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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

International Women's Day / Women's History Month Specials

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

Fertilizing and soil tests

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Dirtbag
Host Glen Andresen and co-pilot Jim Gilbert are back in the KBOO studio for a live March show. Wonder how to interpret all those number on a home soil test? We hope to have an expert join us to help analyze and make sense of them. Also, it's time for a little primer on p... Read more

Jazz production of Alice in Wonderland; Classic and Latin Jazz

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for Jazz in the Afternoon
Portland's  Ezra Weiss has written a jazz production of Alice in Wonderland that will be presented at Northwest Children's Theater beginning 28 MAR. Ez and starring vocalist Marilyn Keller guest to preview. We'll present inspirations from classic jazz performances and clos... Read more

Elizabeth Heider, author of Children of the Savage City

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for Jonesy
We have a special treat for you today, which just happens to be the 100th episode of Jonesy. Our guest is Elizabeth Heider, author of the new mystery novel Children of the Savage City from Penguin Books. The new book is the second in a series, featuring Nikki Serafino, w... Read more

Penny Allen: The Godmother of Indie Film in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  For half a century, Penny Allen has been making fiercely independent films about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.  Beginning in Portland in the 1970's and recruiting such young artists as Eric Edwards, Gus Van Sant, and Henk Pander, Penny directed the semi... Read more

Celebrating the Music of Ireland on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 03/13/2026 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning when we'll celebrate the upcoming arrival of St. Patrick's Day with some Celtic-flavored favorites in the second half of the show, including from the legendary bands Solas (in concert at The Alberta Rose Theatre on Mar... Read more

Celebrating Women's Voices on the SongCircle

Airs at: Fri, 03/13/2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Produced for The Songcircle
Phil G here, since it's Women's History/Heritage month, my episode of The SongCircle  this week will feature songs performed by women. The only "lead" male voice you will hear during the show is mine and I tried to keep it as brief as possible.  Some of the artists feat... Read more

Double Groove - Quarters!

Airs at: Fri, 03/13/2026 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for Double Groove
Turn on and tune in to a psychedelic episode of "Double Groove"  Read more

Reviving the Willamette

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
Portland is gifted to have a mighty river flowing through the heart of the city. Unfortunately for more than a century this priceless resource has been abused, degraded and polluted, and for many decades Portlanders turned their backs on the Willamette River. But things ... Read more