Community Building

Kathy joins All My Greatest Teachers Showed Me Love

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Kathy is a colleague and friend of Xan and shares about her experience living abroad for a few decades in various countries around the world and how it shaped her path towards becoming a therapist.   To find counseling services from Kathy go to:   @foragewellnesscollec... Read more

Decriminalization in the Context of HIV

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2026 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Decriminalization in the Context of HIV. UNAIDS, the United Nations Development Programme, and the International Network of People who Use Drugs, together with several other partners, launched a new joint guidance note entitled Dec... Read more

Voices of Vision on 03/17/26

Airs at: Tue, 03/17/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Voices of Vision
Featuring Cailtin Grey, founder of Pure Light Botanical Beauty, an Oregon beauty brand who makes Makeup That Feels Good. With a background in herbalism and holistic wellness, Caitlin began formulating products in her kitchen while juggling motherhood, jobs, and college. ... Read more

The Work of PIRC

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  On this Day Without an Immigrant broadcast, Laurie Mercier speaks with  Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) coordinator Alyssa Walker Keller about the work of PIRC to support immigrants’ rights through direct assistance, education, legal support and advocacy an... Read more

News In Depth: Leach Botanical Garden Faces Uncertain Future

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  On this episode of News in Depth, KBOO's Nina Mayfair dives deep on the funding crisis and historical significance of Portland's Leach Botanical Garden. At the corner of 122nd and Foster in Southeast Portland, there's a 16-acre forest sanctuary that almost didn't com... Read more

Spoke and Word Books

Airs at: Thu, 03/19/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Do you want to know what it’s like to be an independent bookstore owner? Tune in to Between the Covers on KBOO.fm, Thursday 11:00am Pacific for an interview with Cierra Cook, owner of Spoke and Word Books. She gave up a corporate job to pursue her passion for books an... Read more

Talking GameStorm With Vincent Metal

Airs at: Tue, 03/17/2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Winner's Bias
James and Nate talk about the Portland game convention, GameStorm, with their Director of Outreach, Vincent Metal. We discuss building community, how people can get involved with Gamestorm, what they offer, and more. GameStorm takes place Thursday, March 19 to Sunday, Ma... Read more

The Death and Life of Kulla Kulla Creek

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on 01/26/2026 From the crest of the Tualatin Mountains, Balch Creek flows down a canyon through Forest Park. The stream runs wild and free until a mile from its confluence with the Willamette River, where it is imprisoned in a sewer pipe.... Read more

Reviving the Willamette

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Portland is gifted to have a mighty river flowing through the heart of the city. Unfortunately for more than a century this priceless resource has been abused, degraded and polluted, and for many decades Portlanders turned their backs on the Willamette River. But things ... Read more

Penny Allen: The Godmother of Indie Film in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  For half a century, Penny Allen has been making fiercely independent films about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.  Beginning in Portland in the 1970's and recruiting such young artists as Eric Edwards, Gus Van Sant, and Henk Pander, Penny directed the semi... Read more