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To everyone in our Beloved Community,   In light of the inauguration, the slew of executive orders, and the rise of misinformation in the United States, we here at KBOO are committed to continuing our legacy as an alternative to mainstream media. We have a duty to serv... Read more

  Cathedral Park Jazz Fest is back in 2025, and so is KBOO's annual live broadcast! Tune in June 18-20 to celebrate PNW jazz!   2025 Festival Line Up Friday (7/18) 4:30 Taylor Newville and the Riders 6:00 NW Women Rhythm & Blues 7:30 The Strange Tones 9:00 Revival ... Read more

FunSize Renegade (Christopher Read) is a Pacific NW sound artist creating dark ambient, downtempo and dance music inspired by an organic Berlin School approach, vintage Eurocine scores and classic electro’s joyful bounce. Read more

  This week's FEATURED GODDESSES:  TIGER BOMB - Portland, Maine garage-pop band blending 60s girl-group harmonies. catchy songwriting, and gritty punk energy. Featuring Chris Horne (guitar/vocals), Lynda Mandolyn (guitar/vocals), Jessica Smith (drums), and Amanda Ayott... Read more

The berries are ripe, the apples are growing, the hay is mowed and baled, and the wheat is ripening. There is hard work, grief, joy, and satisfaction in the work of farming. This episode of Folk Espresso, Farm Life, is a gathering of songs and tunes of farm life. Artist... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Marxism and Degrowth: Joe Clement talks with local activist and anarchist scholar, Paul Messersmith-Glavin about degrowth broadly and particularly in the work of Japanese Mar... Read more

In a growing number of communities across the United States, gas utilities, supported by state legislatures, labor unions, environmental groups and other stakeholders, are exploring Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) to decarbonize buildings and create clean energy jobs. TEN... Read more

Fortunato returns for the next three week with a selection of music and stories. Featuring Charles Lloyd, Lou Donaldson, Jazzmia Horn, Brian Eno, King Curtis and others. Also, another episode of The Many Lives of Harry Lime starring Orson Welles. Today, Harry is surprise... Read more

Our In Depth guest today is Mary Desch, author, under the pen name MM Desch, of the new novel Tangled Darkness. The book is a psychological thriller featuring a woman psychiatrist, which just so happens to be Mary’s long-time profession. The character, Leslie Schoen, fin... Read more

Join us as we discuss the recent win by Coquille educators after their district tried to force an unpopular change on them, and see what a great example this was of demonstrating that with effective organizing, community outreach, solidarity, and strike readiness, the ru... Read more