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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

Laika Animation at the Portland Art Museum

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  From its humble beginnings as Will Vinton Studios in the 1970's, Portland's Laika Entertainment has become one of the top studios in the world for stop-motion animation, producing the feature films Coraline, Paranorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings.  Now,... Read more

A Popcalypse on 11/01/17

Airs at: Wed, 11/01/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  A Popcalypse
A very special halloween show, plus live performance by Maiah Wynne. Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour, Or Two

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 10:00pm - Tue, 10/31/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
It's all treats and no tricks on tonight's Halloween Eve special edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, or Two. Our guest is comedic genius Philip Proctor of the Firesign Theatre, calling in from his home in Southern California.  The Firesign Theatre was a big influence on many ... Read more

Ubu Hour Nov 2017

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/07/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Tonight on the Ubu Hour We re-air a radio peice by Grace Marian, that was orignally broadcasted January 2009, IN LOVE WITH A COMPUTER VOICE. Four years before the Spike Jonze film Her, Grace wrote this piece with a similar theme. And an Ubu Sports Spectacular, the thrillin... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 10/15/2017 at 7:45pm - Sun, 10/22/2017 at 7:45pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Join us as I talk about all the new changes that have occurred in my life.  What does the 1st Amendment say?  Man kills wife and blames it on the medicine he was taking.  Read more

Animator Kathy Zielinski

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this encore episode, we're joined by Kathy Zielinski, the pioneering artist and filmmaker who's been called "The Queen of Animated Villains" for helping bring to life such characters as Ursula the Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid and Jafar in Aladdin. Wbile visiting P... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Airs at: Fri, 09/29/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
It's the 5th Friday of the month, and time once again for another episode of Mr. Jones's Neighborhood, the children's show for reluctant adults. Host Ken Jones (no relation) welcomes Sam Mowry of Willamette Radio Workshop and John Barber, producer of the Re-Imagined Radio p... Read more

Ubu Hour October 2017

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/03/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Tonight the Ubu Hour gets preempted to bring you RADIO-VANGILISM HOUR:  A radio show devoted to issues of morality, Christianity, and the American way. Our guests tonight are Dr. Tevly Notion and Reverend Jackie Sackfert, who share a new wondrous theory concerning President... Read more