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Excerpts from The Comedians, a history of American Comedy, By Kliph Nesteroff, Part 3

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/18/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
In the late 1950's the show business establishment hated the two hottest comics of the day, Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl. And did all it could to derail their careers. It was not until comedian Redd Foxx began to appear on a series of "party records" that anyone thought that t... Read more

Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell

Airs at: Thu, 06/13/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Karen Russell, author of the new book Orange World and Other Stories. Orange World is Karen’s fifth book, following the novel Swamplandia!, the novella Sleep Donation, and two collections of short fiction – St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolv... Read more

Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 06/14/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week the Film at 11  welcomes Just Jess, of the Monday Sampler to discuss some recent Netflix movies including Unicorn Store, and Rim of the World.   Corrections: The film Mumbai Hotel takes place in the far East.  Rafiki, mentioned a few weeks ago, takes place in Ke... Read more

Bill Griffith: Are We Having Fun Yet?

Airs at: Thu, 06/13/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Bill Griffith's remarkable 50-year career as an artist runs the gamut from alternative comics to graphic novels to such pop-culture oddities as Wacky Packages trading cards. Best known as the creator of the satirical daily newspaper comic Zippy the Pinhead, Griffith has... Read more

OUTwright of Color

Airs at: Tue, 06/11/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features two LGBTQIA+ productions at the annual OUTWright Festival produced by Fuse Theatre Ensemble. We talk with James Dixon, director of Bootycandy which receives its full production June 13-30 and Jennifer Lanier, co-artistic director of Ops Fest  (Original Prac... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Jessie Spiess Werner about the Pacific Northwest College of Art’s 2019 MFA show

Airs at: Tue, 06/18/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday June 11, 2019 at 11:30 am Joseph Gallivan interviews Jessie Spiess Werner [PRONOUNCED: SPEECE WURNER] about the Pacific Northwest College of Art’s 2019 MFA show. Spiess Werner takes us on a whirlwind tour of Joseph Galivan’s choice of half of the 26 artists’ work... Read more

Sounds Unsound early June 2019

Airs at: Sun, 06/09/2019 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
Mutant pop, avant rock, experimental noise and more. Mostly new releases Read more

Street Roots Poetry Showcase Episode 03

Airs at: Wed, 06/05/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
In this episode, Jaison interviews Kaia Sand, poet, artist and Executive Director of Street Roots. Read more

Summer at Library

Airs at: Thu, 06/06/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Lots more than books happening at the library this summer.  Multnomah County reference and outreach staffers Foster Williams, Lanel Jackson and Elleona Budd will tell us all about it.  Books, programs, blogs, ebooks, DVDs...it's all at there. And, if you don't make it to th... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: David Koff and John Pirruccello

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
For tonight’s News In Depth segment, we welcome back one of our favorite guests -- David Koff, Artistic Director of Portland’s Fake Radio. Portland is home to a thriving radio theater community, and Fake Radio is one of the very best! The troupe will be celebrating the 70th... Read more