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  Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival is returning for 2025 (July 4 and 5) with a scaled-back format this year. Festival Artistic Director Peter Dammann told KBOO that this year's event will feature a smaller but more focused lineup, adapting to the challenging econo... Read more

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

  KBOO COMMUNITY RADIO’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RECRUITING   Are you passionate about KBOO Community Radio and its mission? Consider applying to KBOO’s Board of Directors.   KBOO Community Radio’s board of directors guides the station’s strategic plan and represents ... Read more

  KBOO is back with it's annual remote broadcast of Good in the Hood! This annual festival is the largest of its type in the Pacific Northwest and takes place annually on the last weekend of June. It opens with a parade that travels through Northeast Portland and ends... Read more

  This Week's Featured Goddesses:   HOUR 1 - THE BUTCHIES: All-female "queer-core crusaders" punk Band, DFurham NC. 1998-2005. Kaia Wilson (guitar/vocal, previously with  Adickdid and Team Dresch), Alison Martlew (bass), and Melissa York (drums, also with Team Dresch b... Read more

  This episode explores American warmaking, remembers Dan Handelman, and reviews recent nonfiction. Frann Michel hosts, and we hear these segments: Big Tech and Big War: On June 13th, the US Army swore in four silicon valley executives, from high-tech firms Meta, OpenAI ... Read more

The first evidence of Climate Chaos was felt mainly at the poles, as polar sea ice began to melt. Polar bears served as the first charismatic symbol of climate change but since media attention shifted from melting sea ice to wildfires, floods, heatwaves, and other impact... Read more

Fortunato returns with an excerpt from a history of Comedy about how Jerry Lewis tried to become the King of Primetime Television but only ended up killing one of the greatest TV shows of all. Read more

Beaverton School Board member, Tammy Carpenter and Beaverton school teachers and union activists, Claire Reneau and Ellen, discuss the recent controversy over "Teaching Palestine", a workshop sponsored by the Beaverton Education Association, and the investigation launche... Read more

Tune into KBOO at 10 pm on Monday where a panel of comics share perspectives on the news and life that may possibly be better left unmentioned. We will be on until midnight, if you want to call us with your takes.  This month's panel includes:  Dan Wiancko (@danwianckoco... Read more

  On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews landscape photographer Mike Vos (pronounced VOSS) about his show “FRAGILE, TENUOUS WORLDS,” which is on now at Laura Vincent Design and Gallery through the end of July 2025.  Vos uses large format... Read more

Picking up some buzz.  We interview Brandon Clark (of Cascade AIDS Project) and his colleague Rob Ingwerson (of Prism Health).  Both are HIV/STI Specialists! Some topics your parents probably didn't mention!   Questions? Call in. We'd love to hear from you. Read more

On today's show, we welcome Miriam Gershow, author of the new novel Closer from Regal House Publishing. Miriam’s books include the novel The Local News and the story collection Survival Tips, which was a finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book award in fiction, an Independent ... Read more

Two recent BFI Film Classics on Mikio Naruse's A Woman Ascends a Staircase and Wong Kar-Wei's In the Mood for Love.  Read more