News In Depth

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Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:00pm.

A deeper look behind the day's top stories

KBOO News In Depth is a daily in-depth interview or feature on a story of significant interest to our listening audience.  These pieces focus on local, national or international issues that reflect KBOO's values of peace, justice, democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism, freedom of expression or social change.

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Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Media, Arts/Culture, Class, Race, Civil Rights/Human Rights
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Rent assistance and its capacity to help the housing crisis

Airs at: Thu, 10/03/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  New research shows hundreds of thousands of people in Oregon are struggling to make their rent.  This comes as housing prices have taken off, especially in the last couple years.  KBOO's Annette Newell talks to Daniel Hauser with the Oregon Center for Public Policy, ab... Read more

Interview with Feminist Activist and Author Jenny Brown

Airs at: Tue, 10/01/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Jenny Brown is a feminist organizer with the National Women's Liberation and the author of a number of titles, including most recently, "Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now." Brown was also involved in the campaign to make Plan B, the morning after pill, availabl... Read more

Oregon Funeral Resources and Education - an Interview with Keelia Carver and Holly Pruett

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2019 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  An interview with Keelia Carver, bereaved mother (Maupin, OR) and Holly Pruett, Life-Cycle Celebrant & Home Funeral Guide (Portland, OR) about death care and their online resource Oregon Funeral.org. In Oregon, no one is required to purchase the services of a funeral dire... Read more

Stop Zenith holds 60 hour vigil

Airs at: Thu, 09/26/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Portland groups have been holding a vigil this week beginning 7 am Tuesday, September 24th and ending at 7 pm on Thursday, September 26th, in protest of Zenith Energy Co. They call their effort "Stop Zenith," and the protesters raise concerns about the ethics and safety ... Read more

Portland Climate Strike

Airs at: Fri, 09/20/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
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  Portland middle and high school students left the classroom September 20th and took to the streets for a Global Climate Strike. Portland student activists are aiming to raise awareness about the issue and call on city leaders to end fossil fuel burning and other forms of... Read more

Interview with the Director of Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative at PSU

Airs at: Thu, 09/05/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
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  38,000. That’s the number of people who are without housing in the Portland area in a given year, according to new Portland State University research. KBOO’s Annette Newell talks to Marisa Zapata, the director of the Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative at PSU.... Read more

Interview with Mosquito Fleet

Airs at: Tue, 09/03/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
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  Monday afternoon, protesters involved with the activist group Mosquito Fleet gathered on the Columbia River in canoes and kayaks in protest of the Transmountain Pipeline Expansion Project. This project would triple the current capacity of Transmountain, which carries cru... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Ron Brister and Mikey Neilson

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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Our News In Depth guests tonight are Ron Brister and Mikey Neilson of Rose City Comic Con. Ron’s the founder and director, Mikey’s the programming director. And Rose City Comic Con? Well, that just happens to be one of the biggest pop-culture events in the Pacific Northwest... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Elise Schumock

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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You’d figure that bringing together books and beer would be a slam dunk, especially in Portland. But we didn’t get our first official bookstore/bar until November of last year. The Rose City Book Pub, located at 1329 NE Fremont, is a godsend for those of us who love to rea... Read more

Interview with Youngest Journalist in the World, Janna Jihad

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO host McKenzie Beard interviews 13 year old, Janna Jihad, the youngest Journalist in the World. Jihad's goal is to spread awareness about the crisis in her hometown Nabi Saleh, Palestine. Here she lives with the daily impact of war, bombings and Israeli occupation.  Read more