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Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Insurgency and its Future: Mole bill Resnick talks to Emory Mort Portland activist and our street historian, who has been to over 50 BLM Protests over the last two months, and you c... Read more

Patricia Kullberg speaks with University of Washington medical student Naomi Nkinsi about how racist ideas about African-American bodies are embedded in medical science and how students, doctors and scholars are challenging so-called “race-based medicine” which was supposed... Read more

For nearly a month, federal troops dowsed Portland protesters with CS tear gas, a chemical weapon banned in war. Now its residues still cling to the trees and grass in Lownsdale Square and Chapman Park and may be making its way into Portland’s storm water system. Yet no one... Read more

Breve Informativo sobre el COVID-19 de las últimas noticias locales, nacionales e internacionales sobre el COVID-19, relevantes para la comunidad latina de Oregon. Hoy lunes 10 de agosto del 2020.   Se han recuperado y sobrevivido al COVID-19, más de doce millones 971 mil ... Read more

  Don't Shoot Portland held a press conference today behind the Justice Center following the arrest and release of Demetria Hester, activist and head organizer for Moms United For Black Lives. Hester was arrested Sunday evening during a protest at the PPA building in North... Read more

Karen James speaks with Anthony Johnson, Chief Petitioner for IP44, the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act which has just qualified for the November 2020 ballot. Oregon ranks nearly last in the nation for access to drug treatment, yet about one in 11 people in Oregon... Read more

  Dmae talks with Portland theatre artists Shelley B Shelley who has worked on Portland stages in the late 1990's. We'll talk about her thoughts on the evolution of local theatre and recent moves by Portland theaters toward creating anti-racism policies. We'll also find ou... Read more

On Art Focus on Tuesday August 11, 2020, Joseph Gallivan interviews Dawson Carr of the Portland Art Museum about Volcano! the exhibit about the eruption of Mt. St Helens 40 years ago. Carr talks about the Romantic 19th century view of the volcano, then how the big blast of ... Read more

Host Glen Andresen is joined by Jim Gilbert for a live pre-recorded show, which, as always, is chalk full of gardening and plant news. We talk about growing figs, bud grafting, planting a summer cover crop, and how and when to harvest pears. We also offer homage to two rece... Read more

This week we turn our 2020 vision on: Kelly Richardt's first feature film, River of Grass, from Britta (a revision from a technical error from last week), Jeff on The Kid Stays in the Picture, DKH on the new BFI book about Rosemary's Baby, and KBOO's own Matthew with a surp... Read more

  Swing & Country announces the first ever world-wide sing along on Saturday, August 15th 8:30am on KBOO.fm I've never been a religious person, but after visiting the Hank Williams museum I know what is like to visit sacred sites where a great secular religion called coun... Read more

Frank Coppieters was born in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. From a young age he had a very successful academic career which he left behind to actively pursue a spiritual search which took him to Portland in 1985 where he has made his home ever since. He teaches Reiki ... Read more

The theme for August is "Reunion," and the featured guest is Emily Kendal Frey. She is the author of several chapbooks and chapbook collaborations, including THE GRIEF PERFORMANCE and SORROW ARROW (which won the Oregon Book Award). She is a practicing psychotherapist and li... Read more

KBOO would like to express our deepest condolences on the recent passing of Lorenzo Milam.  Lorenzo was a pioneer in community radio. His belief in and passion for community radio lead to the nickname "The Johnny Appleseed of Community Radio" due to his pioneering efforts i... Read more