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March is Women's History Month, and March 8 is International Women's Day, so today's Pastures of Plenty will celebrate women's voice. We'll start out with a rousing gospel stomper from Sister Rosetta Tharpe, then hear from pioneering women folk singsers Elizabeth Cotten, Pe... Read more

  From a recent Willamette Week article, Oregon Considers a New Approach to People in Mental Crisis   Oregon House Bill 2980 would provide funding for three "peer respite centers"—short-term, homelike facilities for people experiencing mental health crises. Currently, p... Read more

The Cascade African Film Festival and the Portland International Film Festival overlap this month, and we also consider three new movies, The Mauritanian, Let Him Go, and I Care a Lot, while Jeff Godsil ponders On Dangerous Ground and Robert Ryan, Britta Gordon on Victor Er... Read more

KBOO kicks off International Women's Day in grand style as Folk Espresso features 90 glorious minutes of music by women.  We'll hear the female voice in all of its pure clarity in several a capella pieces as well as songs showcasing lovely harmonies by sister duos and trios... Read more

In the aftermath of massive wildfires that burned across much of Western Oregon last summer, an inevitable slew of post-fire logging proposals threaten to clearcut over 10,000 acres of fire-impacted federal lands along the iconic McKenzie and North Umpqua rivers. On this s... Read more

Join us as we talk with Philadelphia teachers Adam Sanchez and Nina Willbach about their district's push to re-open school buildings and how teachers there have responded. Read more

  The KBOO Community Radio Artist In Residence Program assists artists working creatively with sound. Every year, one artist or one collaborative group of artists will be awarded twenty hours of studio recording*** and production time with a KBOO Mixologist in order to cre... Read more