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Aaron Ross, host of the new "Who's the Ross" podcast

Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Our In Depth guest this evening is Aaron Ross, writer, comedian, actor, and a good friend of KBOO. He’s the host of “Who’s the Ross”, a live on-stage late night talk show that's run for over ten years and 900-plus performances. Aaron moved to Los Angeles, or Ross Angeles as... Read more

Oregon Jewish Museum reopens

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 11.30 am Joseph Gallivan interviews Bruce Guenther about the new shows “THE JEWS OF AMSTERDAM, REMBRANDT AND PANDER,” and “ BUT A DREAM, SALVADOR DALÍ.” The Amsterdam show is on now at the Oregon Jewish Museum until Sept 24 and the Dali through... Read more

The Avengers are first assembled

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Featured this afternoon is a radio drama adaptated from the first comic book appearance of Marvel Comics' The Mighty Avengers from September of 1963. Trickster God Loki's attempt to entrap his half brother Thor, sets in motion a series of events that bring together Earth's ... Read more

Boogie Pachanguero - the Mommas & the Pappas

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Boogie Pachanguero
  Buenas noches mi gente! Tonight, we are playing a small tribute to all parents in the world. This is for those who have raised their children from the cradle to adulthood, through tantrums and mid-life crises. El programa radial de hoy es para todas las madres y los p... Read more

Nostalgia for '70s cinema today on Film at 11 for Friday, June 23, 2023

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
After a quick tour of recent releases, Jeff Godsil revists Mishima, and Matthew revisits A Run For Your Money.   Read more

Cycling from Alaska to Argentina with Kristen and Ville Jokinen

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's special hour-long Jonesy, our guests are Kristen and Ville Jokinen, who cycled from the top of Alaska to the southernmost tip of Argentina, an adventure covering 18,215 miles over 20 months. Kristen chronicles the trip in the new book Joy Ride: A Bike Odyssey fro... Read more

Between Two Points

Airs at: Tue, 06/06/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, June 7, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Sima Familant about the show ‘Between Two Points’ which is on now through October 15 at the Lobby at the Ellen Browning Building at 28th and Division Street. Familant spoke by Zoom from her home in Austin about... Read more

Crafting Pinocchio

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The Portland Art Museum's new exhibition "Crafting Pinocchio" takes visitors inside the world of Guillermo del Toro's Academy Award-winning version of Pinocchio, created largely in Portland with local stop-motion animators. Pinocchio Co-Director Mark Gustafson and Animat... Read more

The Micro World of Dr Doom

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
This week The Sampler presents another radio adventure of The Fantastic Four. Our heroes reach out to Ant Man to utilize his shrinking ablities to help them track down Dr Doom, now having set himself of as a tryant on a world in the Microverse. Adpated form issue #16 of The... Read more

Film at 11 takes on contemporary issues this week on Friday 9 June, 2023

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Jeff Godsil on the play adaptation Proof, from 2005, Natalie Lasko on The Happening, and in the DVD corner, the new Criterion Blu-ray of Targets, Peter Bogdanovich's thriller with Boris Karloff, from 1968.   –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-   Targets Crit... Read more