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TONIGHT 9 pm: Elephant Path Film and Elephant Bai Soundscape

Produced for Threshold Shift
Portland filmmaker Todd McGrain's EcoFilm Festival Best Feature winning film, Elephant Path/Njaia Njoku, will be having an encore showing tonight at 9pm as the wrap up to the Portland EcoFilm Festival. Mr. McGrain also worked with Bill McQuay, the recent guest host of this ... Read more

Insectuality: The Radio Show

Airs at: Sat, 09/29/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Threshold Shift
The Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--09-24-2018 In Pursuit of Science and Sound:  A Cornell Lab of Ornithology Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellow will be the subject of a three-part series on KBOO radio while the sounds, which are the focus of that research, are feat... Read more

Looking Ahead to the Portland Psychedelic Conference

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
    The First Annual Portland Psychedelic Conference is coming up on October 27th, at the Alberta Abbey in Northeast Portland. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman sat down today with an organizer and two of the speakers who will be at the conference to find out more. Doctor Alissa ... Read more

Insectuality: The Sequel

Produced for Threshold Shift
  Bill McQuay is guest spotting an entire Threshold Shift long-form episode bringing us brand new radio stories focusing on the all-women research team from Dartmouth College, Laurel Symes and Hannah ter Hofstede. We'll be going deep into the rain forests of Barro Colorado... Read more

9/11 Unmasked, Part 3: David Chandler and the Day of Magical Physics

Airs at: Tue, 09/18/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  In Part 3 of my four-part series on the work of the 9/11 Consensus Panel, I speak with David Chandler about the physics behind the collapse of the three World Trade Center Towers on September 11th, 2001. Why do the buildings look like they came down in controlled demolit... Read more

9/11 Truth Education is Good for Your Mental Health

Airs at: Fri, 09/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Beloved Community
  David Fura likes street fairs. It gives him an opportunity to talk with people about what happened on September 11th, 2001 and why what happened matters 17 years later. David is the founder of the Oregon 9/11 Truth Action Project, part of the larger 9/11 Truth Action Pro... Read more

9/11 Unmasked: A Conversation with Elizabeth Woodworth and Graeme MacQueen about the 9/11 Consensus Panel

Airs at: Tue, 09/04/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  This is the first of a four-part series on the new book released by the 9/11 Consensus Panel, 9/11 Unmasked: An International Review Panel Investigation. 9/11 Unmasked is the result of a six-year investigation by an international review panel, which has provided 51 poin... Read more

OMSI & KBOO--Insectuality: Love Songs and Death Dances in the Panamanian Rain Forest

Produced for Threshold Shift
  This Wednesday, at OMSI the planetarium, doors will open at 7:45 PM to allow seating for the 8:00 PM immersive experience of Insectuality, a collaboration between Echo Collector Events, KBOO's Threshold Shift, and OMSI. This is a short form program (20 minutes) that will... Read more

Mercy Corps' Deputy Country Director for the DRC Discusses Ebola Outbreak

Airs at: Tue, 08/21/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News
A recent outbreak of the ebola virus in North Kivu, a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has claimed fifty lives as of August 20, and may have affected nearly two thousand people in a region that is home to around 400,000 people. Part of the international... Read more

Kristine Hassell & Geek Girl Con 2018 on The Digital Divide for August 2018

Airs at: Fri, 08/10/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Digital Divide
Tune in to The Digital Divide where I speak with Kristine Hassell, Director of Community Engagement with the upcoming Girl Geek Con happening this October in Seattle, Washington. Find out all the Geeked Out activities including, coding for Kids, CosPlay, multiple talks and ... Read more