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Radio Lost and Found for 08/23/18

Airs at: Thu, 08/23/2018 at 10:00pm - Fri, 08/24/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Radio Lost and Found
Last show of August and hopefully an end to unbearably hot weather and thick smoke as the entire West of the Rockies burns to a cinder. A show? There'll be one. Hope you can tune in! Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Tesla City Stories

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for News In Depth
Today, August 20th, is National Radio Day, a day to celebrate radio, and recognize the importance of our medium. At one time, not too long ago, radio was the nation’s primary channel for news and entertainment. With the advent of newer media, namely TV and the internet, the... Read more

Okay Fine Whatever by Courtenay Hameister

Airs at: Thu, 08/23/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
On today’s show, our guest is Courtenay Hameister, Portland-based author of the new book Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things, in conversation with Gigi Little, editor of City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portl... Read more

A Hector Lassiter Short Story by Greg MacDonald

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/21/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
In our first part we present " Through the Valley of the Shadow of Roosevelt's Nose", by Greg MacDonald. Crime novelist and sometime screen writer, Hector Lassiter, known as"'the man who writes was he lives and lives what he writes",  has been hired by Alfred Hitchcock to s... Read more

Intersex Discussion

Airs at: Fri, 08/17/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Bread and Roses
Intersex human rights activist and local poet Laedi Monte brings the discussion of life, art, expression, and moving in the world to just be Read more

Talking Earth with Leanne Grabel and Casey Bush

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Talking Earth
Tonight Talking Earth features local poets Leanne Grabel and Casey Bush, fresh from a spoken word tour across the Pacific Northwest.  Leanne Grabel is a writer, illustrator, performance poet, semi-retired special education teacher, and co-founder of Portland's poetry fount o... Read more

Interview with Wendy Chen

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2018 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Poetry and Everything
Wendy Chen is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Most Promising Young Poet Prize, as well as fellowships from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Her work has appeared in Crazyhorse, Rattle, American Poets, and A P... Read more

I, Robot

Airs at: Fri, 08/10/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Once again we'll be previewing some of this year's art, and celebrating Larry with the interview we did with him on Playa last year! We'll be highlighting some of the amazing art that be on Playa this year that is coming from the right here in Great Northwest with interview... Read more

Radio Lost and Found for 08/09/18

Airs at: Thu, 08/09/2018 at 10:00pm - Fri, 08/10/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Radio Lost and Found
We bid farewell to artist, Brian Routh, former Harry Kipper of The Kipper Kids and audio artist, we listen to some brand new Mono Pause, Ikue Mori w/Christian Rønn, The Necks, Metabolismus and more! I started off with a live in-the-studio mix that I completely forgot to ba... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Julie Whipple

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for News In Depth
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines Flight 173, in an empty lot near the corner of Portland’s Northeast 157th Avenue and East Burnside, just about 9 miles from where we are now in our KBOO studios. Our News In Depth guest Julie Whipple not ... Read more