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  Chart a course for engaging radio in our “Radio Ahead” special programming season! Choose your own adventure amongst our plethora of specials ranging from enlightening interviews, to compelling talk radio, to dynamic music of all genres.  KBOO’s DJs are bringing you ... Read more

International Women's Day (March 8th) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. International Women's Day honors the work of the suffragettes, feminists, and pioneers who have fought for gender equality... Read more

Tune in for 90 minutes of traditional folk music from Mali West Africa on Pastures of Plenty, Wednesday March 18th 5:30 am to 7:00 am.  We will feature music from Malian greats---Ali Farka Touré, Oumou Sangare, Toumani Diabate, Sona Jobarteh, Ballaké Sissoko, Habib Koite... Read more

Kathy is a colleague and friend of Xan and shares about her experience living abroad for a few decades in various countries around the world and how it shaped her path towards becoming a therapist.   To find counseling services from Kathy go to:   @foragewellnesscollec... Read more

     Join Andy O’Hara on The World of Jazz show on KBOO for an afternoon exploring the innovative spirit of jazz. In the first hour, we’ll honor the lineages that define the craft, starting with the "first family of jazz" as Ellis and Branford Marsalis take on the standa... Read more

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Decriminalization in the Context of HIV. UNAIDS, the United Nations Development Programme, and the International Network of People who Use Drugs, together with several other partners, launched a new joint guidance note entitled Dec... Read more

  Do you want to know what it’s like to be an independent bookstore owner? Tune in to Between the Covers on KBOO.fm, Thursday 11:00am Pacific for an interview with Cierra Cook, owner of Spoke and Word Books. She gave up a corporate job to pursue her passion for books an... Read more

Gary sits in & plays lots of new releases - all by women artists, either singer/songwriters or in women-fronted bands - in honor of Women's History Month. Note: all of the images in the collage of album covers are from Bandcamp. Rights belong to individual artists/labels. Read more

The title quotes the late Kris Kristofferson (from his intro to Me and Bobby McGee).  I used that recorded quote to justify some of my selections of unusual country singers in this episode of Swing’n’Country. (Hint - John Wayne is NOT one of the singers.)  The popularity... Read more

  Tune in Saturday March 21 from 9am to 5pm for this year’s Music from the True Vine’s Bluegrass Marathon! Featuring 11 regional and local bands that will be filling the airwaves with live music to soothe your soul and fire up your spirit! Whether soulful ballads, rip-r... Read more

For over a century a massive array of tanks filled with noxious, explosive liquid fuels and chemicals has been an existential threat to the Pacific Northwest. It still is, but as a result of the passage of the Risk Bond Bill at the end of this past legislative session, w... Read more

Adam Carpinelli interviews Trish Jordan with Red Lodge Transition Services based in Portland, Oregon.  Red Lodge is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving Native American women and men by providing culturally responsive programming and services.  More information... Read more

  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