Arts/Culture

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On Film at 11 for Friday, 9 August, Jeff rejoins us to ponder Hollywood's racial history

Airs at: Fri, 08/09/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
• Mona on Faye.   • Jeff Godsil on The Good Earth, from 1937.    • A new BFI monograph on the German film Mädchen in Uniform from 1931.    • And Matthew of KBOO' s monthly storybook show Gremlin Time on The Heroic Trio     Read more

LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage | Live Panel 9: Queer Spaces and Places

Airs at: Tue, 08/06/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are celebrating Pride Month and LGBTQIA2S+ Heritage on Tuesdays, 7:00 to 8:00pm, with live panels from our studios, where we will have guests from these communities talk to us about their culture, presence, struggles, and relevance. Calls are welcome ☎... Read more

Joshua David Palmer - local poet, adventurer, in-home caregiver

Airs at: Fri, 08/02/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Once Upon a Time
  Born and raised in Estes Park Colorado, home of the Rocky Mountain National Park. This area is also known for the haunted ‘Stanley Hotel’ where parts of Steven King’s ‘The Shining’ and Dumb and Dumber with Jim Carrey were filmed. Joshua is 25 years old, moved to Portlan... Read more

Pickathon!

Airs at: Fri, 08/02/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
+++++++++++++++++++++++++ Exploring the Music and the Delights that will be happening out on Pendarvis Farm, out in Happy Valley for this year's Pickathon!   What started as a fundraiser for KBOO back in 1999 has grown in to a world class one of a kind experience that mus... Read more

Hot Jazz and Cold War Intrigue

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Startingthis week on The Sampler will be a serialized presentation of a dramatisation of Ian Fleming's Cold War Thriller Moonraker. Toby Stevens stars as Jams Bond in this BBC production. With the following instalments presented through the month Read more

Oil For Kisses XL - Oh Dark Lordy, we're turning 40

Airs at: Sat, 08/03/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Oil For Kisses
For episode #40 of OFK, we roundup of some of the best and most interesting metal, hardcore, post punk and ambient releases of the past year or so. Despite my aversion to spending vast amounts of time behind a screen checking out the multitude of new music in the varying fi... Read more

Invasions and holidays decade by decade on Film at 11 for Friday, 2 August, 2024

Airs at: Fri, 08/02/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
In this week's survey of screen offerings from four different decades, we include Britta Gordon on Steve McQueen's Small Axe Episode three, Red, White and Blue, Jeff Godsilon Billy Wilder's The Apartment, from 1960, KBOO's Matthew on Richard Lester's Juggernaut from 1974, a... Read more

Parsing Sound: Episode 40 - Doowutchyalike

Airs at: Sat, 08/03/2024 at 10:00pm - Sun, 08/04/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for Parsing Sound
Relax your mind and let your conscience be free. In this episode we encourage you to Doowutchyalike. This message has been brought to you by the Parsing Sound Crew! Read more

Eddie Muller - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 07/11/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  In this extended conversation with Film Noir Foundation Founder Eddie Muller, we spend an extra 20 minutes finding out about the importance of gritty urban stories in American culture and the race to rescue overlooked films from the landfill. Eddie Muller is a film pres... Read more