Self Help Radio

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Airs at: Tue, 01/20/2026 at 12:00am - 3:00am

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

Hosted by:

dickenbock

Produced by:

KBOO

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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 1/13/26: Juice

Airs at: Tue, 01/13/2026 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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Here is a reasonable facsimile of the Self Help Radio show with the theme "juice" which aired on KBOO this morning, January 13. Computer issues caused much of the show to not be recorded but I recorded it from home & had to put together one airbreak which was not recorded.... Read more

Self Help Radio 1/6/26: Puppets

Airs at: Tue, 01/06/2026 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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A show about puppets! Which isn't a puppet show, not exactly. But I do talk to a puppet! & a fellow who says he was raised by puppets! & the Portland Puppet Inspector! So it was kind of a puppet show. Let's call it a puppets show just to be on the safe side. Don't want any... Read more

Self Help Radio 12/30/25: Indiepop A To Z # 79

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

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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It's a continuation of the long-running series - began many miles & moons ago - of playing songs in the indiepop genre - & influential to that genre - in alphabetical order. Here traveling from Sissies to Slowpoke. Please enjoy the jangle & twee. The last hour of the progr... Read more

Self Help Radio 12/23/25: Gary's Favorite Music 2025

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

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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A selection of some of my favorite music from 2025. I could've done more. I certainly brought more. But here's two hours of it. The last hour here is an episode of Corporate Standardized Programming in which I play music from artists we lost in July 2025. All cover/single ... Read more

Self Help Radio 12/16/25: Howard Gently Year Four Concluded

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

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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The fourth year that Howard Gently appeared on Self Help Radio was his most prolific. Here we end the fourth & start the fifth year. Howard Gently was a character portrayed by Russell Miles on Self Help Radio from 2014-2022. After Russell's untimely death in 2023, I've bee... Read more

Self Help Radio 12/9/25: Shovels

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

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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A radio show about shovels. In which I play lots of songs about shovels. Talk to the CEO of a shovel company. & an activist with Shovels For Peace. & the author of Grab A Shovel. The show is shovel-ready. Let's go! (The last hour is an episode of Corporate Standardized Pro... Read more

Self Help Radio 12/2/25: Graffiti

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

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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Self Help Radio spraypainted the airways this morning with a show about graffiti. In addition to songs & bits about graffiti, I talked to our favorite librarian about books about graffiti, to the cop in PPD's graffiti division, & to a graffiti artist. A mess was made, "S... Read more

Self Help Radio 11/25/25: Magda's Birthday Show 2025

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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Okay, so Magda is the name of Gary's wife. Every year around the time of her birthday, he plays a lot of songs about birthdays for her. In this episode, he also talks to some people from her past. It is a thoughtful but eminently cheap birthday present. He sure hopes she is ... Read more

Self Help Radio 11/18/25: Freedom

Airs at: Tue, 11/18/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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A show about freedom. With all the songs called "Freedom." With interviews with people saying their favorite freedoms. You're free to listen when you like, Read more

Self Help Radio 11/11/25: Surface

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

Produced for: Self Help Radio

KBOO

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What is a radio show with the theme "surface" like? It's like two hours of songs plus some silly interviews. For a surface show it gets pretty deep. You have been warned. & hey! The last hour is an episode of Corporate Standardized Programming featuring lots & lots of new rele... Read more