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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: Oregon ArtsWatch Update and Trump's Grudge Against Somalis

Airs at: Wed, 01/07/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks with Laura Grimes, Executive Director of Oregon ArtsWatch, about their coverage of the demise of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB. The board of directors of the corporation voted to ... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Will FOFA Fix or F**k our Forests?! A Debate with Citizen's Climate Lobby

Airs at: Tue, 01/06/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  Host Michael Gaskill has been a vocal critic of the so called Fix our Forests Act or FOFA, that is making its way through Congress. He says, it is a cynical, bad faith bill that at best, doesnt address the wildfire issues it purports to solve, and could actually make ... Read more

News In Depth: Movement Workshop at Las Adelitas and the Global Citizen International Digest 2025 Year In Review

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  We rebroadcast KBOO's Carmelle Pierre-Louis's conversation with dance artist and instructor Tony Carnell. Carnell is teaching a weekly movement workshop starting in January at Las Adelitas that is open to the public. Carnell sp... Read more

Judith Arcana RIP

Airs at: Tue, 12/23/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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On the Winter Solstice, Judith Arcana transitioned to the ancestors. She was the host of Poetry and Everything” for about three and a half years, and before that was a guest on many KBOO programs. Thanks to Ken Jones, Ani and Lynn, the youth of The Underground, Jodi Darb... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Is Amazon Fueling a Water Crisis In Oregon?

Airs at: Mon, 12/22/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  Are Amazon data centers fueling a water contamination crisis in Eastern Oregon? Rolling Stone recently published a major investigative piece asking that question. But Amazon is far from the only major corporation polluting the drinking water of Morrow County residents... Read more

News In Depth: Global Citizen International Digest and Portland Thrift Store Radical Abundance Relocates

Airs at: Thu, 12/18/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  The Global Citizen International Digest with Portland State Professor Emeritus Mel Gurtov - critical commentary from a human interest lens.   Then, KBOO's Nina Mayfair reports on the donation-based thrift shop Radical Abundance,... Read more

News In Depth: Arts World Goings-On with Oregon ArtsWatch and Therapists Challenge Insurance Denials

Airs at: Wed, 12/17/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Althea Billings interviews Oregon ArtsWatch Executive Director Laura Grimes about some of the publication's latest stories. These include the new head of the Oregon Cultural Trust and Oregon Arts Commission, how to use the... Read more

News In Depth: Movement Workshop at Las Adelitas and Violations of the Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire

Airs at: Tue, 12/16/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Carmelle Pierre-Louis speaks with dance artist and instructor Tony Carnell. Carnell is teaching a weekly movement workshop starting in January at Las Adelitas that is open to the public. Carnell speaks about their experi... Read more

Coast Range Radio: Conservation Confidential, with Mitch Friedman

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  Is the conservation movement being as effective as we need to be? This is a moment in time when so much is on the line, and we need to act not just boldly and quickly, but wisely and strategically. To discuss all of this and more, host Michael Gaskill is joined by Mitch... Read more

News In Depth: Global Citizen International Digest and City Council Gets an Update on Land Use Plans in Lower Albina

Airs at: Thu, 12/11/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:   The Global Citizen International Digest with Portland State Professor Emeritus Mel Gurtov - critical commentary from a human interest lens.   Then, we listen in to a Portland City Council Climate, Resilience and Land Use Commit... Read more