbon storage and mitigating heat islands, political leaders are proposing to do away with tree codes and other forest protections. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Brenna Bell, Forest Clim... Read more

With a songbook encompassing nearly 600! songs, The Grateful Dead may have debuted more songs in concert than any other band.  Infrequently, this song debut also opened that show.  This special, which I've been sitting on for years until the time was ripe (pun intended), ce... Read more

Our guest today is Tom Hatsis, Executive Director of Psanctum, a nonprofit psychedelic education and harm reduction organization here in Portland, OR.  Psanctum Thrift is the first non-profit thrift store to align itself with, and contribute to, the growing field of psyched... Read more