Self Help Radio

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Airs at: Tue, 11/04/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2026 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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Produced by:

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Self Help Radio is not a self-help radio show. It might be something worse.

Each week host Gary explores a different theme with music & with talk. Guests are silly. The music is eclectic. It's kind of a mess.

Shows are archived here & also at the Self Help Radio website. There's a blog. There's Bluesky. There's Facebook.

Upcoming themes are on the website. Send ideas for those shows or themes to explore at gary at self help radio dot net or by text 971-319-4847.

Topic tags:

Music

Genre(s):

Eclectic

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Self Help Radio 10/28/25: Halloween 2025 - Wizards!

Airs at: Tue, 10/28/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Self Help Radio

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Happy Halloween! Here is Self Help Radio's Halloween episode - this year about wizards! Lots of songs about wizards plus I talk with three wizards - & a witch! Maybe not spooky - but I bet you'll see lots of folks dressed as wizards on Halloween! Speaking of - almost all t... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/21/25: Pigeons

Airs at: Tue, 10/21/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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Though not nearly as ubiquitous as crows around here, pigeons make appearances in Portland. & on Self Help Radio this week, they filled two whole hours! In addition to a whole flock of songs about pigeons, I spoke to a person who matches people with pigeon friends & to a... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/14/25: Curtains

Airs at: Tue, 10/14/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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It's curtains for you! That is, a show about curtains, which is this week's Self Help Radio. Featuring a lot of songs about curtains plus interviews with curtain inspectors, a docent at a curtain museum, & a neighbor who believes good curtains improve neighborhoods. Fro... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/7/25: Molly Revisited - The 23rd Anniversary Show

Airs at: Tue, 10/07/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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Self Help Radio debuted in Austin, Texas, on October 9, 2002. This week marks its 23rd year on the air. I guess that explains the silver plate? Isn't that the 23rd anniversary gift? To celebrate, I revisited an old theme - Molly - from 2007. Lots more Molly songs plus I ta... Read more

Self Help Radio 9/30/25: Deadbeats

Airs at: Tue, 09/30/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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Neither a celebration nor a condemnation of the deadbeat. Lots of songs about them - as well as conversations with a former deadbeat mom & a self-described deadbeat. You will feel the way you will feel. The last hour is an episode of Corporate Standardized Programming featur... Read more

Self Help Radio 9/23/25: Whips

Airs at: Tue, 09/23/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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You might feel a little whipped after this episode of Self Help Radio. A certain percentage of you might actually enjoy that feeling. Enjoy songs about all kinds of whip whips & whipping. Plus interviews with a whip manufacturing, an academic studying BDSM, & a fellow with... Read more

Self Help Radio 9/16/25: Howard Gently Year Four Continued Continued

Airs at: Tue, 09/16/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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For many years, a dear friend of mine appeared on Self Help Radio in character as my "spiritual mentor" the Rev Dr Howard Gently. We would improvise hopefully comedic interviews based on the themes of the show. My friend died unexpectedly a little over two years ago. In hi... Read more

Self Help Radio 9/9/25: Moonlight

Airs at: Tue, 09/09/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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This morning, by the light of a waning gibbous moon - just one day past full! - Self Help Radio had a show about moonlight. Lots of songs about moonlight, plus a discussion about books about moonlight, a conversation with the founder of the Moonlight society, & a chat with... Read more

Self Help Radio 9/2/25: Avalon

Airs at: Tue, 09/02/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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Join Self Help Radio on a journey to the mystic isle of Avalon! There's an interview with a person named Avalon! With a professor of Arthurian studies! With the creator of Portland's Avalon Society! I mean, not all the songs are about the mythical Avalon, but even as a met... Read more

Self Help Radio 8/26/25: Indiepop A To Z # 78

Airs at: Tue, 08/26/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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Tonight I continue my long-running series Indiepop A To Z. I'm in the letter S - specifically Sh + Si. Here's a definition of indiepop if you don't know the genre. It doesn't just mean "independent pop." More every other installment of the series is available at the Self H... Read more

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