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Lots of folk oldies from the 60s and a few new releases from contemporary artists. Read more

On this edition of Century of Lies: Patients Out of Time. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN, co-founder and executive director of Patients Out of Time, to discuss marijuana reform, medical cannabis, educating physicians and othe... Read more

Late Night Reggae Movements, as we stitch together a Roots Music Collage This week we have a few New Arrivals along with plenty of Treasure Box Tunes from all eras✨ **Live & Direct**Mixxed to the Maxx** Read more

The Gutting of America's Scientific Research Read more

  On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan talks to artists about the Recent Grads show at Blackfish Gallery in the Pearl District, a show of works selected by college professors to showcase some outstanding young artists coming out of Oregon colleges ... Read more

Tonight we honor the passing of long time KBOO on air host Walt Curtis of The Talking Earth. Ten years ago I brought Walt into the studio to record him reading a story by Jack London called Hobos That Pass In The Night. About London's own years riding the rails looking f... Read more

Adam Carpinelli interviews Danny Wilson and Tracy Schlapp with Bridgeworks Oregon. Bridgeworks Oregon partners with individuals and groups to run programs that focus on well-being and education by using art, music, and cultural awareness to bridge societal divisions in O... Read more

For years the fossil fuel industry has set its sights on Port Westward, just outside Clatskanie, Oregon, where there is a small industrial park along the Columbia Estuary. Port Westward has very little industrial development on what is primarily highly productive agricul... Read more

  The authoritarianism of the Trump regime calls out for mass radical organizing, but with some exceptions, much of the left has not mounted a coherent response. Journalist Arun Gupta reflects on lessons from the last quarter century – from the Global Justice Movement t... Read more

In celebration of the Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge swinging through Portland this month, we're exploring the evolution of female-presenting queer icons in music from 1930s Lucille Bogan, to 1960s Maxine Feldman, to the queer icons of the 1990s on through today's ge... Read more