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Main topics for this episode: COP30 falls short of expectations; interpreting the Xi-Trump conversation; the phony war with Venezuela

Join us this Tuesday, December 2nd at 6:00 p.m. for a new episode of Transpositive PDX on KBOO Community Radio. As always, we bring you conversations grounded in lived experience, community care, and the ongoing struggle for dignity and justice for all trans people. In ...

Nate welcomes KBOO News Director Althea Billings to discuss Blood on the Clocktower, the favorite game of Winner's Bias. We discuss what we like about the game, welcoming new players, and Storytelling.

On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Perched on a Fiscal Cliff. Thanks to the federal government, Oregon, like many other states, is perched on a fiscal cliff. Part of the problem is the federal budget bill, with its cuts to Medicaid and to food assistance. Beyond that, ch...

This Program aired originally on October 27, 2025 A high tech type of noxious weed is spreading across Oregon. For several years data centers have been popping up across the state, destroying farmland and habitat. Enticed by abundant water and energy and tax breaks f...

On this edition of Century: Overcoming Disruption. Ahead of World AIDS Day, which is observed each year on December 1, UNAIDS has released a new report entitled Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response. This report details the far-reaching consequences of the...

"Zelensky's Predicament" examines the pressure being exerted on  the Ukraine president to accept a peace plan made in Moscow.

Tune into KBOO at 10 pm on Monday to join a some of Portland's funniest comics breakdown on the news.     Monday's show will feature:    Adam Pasi (@ admpasi):  Adam Pasi is a Portland comic who is quickly becoming among the most recognized names in Northwestern com...

Tune into KBOO at 10 pm on Monday to join a some of Portland's funniest comics breakdown on the news.     Monday's show will feature:    Adam Pasi (@ admpasi):  Adam Pasi is a Portland comic who is quickly becoming among the most recognized names in Northwestern com...

Karen James interviews students about a Lewis & Clark College course taught by Dr. Reiko Hillyer. “CLASSROOM 4”, an award-winning documentary film about the course will air on PBS's POV on November 25th. The 28-minute film follows a semester-long Inside Out college class...

Starbucks baristas are on an open-ended nationwide strike for living wages, safe staffing, and respect.  Aspen Maxwell and Maggie Bolden, Portland-area Starbucks Workers United rank-and-file organizers, detail the conditions, their commitment and the years-long battles f...

As we tumble toward autocracy, we still don’t know exactly what’s in store, yet it has become clear what we should fear, and that we need to muster a movement that will stand up to everything hurtling toward us. But on today’s Locus Focus, I want to go back in time and t...

As we tumble toward autocracy, we still don’t know exactly what’s in store, yet it has become clear what we should fear, and that we need to muster a movement that will stand up to everything hurtling toward us. But on today’s Locus Focus, I want to go back in time and t...