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  Places to find food for those who lost SNAP benefits: (Compiled via Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, Oregon Live, KGW)   OREGON FOOD BANK Searchable database of places providing hot meals, boxes of groceries, and other goods. Search by zip code Expect to call a... Read more

International Women's Day / Women's History Month Specials

International Women's Day (March 8th) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. International Women's Day honors the work of the suffragettes, feminists, and pioneers who have fought for gender equality... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Avel Gordly: "Remembering the Power of Words"

Airs at: Thu, 03/05/2026 at 11:30am - 11:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
[This program originally aired May 5, 2011.  We rebroadcast it August 1, 2024 when Kamala Harris became the first Black woman nominated candidate for President.  We are airing again today to honor the memory of our hero, Avel Gordly, the first Black woman to win a seat i... Read more

Previewing Portland Youth Philharmonic's Spring 2026 Concert

Airs at: Thu, 03/05/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News, News In Depth
If you haven’t heard our city’s Best Musical Group, according to Willamette Week’s 2025 Best of Portland Readers poll, this Saturday’s your chance. The Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra, continues its historic 102nd season with a conc... Read more

New and Favorite Folk on Cascadia Coffeehouse

Airs at: Fri, 03/06/2026 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Cascadia Coffeehouse
Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning when we'll enjoy new and favorite folk and roots music from the True North Duo (Kristen Grainger & Dan Wetzel), the Foreign Landers, Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton, Muireann Bradley, Greg Brown, the Wailin' Jennys, Ro... Read more

Portland End the Blockade of Cuba

Airs at: Fri, 03/06/2026 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for Radiozine
This Friday, March 6 at 9am on Radiozine, tune in to KBOO Community Radio** for a timely interview about the intensifying U.S. economic blockade on Cuba. Emma Lugo speaks with local organizers John and Fidel about the growing impact of U.S. policy on the island nation an... Read more

Honoring Influential Women in Country Music History

Airs at: Sat, 03/07/2026 at 6:00am - 9:00am
  The first two hours of Swing ’n’ Country on Saturday, March 7, 2026 will be a celebration of International Women’s Day. Graham and Robert Parish will be featuring music from strong and influential women in country music.  From Kitty Wells to Alison Krauss…From Patsy ... Read more

Women of the True Vine: A Celebration of Women in Bluegrass Music

Airs at: Sat, 03/07/2026 at 9:00am - 12:00pm
  Celebrate International Women’s Day with a special edition of Music from the True Vine on KBOO Portland 90.7 fm. Hosted by Melissa, one half of the Banjo Sisters, Women from the True Vine: A Celebration of Women in Bluegrass Music shines a spotlight women in bluegrass... Read more

Transgender Women are Women

Airs at: Sat, 03/07/2026 at 1:00pm - 1:30pm
  This International Women’s Day, Transpositive PDX will explore a timely affirmation: transgender women are women. As communities around the world celebrate the achievements of women and continue the fight for gender equality, today's program centers the voices and exp... Read more

Celebrating IWD

Airs at: Sat, 03/07/2026 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
To celebrate International Women's Day weekend, tune in to the Motif for a conversation with three extraordinary women about their respective work. Ms Meera Norris 4:30 pm (shares work as curator, producer of art show, gallery exhibits, aesthetics as change agent) Mad... Read more

Women's Voices in Reggae Mar ‘25-Mar ‘26

Airs at: Sun, 03/08/2026 at 3:00am - 6:00am
  Host Ras Danny Fallon shares 3 hours of Women’s Voices in Reggae  (covering releases from the period mid March 2025 to mid March 2026).  Sisters singing songs of Resistance, Praise, Love, Justice, Resilience and more!  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 9, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this International Women’s Day show which features a re-broadcast from Against the Grain. Whether it’s basketball, billiards, or table tennis, sports in the U.S are segregated by sex. And most of the time those divisions are taken to be natural, ... Read more

Toxic Past, Heated Future: Resilience at the Portland Harbor

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
We often think of the Willamette River as a scenic backdrop for recreation, but for many, it is a site of "slow violence". On this episode of Locus Focus, Dr. Vivek Shandas of Portland State University explores how the harbor’s industrial legacy—a "toxic graveyard" of W... Read more