Community Building

Take KBOO's 2024 Election Agenda Survey!

Produced for Evening News
  This election season, KBOO is doing our election coverage a bit differently. We want to know what our listeners and community in Oregon and Southwest Washington are most concerned about. What do YOU want candidates to be talking about? Are you most concerned about housin... Read more

Stigma

Airs at: Wed, 07/24/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Stigma. Since 2015, the Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project at the University of New South Wales has documented the expression and experiences of stigma and discrimination towards people affected by blood borne viruses and sexually transmitte... Read more

Women in Animation

Airs at: Thu, 07/25/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Women in Animation is a global organization which has made great strides in the film industry.  Portland chapter leaders Sara Logan Hofstein and Christina Palomino are helping host a panel discussion at this year’s Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology. Read more

Northwest Forest Update

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
There's a lot happening in our forests in the Northwest, even while our attention may be focused elsewhere (like on the upcoming elections). But now is a good time to check in with Alex Budd, Alliance Organizer with Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance, about issues we... Read more

Secrets of a Successful Organizer

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for Labor Radio
In many workplace situations, the issue chooses you.  Management is doing something awful and you feel the need to stop it: too much ovetime, an unfair rule, discrimination.  But maybe there are so many problems where you work, you hardly know where to begin.  You're angry ... Read more

LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage | Live Panel 8: The Asexual, Agender, Aromantic Community

Airs at: Tue, 07/30/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are celebrating Pride Month and LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage on Tuesdays, 7:00 to 8:00pm, with live panels from our studios, where we will have guests from these communities talk to us about their culture, presence, struggles, and relevance. Calls are welcome, 5... Read more

Let's Talk! "Creating Beyond Limits: Anna's Dyslexia Story"

Airs at: Fri, 07/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Let's Talk!
Let's Talk! Creating Beyond Limits: Anna's Dyslexia Story Web Article written By Andrew Kobus and Hannah “Asher” Sham July 17, 2024 What do you see when you look at a painting? Well, for some with dyslexia, they see things that not all of us can, and can pick apart the min... Read more

Board Game Terms and Intro Games

Airs at: Tue, 07/16/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Winner's Bias
Nate quizzes James on some board game terminology then they discuss good games to get people excited about the hobby. Read more

LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage | Live Panel 7: Queer Sports

Airs at: Tue, 07/16/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are celebrating Pride Month and LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage on Tuesdays, 7:00 to 8:00pm, with live panels from our studios, where we will have guests from these communities talk to us about their culture, presence, struggles, and relevance. Calls are welcome, 5... Read more

A Heatwave Evening with Bill McKibben

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
At the start of Portland’s first heatwave this summer at the end of a traumatic week for our nation, longtime climate activist and journalist Bill McKibben came to Portland to speak at a gathering sponsored by the Third Act Oregon. In 2008 McKibben co-founded 350.org, which... Read more