KBOO Community Radio episodes:

• June 18, 2026Ending AIDS

  On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Ending AIDS.

  The Joint United Nations Programme against HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released a

  report June 12 which shows that a combination of factors is threatening to

  reverse years of gains in the AIDS response. Angeli Achrekar, Assistant ...

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• June 17, 2026The Math of Fentanyl

  On this edition of Century: The Math of Fentanyl.

  Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation by Morgan Godvin, a researcher,

  writer, harm reduction advocate, and co-author an article entitled

  “Estimating the daily milligrams of morphine equivalent of illicit fentanyl

  use...

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• June 17, 2026The Murder of Juniper Blessing

  Join us this Tuesday at 6:00 PM on Transpositive, airing on KBOO Community

  Radio 90.7 FM in Portland and streaming worldwide. On this week's program, we

  reflect on the tragic death of 19-year-old University of Washington student

  Juniper Blessing, a transgender woman whos...

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• June 17, 2026The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

  In this episode, "Ukraine is Winning," analyzing Ukraine's comeback and

  Russia's fading hopes in the war.

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• June 16, 2026Inviting Hot Takes

  James and Nate welcome Chris Plaisted of the award winning Board Game Hot

  Takes podcast to the show. They discuss making a podcast, how tastes change

  over time, theme and story immersion, and whatever else the conversation

  veers towards (and maybe none of those things, w...

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• June 16, 2026Interview with Nazgol Ghandnoosh of The Sentencing Project

  On this edition of Prison Pipeline, airing Monday, June 15th at 6:30 p.m. on

  KBOO Community Radio, we speak with Nazgol Ghandnoosh of The Sentencing

  Project about a new report examining how criminal records contribute to

  longer prison sentences and deepen racial inequiti...

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• June 15, 2026The POWER Act

  The POWER Act, a new law to insulate Oregonians' energy bills from data

  centers, will be rolled out soon.

  On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Sarah Wochele, the Citizen

  Utility Board's Equity Analyst & Advocate, about some of the remaining

  challenges that we nee...

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• June 15, 2026Queer Pride, the Quiet (Trans) and the Loud (Drag)

  This Pride Month, it is important to march in solidarity with a movement that

  carries liberatory potential for all of us. At the same time, it is important

  to recognize how attacks on LGBTQ+ people take varying forms. Each identity

  in the Rainbow is its own Rorschach car...

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• June 15, 2026The Hidden History of Juneteenth

  This week marks the celebration of the emancipation of African-Americans from

  slavery, a federal holiday known as Juneteenth. Trump would rather Juneteenth

  not be a holiday at all. Like all authoritarian regimes, Trump has worked to

  suppress history he doesn’t like, incl...

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• June 15, 2026The World Cup

  Desiree Hellegers talks with Jules Boykoff, Professor of Politics and

  Government, prolific writer and commentator, and former professional soccer

  player, about his new book Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and

  the FIFA Greed Machine (OR Books, 2026). The book...

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