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It is with a deep and heavy concern that KBOO Community Radio must address our community, members, supporters, and volunteers about the recent statements made about KBOO Community Radio by a current employee. KBOO has been committed to ensure the safety of our staff, volunt... Read more

This week marked the 51st anniversary of the very first mega international rock festival. Join me in celebrating a musical epoch, the Monterey International Pop Festival, with a special "A Popcalypse" tribute. I will be playing select cuts by every performer at the 3 day jo... Read more

    Joining host Paul Roland in the KBOO studio this morning will be: Lew Church, Coordinator of the Panthers in Portland; Sally Fronsman-Cecil, long-time social justice and Nestle Boycott organizer, who recently moved back to Oregon from Kansas; and Dorothy Holland, a 70... Read more

  The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged "by teachers, administrators, and the justice system "and degraded by the very institutions charged... Read more

In 2017, Lost Valley Farm opened in Boardman, Oregon. Lost Valley is a massive dairy, also known as a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). In the brief time it has been operating, the farm and it's owner, Greg te Velde, have had a number of legal issues and have cr... Read more

Rick Lines is the executive director of Harm Reduction International. Rick has been working in HIV and harm reduction services, policy, and advocacy since the early 1990s. He is known for his leading work in the areas of HIV and prisons, prison needle slash syringe programs... Read more

  Solstice greetings! And happy birthday to one of host Paul Roland's favorite singer-songwriters, Leon Rosselson.  From a full immersion in the early British "folk revival" (four albums with The Galliards from 1960-62 and two with The Three City Four, which included Mar... Read more

  Today we discuss the roots and legacy of Juneteenth, which commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas. We also discuss the dire political and humanitarian situation in Yemen as well as ongoing developments in the new Poor People'... Read more

  Per Fagereng is joined by Professor Michael T. Klare to discuss his recent article in Truthout about the US military's newly named Indo-Pacific Command.  Call (503) 231-8187 to join the conversation.  from Truthout.org On May 30th, Secretary of Defense James Mattis anno... Read more

  A revelatory and necessary read on one of the most destructive wars of our time . . . In great personal detail, Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple poignantly capture the tumultuous life in Syria before, after, and during the war—from inside one young man’s consciousness.”... Read more

  My friend Denny and I went record shopping and I got a double album "The World of Ray Price" for a whopping $2.00. Ray Price kicked up as much musical turf as anybody. He was lionized as the savior of traditional country when it was starting to go pop and later villified... Read more

According to Sightline Institute Tacoma, Washington is the major frontline community in the fight to stop fossil fuel development in the Northwest. After vehemently rejecting a proposal to build the world's largest methanol refinery at the Port of Tacoma, citizens are now t... Read more

  Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin to discuss her new book Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Ms. Benjamin just returned from South Korea where she's helping to mobilize the peace movement to su... Read more

KBOO Radio began in 1968. 2018 marks 50 years of on-air programming. Join host Barbara Bernstein  and guests Carol Mazer (program director in the mid 70s), Vicki Stoppiello (board president in the late 70s and station manager in the early 80s, who engineered and nurtured th... Read more

    TEAM CHOEY JOINS US IN STUDIO 2 THIS SUNDAY FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH ENDER BLACK, segment producer for Rose City Native Radio, host of Squirrels Know and member of the Youth Collective.   We will be talking about Charles Gitnick's art, message, and his collaboration wi... Read more