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  Places to find food for those who lost SNAP benefits: (Compiled via Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, Oregon Live, KGW)   OREGON FOOD BANK Searchable database of places providing hot meals, boxes of groceries, and other goods. Search by zip code Expect to call a... Read more

Black History and Future Month

---- Join KBOO throughout the month of February to hear programs from Black creatives, artists, activists, revolutionaries, KBOO hosts, musicians and more! These specials aim to celebrate all aspects of the Black lived experience - from contemporary political and socia... Read more

Neuro Emergent: A Field Trip to PHAME

Airs at: Wed, 02/25/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Neuro Emergent
In this episode: NEURODIVERSITY NEWS (2:25) Sweden study shows girls are “catching up” with boys in autism diagnoses https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/women-and-men-are-almost-equally-as-likely-to-be-diagnosed-as-autistic-by/ Medical journal retracts paper on leuc... Read more

Black History Month presentation

Airs at: Wed, 02/25/2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Melba Liston was the only woman horn player to perform with leading jazz groups during the 1940s and 1950s. She was also a prominant composer and music educator.   JJ Johnson was known as the first jazz trombonist to successfully adapt his instrument to bebop in the 1940... Read more

Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A Novel (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
On today’s show, we celebrate Black History Month with a rebroadcast of our interview with Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A Novel from Portland’s Hawthorne Books. Sidney’s book is historical fiction at its most engaging, enlightening, and inspiring, about... Read more

Animation for the People

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  For nearly a century, the National Film Board of Canada has been a celebrated source of experimental and educational filmmaking, most notably animation.  NFB directors have won hundreds of awards, including multiple Oscars, and become legendary for their versatility, ... Read more

Landmark Decision Creating a path to Sanctuaries for Primates in Labs at OHSU

Airs at: Fri, 02/27/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for That Vegan Show
I hope you join in to listen to this poignant episode of "That Vegan Show," where we learn about the recent momentous landmark decision to move over 5,000 primates from laboratory experimentation to sanctuaries. Hear about the past, present, and future of this movement a... Read more

Music of the Civil Rights Movement

Airs at: Fri, 02/27/2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
I am Don Jacobson, one of the hosts to Movin' On, Friday, from noon news to 1:30 pm. This Friday I am presenting Music of the Civil Rights Movement and related music. From the Montgomery High School Trio to Rhiannon Giddens we will hear the music that supported an inspir... Read more

Alt-Americana Music and a Send-off to Bob Weir

Airs at: Fri, 02/27/2026 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Produced for The Songcircle
Host Leigh Anne is back with an afternoon of Alt-Americana Music and a Send-off to the late, great Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist, Bob Weir. Artists include: Todd Snider w/ Patty Griffin, Hudson Freeman, This is Lorelei w/ MJ Lenderman, She Returns from War, Kaitlin Butts... Read more

A Matter Of Public Records / Episode #114

Airs at: Sat, 02/28/2026 at 3:00am - 6:00am
Manchester England and the greater Manchester region has been the home to some of the greatest and most interesting music ever recorded. This particular show focuses on some of my favorite bands and songs from Manchester England. Read more

This time FOR SURE: You Know it's Gonna Get Stranger PT 1, a Tribute to Bobby Weir

Airs at: Sat, 02/28/2026 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Phil G here, Last month, in a rush, I sent in the wrong showfile, so y'all got to "re-hear" my tribute from November to Donna Jean Godchaux-McKay. This time, i'm *pretty sure* that I sent in the right file (I'll be on a job so I can't be live) for y'all to enjoy. As I w... Read more

Saving Lloyd Center

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Lloyd Center is slated to be demolished if business leaders and developers in Portland have their way, Their plan is to demolish the entire mall to make way for a mixture of housing, commercial developments, “green space” and new throughways. On this episode of Locus Fo... Read more