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Yes.  What a fun time it was; finishing up a successful membership drive made it all the sweeter. But the week went by quickly.  As much as I like hearing people talk about why KBOO is important to them and seeing that listeners care enough to donate money, it's been nic... Read more

Last month, Shusli and I retired our program "Tillicum Wawa: Voices of the People." We did so to reduce stress and to manage our lives better. Our work, new home, and other things are not so easy to manage with worrying and stressing and doing our best to create the best... Read more

Here's the latest Stage and Studio, a special one-hour features "Grey Gardens" at Portland Center Stage and Jennifer Higdon, the most performed composer in America, who's performing with Third Angle New  Music Ensemble.  Become a member online or add to your membership a... Read more

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Hold on to your audio for the time being until we resolve the errors people are receiving when trying to upload.  Update: audio uploads are working again. Read more

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said his work "will not be cowed," as he promised the whistle-blowing site would release a million more documents.               In a speech from a balcony at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, he said the files to be published in 2013 wou... Read more

Madness Radio: Dignity of Elders Carole Hayes Collier Why are nearly a third of all elders in nursing homes given anti-psychotic drugs, despite life threatening side effects? Are medications being used as chemical restraints? Can nursing homes be places of dignity -- or sh... Read more

Fiddle Tune  (John Hartford, Live From the Mountain Stage) Travelin' John  (Beth Wood, Beachcomber's Daughter) They'll Never Keep Us Down  (Hazel Dickens, Hard Hitting Songs For Hard Hit People) Sissy Man (Josh White, Roots N Blues - The Retrospective: 1925-1950) Charlie He'... Read more