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Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Airs at: Wed, 04/01/2026 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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News In Depth on 02/25/26

Airs at: Wed, 02/25/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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News In Depth: National Vaccine Advisory Group Pushes Back Meeting But Still Eyes Recommendation Rollbacks

Airs at: Tue, 02/24/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  Further rollbacks of vaccine advisories are on hold for a few more weeks. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was scheduled to meet this week, but the meeting has now been pushed off until March 18th. The Co... Read more

News In Depth: "A Complete Betrayal" on Campaign Finance, and the Copernicus Climate Change Report 2025

Airs at: Mon, 02/23/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  "A complete betrayal," is what the League of Women Voters called Oregon House Bill 4018. The bill in the Oregon legislature seems innocuous enough on its face, a one page document requesting a report from the Secretary of State... Read more

News In Depth: Oregon Could Unlink from Some Federal Tax Cuts, and the Global Citizen International Digest

Airs at: Thu, 02/19/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks with Daniel Hauser, Deputy Director at the Oregon Center for Public Policy about SB 1507, which would disconnect Oregon's tax code from a few of the tax breaks passed at the federal level last year... Read more

News In Depth: Street Roots Article "Clawed Back," and Copernicus Climate Change Report 2025

Airs at: Wed, 02/18/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Hana Francis speaks with Jake Thomas from Street Roots, about his latest article, called "Clawed Back: Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would codify how prison officials can haul people back behind bars if th... Read more

Making Contact: Giving Bayard Rustin his flowers

Airs at: Tue, 02/17/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On today's show, we take a look at the life and legacy of a central organizer of the March on Washington, Bayard Rustin. Rustin was an openly gay civil rights leader and a trusted advisor to labor leader A. Phillip Randolph and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This show fir... Read more

News In Depth: Charity Tolliver on Family Policing System

Airs at: Mon, 02/16/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  Progressive activists working to help families stay together have tried to come up with alternatives to what they call family policing. Charity Tolliver is the director of the Black Organizing Project and a co-author of "How to ... Read more

News In Depth: Cascade Festival of African Films, and the Global Citizen International Digest

Airs at: Thu, 02/12/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  It's February, which in Portland means the Cascade Festival of African Films is showcasing works from African filmmakers all month long. KBOO's S.W Conser speaks with South African filmmaker Tara Moore, about her film "Legacy: ... Read more

News In Depth: Reyna Lopez from PCUN on Upcoming Day Without An Immigrant Strike, and Oregon Could Split From Some Federal Tax Breaks

Airs at: Wed, 02/11/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Ivonne Rivero speaks with PCUN Executive Director Reyna Lopez, Oregon's farmworkers union, about the third 'Day Without An Immigrant' strike on February 16th, and the union's priorities in Oregon's short legislative sess... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Robert Pyle on Founding the Xerces Society, Invertebrate Conservation, and Resurrection Ecology (part 1)

Airs at: Tue, 02/10/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  Coast Range Radio is a radio show and podcast that holds conversations with inspiring individuals dedicated to creating a better world, produced by the Coast Range Association, and hosted by Michael Gaskill.  Dr. Robert Michael Pyle is a pioneer and legend in invertebr... Read more