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KBOO News In Depth: Nichole Graf and Liz Crain

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
  Despite the latest efforts by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who by the way is facing his own considerable legal problems, marijuana is available by law in about 60 percent of the U.S. Recreational cannabis is legal in eight states, with California the latest addition ... Read more

Chuck Palahniuk: Tricksters and Terrorists

Airs at: Thu, 01/18/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Portland author Chuck Palahniuk is the most restless of literary lions, reinventing himself with each book, alternately dazzling and bedeviling his readership.  With Legacy, his latest coloring book / novella hybrid, Palahniuk dives further into visual storytelling, crea... Read more

Tom Gauld's Literary Funnies

Airs at: Thu, 01/11/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Tom Gauld is best known to Americans for his droll and iconic cartoons in The New Yorker and The Guardian where literature and mythology get mashed up with pop culture.  But he's also the author of such imaginative graphic novels as Goliath, Hunter and Painter, and The G... Read more

Milagro's 'Bi' & Prince Gomolvilas

Airs at: Tue, 01/09/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features  the 2018 world premiere of Bi– Milagro Theatre's newest devised work. We'll talk with actor and co-developer Ajai Terrazas Tripathi and assistant director/choregographer Gabriela Portuguez to talk about Bi- running Jan. 11-20 at Milagro Theatre. Bi- is pre... Read more

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Back again for a new year, The Sampler crew present another show chock filled with music and crazy fun! Today, Jess and Fortunato will interview local musican Ajai Combelic  about his music his tours and his creative process as well as play some of his music.Also, joining u... Read more

Commentary: Trump Tweets

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    Donald Trump is addicted to Twitter. Hardly a day goes by when he doesn’t use the social media tool to announce policy, attack his latest foe or pat himself on the back. And the media hangs on his every Tweet. But should we? KBOO’s Ray Bodwell has these thoughts. Read more

It Came from Beyond Zen

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Brad Warner is a Soto Zen priest. He also plays bass for the punk band, Zero Defex. And he plays a zen priest named Brad in the important film, Zombie Bounty Hunter, M.D. He also has a curious interest in the 13th century Japanese Zen Master, Dogen. He is in the process ... Read more

A Radio Geekly: Episode 17 - Consumerism in Geek Culture

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  A Radio Geekly
Happy New Year fellow geeks! On this first episode of 2018, the ARG collective discusses geek consumerism and the need to buy things to "keep up our geek credentials". Why is it necessary? Why do companies take advantage of this need? Join in the conversation by calling 503... Read more

News In-Depth: Stolen Angels PDX Billboard Project

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  A group of Portlanders is hoping to draw attention to racial injustice and police violence in the Portland area with a bold public project. KBOO reporter Sam Bouman spoke last Friday with several members of Portland Equity in Action (PEA), joined by Alicia Johnson, the m... Read more

The Akee Tree by Stephen Hanks

Airs at: Thu, 01/04/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  In this previously aired episode of  Black Book Talk the hosts interview Stephen Hanks, author of The Akee Tree. What would compel an African-American man to spend ten years of his life tracing his family tree from the Pacific Northwest back to slavery times in Mississi... Read more