KBOO Community Radio episodes:

• May 19, 2026Writing Reviews With Thomas Wells

  James and Nate talk to Thomas Wells who writes board game reviews for Meeple

  Mountain. We discuss writing reviews in an age of video, if he gets to play

  the games he wants, and deep thoughts on gaming in general.

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• May 19, 2026Interview with Kimberly Jensen author of Oregon’s Others: Gender, Civil Liberties, and the Surveillance State

  On Monday, May 18th at 6:30pm on KBOO Community Radio, I’ll be speaking

  with historian Kimberly Jensen on Prison Pipeline about surveillance, civil

  liberties, gender, and the hidden history of repression in Oregon. Jensen is

  a professor of history and gender studies at W...

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• May 18, 2026What’s Next with NXT

  For several years a Houston-based company has been trying to get all its

  permits in place to build an enormous renewable diesel refinery at Port

  Westward, near Clatskanie on the Columbia River Estuary. NXTClean Fuels sells

  itself as a leader in developing clean renewable...

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• May 18, 2026Old Mole Variety Hour for May 18, 2026

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which is a re-broadcast

  from Against the Grain.

  The powers of the president of the United States have grown since the Cold

  War, expanding under both Republicans and Democrats. And many of these

  presidential powers – ...

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• May 16, 2026What Shall We Say? - Remembering Bobby Weir - Part 4

  Following a successful battle against cancer last year, guitarist Bob Weir

  died January 10th, 2026 due to lung issues.  Performing live perhaps more

  than any rock musician, Bobby's first career was 30 years in The Grateful

  Dead where he meticulously carved niches of c...

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• May 15, 2026Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

  Main topics in this episode: Peace talks going nowhere in Iran; US troop

  withdrawals from NATO; Iran war may precipitate a global food crisis

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• May 14, 2026Amy Goodman - Steal This Story, Please!

  Investigative reporter and Democracy Now co-founder Amy Goodman is the

  subject of a new documentary by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Academy

  Award-nominated filmmakers of Trouble the Waters.

  On the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of Democracy Now, Lessin and

  Deal t...

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• May 14, 2026Independent Bookstore Day on Jonesy

  Independent Bookstore Day, which takes place every year on the last Saturday

  in April, is a nation-wide event honoring local indie bookstores. And

  Portland is fortunate to be home to so many. Though a little late to the

  party, we’re celebrating Independent Bookstore Day ...

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• May 13, 2026"Other" gardening tasks in addition to planting

  Host Glen Andresen and co-pilot Jim Gilbert are in the KBOO studio for a live

  April show. It's the heart of the planting season, but don't forget about

  some other very important tasks: weeding, thinning, fertilizing, and

  watering. Plus, what to look for when it's time to...

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• May 13, 2026Moms Against the Drug War

  On this edition of Century of Lies: Moms Against the Drug War.

  The organizations Broken No More and Vital Strategies hosted a news

  conference recently to commemorate Mother’s Day at which bereaved moms,

  who’ve been negatively affected by the drug war, called for health-ba...

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