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The Supreme Court and Corporate Speech

Clayton Morgareidge for the Old Mole Variety Hour Audio version, click here.    Last week, in what some are calling the most consequential decision in decades, the Supreme Court struck down the ban on corporations contributing corporate funds to political campaigns for ... Read more

Polaris Music Prize is tonight featuring great new artists you should know about

Canada, our neighbor to the north, has a much higher musician-to-population rate than we do, and what's more, the government rewards musicians. Following that idea is the Polaris Music Prize which "honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian record... Read more

Photos from the Tillicum Wawa Interviews of Michelle Singer and Dr. Dale Walker of the One Sky Cente

Located in this cute little building on the OHSU campus is...The One Sky Center, the center for American Indian health education and research. L to R: Susan Halada, Michelle Singer, Patricia Silk Walker, Douglas Bigelow, Dale Walker The above photo was taken at the One Sky... Read more

Write Around Portland's Workshop for Transgendered Adults guests on Out Loud on 5/27

Tune into Out Loud on May 27th @ 6pm to hear from guests from Write Around Portland's Transgendered Adults Writing Workshop.  Barbara interviews three participants and a program coordinator from this series of workshops. Read more

The Digital Divide for June 2015: Open Source Bridge 2015 and Author and Dr. Robert Wachter

We have a great episode for you with an excerpt of an interview with Dr. Robert Wachter, author of 'The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age speaking with independent radio producer and former weekly KBOO host, Andrew Geller. The ... Read more

Press**Watch: Castro war warning

I'll be back broadcasting this Thursday; I've been following the naval buildups versus Tehran and Pyongyang.  The war rhetoric is cranking up as well.  With the hurricane season threatening to wash oil all over the US Gulf Coast, the oligarchy is no doubt crying for a di... Read more

December 5 - Playlist Spotlight

Her name is Soha, a French contemporary R&B singer who signed with Virgin Music back in 2007 and quickly released her debut album D'Ici et d'Ailleurs with a re-release in 2008.  She hails from Marseille and has Jazz, Blues, Soul, Jamaican Reggae and Latin influences spri... Read more

New in KBOO Music Library Nov. 26, 2012

Thorn, Tracey    Tinsel and Lights    Merge    Christmas various artists    Holidays Rule    Hear Music    Christmas Flume    Self-titled    Future Classic    Electronica Massive Attack    Blue Lines 2012 mix/master    Virgin    Electronica Prince Rama    Top Ten Hits of the... Read more

Haiti Fundraiser - March 15 deadline

The final tally of pledges from our special day of programming for Haiti earthquake recovery efforts is $11,903!  KBOO is donating 100% of all dollars raised, to be equally distributed to Konbit pou Aiti (Working together for Haiti), Our Soil, Honor and Respect Foundatio... Read more

22--NEWS--so 22 isn't missing and here's a bit of news--especially for KBOO news

Hi Folks, My mistake on not sending a #22 in that last batch, just got ahead of myself so I'll number this 22 and we'll be okay.  You should now be up to #28. I went through every single email I've received and so everything has been filed and forwarded, I'm all caught up ... Read more