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North Pole Class Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Three leading elven labor activists from the North Pole Labor Study group offer a class analysis of the North Pole "gift economy"; via Jacobin.   Read more

Ep.12 A Big Bowl of Wassail

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 7:45am - 8:45am
Produced for:  Peace, Love and Soup
Dec 2017 - This special holiday episode of Peace, Love and Soup is our gift to you!   Sit back, relax and join us as we ladle up some wassail (our soup for this month) and joyfully reminisce about the first year of our podcast!   We'll be replaying past inspirational mom... Read more

A Popcalypse on 12/20/17

Airs at: Wed, 12/20/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  A Popcalypse
The Merry Effin' Xmas episode. Stretchmark - Mr. Garrison from South Park into Aimee Mann from reality. Plus birthday salutes to Phil Ochs and Professor Longhair. Read more

Yuletide Clip Show!

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
  Yule is the classic name for a set of traditional observations of the Solstice. We cherish the joys and release the sorrows of the past year, and reflect on how they've shaped who we are, here and now. We look forward, rooted in this present moment, with intention, to wh... Read more

Gabrielle Bell - Everything Is Flammable

Airs at: Thu, 12/14/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Words and Pictures kicks off its fifteenth season on the air at the Wordstock Literary Festival, where we're joined by graphic novelist Gabrielle Bell.  Best known for her diary comics Lucky and The Voyeurs, Gabrielle has also teamed up with filmmaker Michel Gondry to cr... Read more

Monday Sampler bonus: Kevin McDonald and David Koff interview

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Monday Sampler host Fortunato welcomes Kevin McDonald of The Kids in the Hall and David Koff, artistic director of Fake Radio, as they talk about their live on-stage version of "It's A Wonderful Life". The kind folks at Fake Radio, who have been performing this show annuall... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: David Koff and Kevin McDonald

Airs at: Mon, 12/04/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
The holiday season has arrived, and it wouldn’t be Christmas without a showing of the classic film “It’s A Wonderful Life”.  This year, we must have been extra good in Portland, because we’ve been gifted with a live on-stage version of the radio version of this holiday fav... Read more

Laika Animation at PAM - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this expanded version of our visit to the Portland Art Museum, we take a more leisurely look at the exhibition Animating Life: The Art, Science, and Wonder of Laika. Join host S.W. Conser, and find out about the creative process behind the screen from Laika creatives... Read more

The Art of the Protest Song--Event this Sunday

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO volunteer Sean Steward speaks to Bill Valenti, one of the performers at this Sunday's Art of the Protest Song event, which is free at the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Avenue. The event begins at 2pm and includes four local musicians performing protest songs ... Read more

Sex4Sale: Episode 1, Introduction

Airs at: Tue, 11/07/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This is the first episode of Sex4Sale, a 10-part series about the business of sex in Portland, OR--what we know, what we don't know, and what we think we know. In this episode, we'll take an overhead view of the project--future episodes will zoom in on more specific topics.... Read more