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December 14th 2016: Due to the snow, we are cancelling the scheduled New Volunteer Orientation and the Youth Collective meeting this evening.

Penpa Tsering on Political Perspectives

Airs at: Wed, 12/14/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and a Sikyong 2016 candidate, Penpa Tsering, has been appointed as the new Representative for the Office of Tibet in Washington, DC.  The Office of Tibet in the United States was established in 1964 to raise the issue of Tibet a... Read more

Cold weather plant protection, growing citrus in Oregon, new segments

Airs at: Wed, 12/14/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Dirtbag
Host Glen Andresen and guest Jim Gilbert unveil a couple of new segments to the show: first, The Dirtbag Dictionary, where we'll define a gardening term that you may or may not  know the full definition of. This month's Dirtbag Dictionary word is "dioecious." And second, a ... Read more

Robert Parry on Fight the Empire

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Fight the Empire
  "now the defeated Democrats and some anti-Trump neoconservatives in the Republican Party are jumping up and down about how Russia supposedly tainted the election by revealing information about the Democrats and the Clinton campaign. Though there appears to be no hard ev... Read more

The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between the Covers
  "If you love stories but distrust them, if you love language and can also see how it is used as a tool or a weapon in the maintenance of status quo, then read The Winged Histories."— Marion Deeds, Fantasy Literature;  "Told by four different women, it is a story of war; ... Read more

Veterans and Standing Rock

Airs at: Fri, 12/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Angie and Marvin welcome Phoenix to the KBOO studio.  Phoenix is an Air Force veteran and member of the Tlingit and Haida tribes. She works in veteran outreach and social work, and will reflect on her time spent at Standing Rock.  Plus, music from Suspended....all-female... Read more

'Who Needs Songs?' - Part 4 (Finale)

Airs at: Sat, 12/17/2016 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
  Back in May 2014, I broadcast my first show to feature ONLY instrumental jams inside or in-between Grateful Dead songs. I did this because I was really interested to know what this show would sound like without any songs.  It was fun, well-received, and I had a lot more ... Read more

Back To The Egg presents a Year-End Special

Airs at: Sun, 12/18/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Back To The Egg
Tune in this Saturday 12/17 at midnight for the NINTH annual year-end special. My friend and fellow music obsessive Michael Keefe and I will be counting down our favorite ten albums of 2016. With any time remaining, we will be playing for you some of our favorite songs of... Read more

LIve in Studio: LEBENDEN TOTEN

Airs at: Wed, 12/28/2016 at 10:00pm - Thu, 12/29/2016 at Thu, 12/29/2016
Produced for Life During Wartime
Best live band in Portland comes back to Life During Wartime to celebrate the release of their new record! We are stoked beyond belief! Read more

From Substrate to Streaming: Audio Archives at KBOO

What goes into digitizing audio content?  Some of KBOO's archival audio content sits on 1/4" audio tape. The majority of the tape's substrate is polyester base, with a few acetate base tapes. Both of these types of tape have their own challenges for preservation. Polyester... Read more