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To everyone in our Beloved Community,   In light of the inauguration, the slew of executive orders, and the rise of misinformation in the United States, we here at KBOO are committed to continuing our legacy as an alternative to mainstream media. We have a duty to serv... Read more

  Cathedral Park Jazz Fest is back in 2025, and so is KBOO's annual live broadcast! Tune in July 18-20 to celebrate PNW jazz!   2025 Festival Line Up Friday (7/18) 4:30 Taylor Newville and the Riders 6:00 NW Women Rhythm & Blues 7:30 The Strange Tones 9:00 Revival ... 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

  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

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

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

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