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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

  From Starsky & Hutch to The Cutting Edge, Paul Michael Glaser joins Poxy & Ragan to talk about art, television, and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Foundation.   Read more

  Wealth, Inequality, and “The Great Gatsby” (an Against the Grain rebroadcast) F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about rich people. Does his work also offer a critique of wealth and inequality? According to John Marsh, we can learn a lot about class, power, privilege, and imp... Read more

The landscape of Washington County has been transformed from one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world into a maze of gargantuan data centers. On this episode of Locus Focus we continue the tale of how this high tech noxious weed is spreading across th... Read more

On a rainy and windy Saturday afternoon, protesters stood outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Macadam Avenue, Portland, Oregon. The facility has been in the national spotlight in recent months as federal agents detain and deport immigra... Read more

The annual Portland Book Festival is our city’s biggest literary event, and one of the most popular on the entire West Coast. This year’s festival takes place Saturday, November 8th, just a few days away, and features on-stage discussions with over 100 authors and interv... Read more

The 20th Annual Far West Folk Alliance Regional Conference took place at the  Vancouver, WA Hilton Hotel in October so a half dozen of us KBOO Folk Strip hosts attended 3 nights of music consisting of three Showcase concerts from 7 to 10 pm followed by Private Showcases ... Read more

Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning when we'll enjoy some exciting new music from Tony Furtado (in concert at Mississippi Studios with John Reischman & Eli West on Sat. 11/29 - see link below), Sarah Kate Morgan & Leo Shannon, the Weary Ramblers with Sam... Read more