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Talking eastern Oregon with Justin Chin

Airs at: Fri, 12/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
For many API who call Portland home, eastern Oregon is a rarely visted or talked about part of our homestate. Producer Tabitha Teo spoke with Justin Chin about his experience of living in small town eastern Oregon and what it is to build community in a place where you don't... Read more

News and Public Affairs Day - Dec. 1st 2017

Today we feature the very best in KBOO's news and public affairs programming! Call in to support the station during this Holiday Membership Drive  877-500-5266 Here's the lineup for the day: 7 am - 8 am: Democracy Now 8 am - 9 am: Positively Revolting Talk Radio featuring... Read more

War or Peace in Korea: Eric Sirotkin

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. What can you say? They are lightweights fighting in the heavyweight division while the fate of possibly millions are at risk. Two heads of state trading taunts and insults back and forth like kids in a schoolyard. Trump declared that talking... Read more

Nobuko Miyamoto on creating Asian American resistance music

Airs at: Fri, 11/24/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
This month's theme is about resistance and we're talking to artist and activist A'misa Chiu and musician and member of Yellow Pearl, Nobuko Miyamoto about her music and activism! Yellow Pearl was the first band to use the term "Asian American" to describe their identity and... Read more

Ep.11 Wild Mushroom Bisque

Airs at: Sat, 11/18/2017 at 3:45am - 4:45am
Produced for:  Peace, Love and Soup
Nov. 2017 -- It’s that time of year when the weather gets brisk, the leaves change color and Portlanders have one thing on their mind…   Wild Mushrooms!   On this month’s episode:   Cook / Renaissance man Saint James https://kboo.fm/media/61098-saint-james-show invites... Read more

Indian Women Biker Rebels

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Ruban Lawrence interviews Leena Biswas in India.  She is part of a growing movement of women in India who are taking to two wheels in order to take their fair share of space. from the Times of India: "Leena Biswas, a doctor and also a resident of Delhi came for the bike... Read more

The Broken Country

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  The Broken Country is a book-length essay on cultural trauma and the inter-generational legacies of war. In 2012, a young Vietnamese man named Kiet Thanh Ly walked into a downtown Salt Lake City megastore, purchased a knife, and began stabbing white male passersby in the... Read more

Photographer Celeste Noche on media and freelancing

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
  Local editorial and lifestyle photographer Celeste Noche joins us in studio to talk about representation in media, freelancing, and her project Portland in Color.  http://www.celestenoche.com Read more

Musician Matt Dorrien talks music and identity

Airs at: Fri, 10/27/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
  Musician Matt Dorrien, formerly known as Snowblind Traveler, talks to us about his music and his experience as a Filipino-American. He also gives us a special in-studio concert on the ol' KBOO piano.  Read more

MSF "Forced from Home" Exhibition Starts Today in Pioneer Square

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Starting today and running through October 22, the international medical aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will be holding a free, interactive outdoor exhibition in Pioneer Courthouse Square called "Forced from Home," which invites you to see ... Read more