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loose nukes?

  Material used in part for 9-6-07; loose nukes, the draft   Well, look at that, we’re coming up on the anniversary of September 11th,the day we all mourn the 200,000 people who have been lost since that day to alcohol poisoning.  No, it’s the 250,000 who have died in car ... Read more

Poems by Ric Vrana

Talking Earth Anthology:   Poems by Ric Vrana    Ric Vrana appears regularly in numerous venues and open mics in the Portland poetry scene and his work has been published in several local anthologies and zines.  His early days of stand-up poetry were done in Seattle wher... Read more

Review of "Mary and Max," playing now at the Northwest Film Center

Mary and Max (Australia, Clay animation)Director: Adam ElliotVoices of: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bethany Whitmore, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Barry HumphriesThis is not a movie for kids, not because of sexual situations, although there are some mild sexual references.  The... Read more

The Young Ladies Radio Project in the Portland Tribune!

The Young Ladies Radio Project is one of the projects between the Young Women's Equity Program, of IRCO (The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization) and the KBOO Youth Collective have collaborated on the past six months. The last episode of the program will be on t... Read more

Disabled? Yes and No

Hi. I am Grace Eagle Reed and I am the host for Disability Awareness. My guest and I broadcast on the 4th Monday of the month at 11am. I am 70 years old and have MS (Multiple Sclerosis). I have had MS since age 35 so have been disabled for a long time. I am a survivor in... Read more

Resources for Jan 16 Show on Indegenous Resistance to the Militarization in the U.S./ Mexico Border Region:

 Coalición de  Derechos Humanos: http://www.derechoshumanosaz.net/   National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: http://www.nnirr.org/   The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Rights: http://www.centerforhumanrights.org/   The Advancement Project... Read more

SXSW Day Four: Buffering Al Gore

Starting the day at a decent hour, I managed to pull off yesterday’s blog and make it to a non-profit meet up within the heart of Trade Show. I found myself self-conscious explaining that my organization is on hiatus; the Board didn’t work out.  People were hasty to move... Read more

Laura Russell of 23 Sandy

Laura Russell is an artist who directs 23 Sandy. Currently the gallery has The Assignment up, a group show of artist books. The image here is a book by Karen Kunc. Russell talks about the show, artist books in general, photography and running a gallery. Listen to the int... Read more

Sleeping Bag Drive

KBOO is proud to support to the Sleeping Bag Drive: Cold, rainy weather has hit Portland, with temperatures below freezing. For the homeless, sleeping bags are essential to survival in the harsh Oregon winter, and can be the difference between life and death. Statewide, ov... Read more

The Sad State Of KBOO

August 6th, 2013  (I had planned to release this earlier but the collapse of the kboo.fm website delayed my ability to post.)  When application packets for the Board Of Directors were made available, it was a different KBOO.  KBOO last May had a divided board a... Read more