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Retired 2020. Every first and third Friday 11am-12pm.

Pacific Underground is a show for and by the Asians and Pacific Islander (API) communities

There are nearly 225,000 APIs in Oregon. But in one of America’s whitest states, the issues that impact us simply aren’t covered. Imagine: 225,000 stories untold.

Stay tuned here for interviews, documentaries, audio essays, performances, as well as real-time coverage of national social, economic and political issues affecting APIs in your local community. 

Since the end of the only Pacific Northwest API public affairs radio program, APA Compass, there has been a lack of API representation in Oregon media. We believe that by creating a public platform in which APIs can tell our stories in a way that reflects our actual experiences, 

  • We empower our communities, 
  • We expand our reach in spaces previously denied to us and 
  • We honor the legacy of generations before us who have been left out of American narratives.

Pacific Underground is holding space for API community members who want to be heard. If you want to join us, email pacificunderground@kboo.org. No experience necessary. 

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API Playlist

Airs at: Fri, 01/04/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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We're kicking off the New Year with music! We have had the pleasure of interviewing truly talented musicians and artists at Pacific Underground and today, we curated a playlist of songs by API musicians. Not all of them have been on Pacific Underground and some of the songs... Read more

Pacific Underground on 12/28/18

Airs at: Fri, 12/28/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Mecha Samurai Empire's Peter Tieryas

Airs at: Fri, 12/07/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00pm
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What would Western North America look like if the Axis powers had won WW2?  In Peter Tieryas's new dystopian alternate history novel, Mecha Samurai Empire as well as his previous, United States of Japan, this scenario is explored with frightening detail. In conversation wit... Read more

Pacific Underground on 12/07/18

Airs at: Fri, 12/07/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Another episode about food

Airs at: Fri, 11/23/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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  It's time for another food episode here on Pacific Underground. Past guests and friends of the show give their recommendations on where to eat in town. We also hear stories from a segment we produced for our first food episode in season one where we explore what made us ... Read more

Artists Lynn Yarne and Roberta May Wong

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Interview with Portland artists Lynn Yarne and Roberta May Wong who are both featured in the current exhibit "Descendent Threads" at the Portland Chinatown Museum. Also, a vox pop about mental health with audio collected at this year's EPALF (East Portland Arts and Liter... Read more

APANO's Voter Guide; Affinity groups for city employees

Airs at: Fri, 10/26/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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  Elections are quickly approaching here in Portland so we're talking to Brandon Cruz from APANO (Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon) to talk about their Voter Guide and efforts to increase voter participation. We'll also be talking to Matt Lim who works for the city... Read more

Neil Aitken

Airs at: Fri, 10/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Join Pacific Underground producers Jake and Jenna as we talk with Portland based Taiwanese and Scottish Canadian poet, programmer, and De-Canon: a Visibility Project co-curator Neil Aitken. Read more

Asian Femme Time

Airs at: Fri, 09/28/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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It's Asian femme time! Tabitha and Jenna hang out. They try out double eye lid tape and talk about all the things they talk about when they're hanging out off air like dating, music, whiteness, and east Asian American topics.  Read more

APA Compass Returns!

Airs at: Fri, 09/07/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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2018 marks 13 years of public affairs programming at KBOO for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, between the last three years of both Pacific Underground and the equally fantastic Intersections Radio, and the ten (!) years that APA Compass was on the air (2005-2015). To ... Read more

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