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Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:00pm.

A deeper look behind the day's top stories

KBOO News In Depth is a daily in-depth interview or feature on a story of significant interest to our listening audience.  These pieces focus on local, national or international issues that reflect KBOO's values of peace, justice, democracy, human rights, multiculturalism, environmentalism, freedom of expression or social change.

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Global Affairs, Government/Politics, Media, Arts/Culture, Class, Race, Civil Rights/Human Rights
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Evening News
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KBOO News In Depth: David Koff and John Pirruccello

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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For tonight’s News In Depth segment, we welcome back one of our favorite guests -- David Koff, Artistic Director of Portland’s Fake Radio. Portland is home to a thriving radio theater community, and Fake Radio is one of the very best! The troupe will be celebrating the 70... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Felicity Fenton

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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Our News In Depth guest today is Felicity Fenton, author of the book User Not Found, from Portland’s Future Tense Books. User Not Found is a long-form essay about Felicity’s attempt to withdraw from the Internet, especially social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitt... Read more

How To Change Your Mind: Conversation With Michael Pollan

Airs at: Tue, 05/14/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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Bestselling author Michael Pollan talks with KBOO reporter Doug McVay about psychedelic therapy, psilocybin mushrooms, and Pollan's book How To Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transc... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: David Hattner, Portland Youth Philharmonic

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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Here at KBOO, we always look forward to our talks with David Hattner, musical director of the Portland Youth Philharmonic. David and the orchestra bring PYP’s 95th season to an exhilirating close with a concert on Sunday, May 5th at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. PY... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Kendall Duffie, Portland Veteran's Project

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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Our In Depth guest today is Kendall Duffie, a high school senior in Portland,  and creator of the Portland Veteran’s Project. The Portland Veteran’s Project is a website dedicated to the stories of Portland’s military veterans, as told by those who served in World War 2, ... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Roger McNamee

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
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In a New Yorker profile of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg last September, Evan Osnos writes: “If Facebook were a country, it would have the largest population on earth. More than 2.2 billion people, about a third of humanity, log in at least once a month. That user bas... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Debra Gwartney

Airs at: Thu, 03/14/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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Our In Depth guest today is Debra Gwartney, author of the new memoir I Am a Stranger Here Myself, from University of New Mexico Press. Debra teaches in the writing program at Pacific University in Forest Grove, and is the author of Live Through This: A Mother’s Memoir of ... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Eva Hagberg Fisher

Airs at: Thu, 02/28/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
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Our News In Depth guest today is Eva Hagberg Fisher, author of the new book, How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship, from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Eva’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Tin House, Wallpaper, Wired, and Dwell, and she holds degre... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: David Hattner, Portland Youth Philharmonic

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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The Portland Youth Philharmonic is now in its 95th season as a beloved musical institution in our city. So it’s only fitting the orchestra has chosen to celebrate the 100th birthdays of two other treasured musical institutions – PYP’s former musical director Jacob Avshal... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Wendy Willis

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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Our In Depth guest today is Wendy Willis, author of the new essay collection, These Are Strange Times, My Dear: Field Notes from the Republic, from Counterpoint Press. Wendy is a Portland-based writer, poet, and lawyer. She’s published two books of poetry, and her work ... Read more