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Bring on the World Cup

World Cup qualifying is back! For soccer nerds, this is the time you begin to salivate in advance of the World Cup -- which this time around will be played in South Africa next summer. It's the first time the tournament will have ever been staged in Africa, incidentally.... Read more

Do Muslim Women Need Saving?

When the United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan, one of the prominent justifications was liberating the people George W Bush called “women of cover” from the Taliban. Laura Bush told us in 2002 that “the fight against terrorism is also a fight for the right... Read more

Voices from the Edge June 19, 2008

Voices from the Edge Real progressive talk radio Thursdays, 7:30 - 9 a.m. KBOO 90.7 FM Portland; 100.7 FM Corvallis; 91.9 FM Columbia Gorge This Thursday: Freedom of Speech and Civil Discourse - Must One Come at the Cost of the Other? Is the exercise of free speech destro... Read more

Mayer Hawthorne's Firsts Mixtape

I'm just can't get over this guy- I'm fully sprung. Here's why: Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside of Detroit, and vividly remembers, as a child, driving with his father and tuning the car radio in to the rich soul and jazz history the regio... Read more

NEW in KBOO music library October 16, 2013

Hayvanlar Alemi Guarana Superpower Sublime Frequencies Middle East Khorshid, Omar Guitar El Chark Sublime Frequencies Middle East Souleyman, Omar Haflat Gharbia Sublime Frequencies ... Read more

Revisioning Value: The Intersection of Purpose and Profit

KBOO is a proud co-sponsor:Springboard Innovation Launches New Social Investing Conference in Portland, Oregon Revisioning Value (ReVV 2010): The Intersection of Purpose and Profit April 26-27 2010 Portland, Oregon - Save the date for a compelling new conference tha... Read more

Letter to John Huppenthal, 1-30-12

Dear John Huppenthal, I want to thank you for the racist actions you pulled against the Mexican people in your state of Arizona. Had it not been for your actions, I would have never contacted Bill Bigelow, author of “Rethinking Columbus,” one of the books you banned.... Read more

Volunteers needed to help answer membership drive phones, and more!

Have you been wanting to get more involved with KBOO? This is your time! KBOO’s Fall Membership Drive begins Thursday, October 1st, through Saturday, October 17th. KBOO’s existence depends on membership drives as more than 80% of our funding comes from our listeners-... Read more

2014 KBOO Artist In Residence

KBOO Community Radio Artist In Residence Program for 2014 The KBOO Community Radio Artist In Residence Program assists artists working creatively with sound. Every year, one artist or one collaborative group of artists will be awarded twenty hours of st... Read more

Movies opening March 5, 2010

Alice in Wonderland (Several theaters)Director: Tim BurtonWith: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Matt LucasIt’s a good thing I don’t have to write to a deadline. As I left the theater, I was high on this movie (no pun int... Read more