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The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
On today's episode, our guest is Willy Vlautin, Portland-based novelist and founding member of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines. We talk about hope, gentrification, trauma, and how songs become novels, as with his latest book -- The Night Always Comes.  In the words of... Read more

Music For Listeners

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns to the airwaves with more music to help you get through another Monday. Read more

Reggaeton y dance-beats.... past to the future and beyond

Airs at: Fri, 03/11/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Goooooooood evening folks!!! Welcome to this lovely dancing marathon, courtesy of the radio station that makes your heart beat and your body swoon. Let's start it off with some reggaeton!!!!!! Reggaeton: a rhythm emerging from the Caribbean underground, mainstay of tod... Read more

The Firesign Theatre "Live at the Magic Mushroom", Part 2

Airs at: Tue, 03/15/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On this special Ides of March episode, we bring you Part 2 of our interview with David Ossman and Philip Proctor of the legendary comedy group the Firesign Theatre, and Firesign archivist Taylor Jessen. We're celebrating both the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC a... Read more

Music for a Beautiful Monday

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato makes his way down to the studio to host another Monday Sampler. An all music show featuring the likes of Jazzmia Horn, Mose Allison, Yuesef Latiff, Grace Kelly and many others. Read more

Putin's Russia

Airs at: Thu, 03/10/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  In this hour-long special, British comics artist Darryl Cunningham tackles the topics of economic and political corruption.  His graphic non-fiction books include The Age of Selfishness, How to Fake a Moon Landing, Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich and Powerful, and... Read more

Jess T. Dugan

Airs at: Tue, 03/08/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday March 8, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews photographer Jess T. Dugan about their show To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults. This photo exhibition is at Portland State University through Apr... Read more

Cinematic anniversaries are on hand in this week's Film at 11, for 25 March, 2022

Airs at: Fri, 03/25/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week on Film at 11, Jeff Godsil revisits Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy, while matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time looks a the recent  Black Crab, a Swedish actioner that is as if Ingmar Bergman directed a Liam Neeson film, with some Hans Brinker thrown in. In our ... Read more

Wider Window Poetry with Rena Priest

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Washington Poet Laureate Rena Priest appears courtesy of Humanities Washington and the Washington State Arts Commission/ArtsWA. Read more

David Hattner and Michael Gu preview Portland Youth Philharmonic's Russian Winter concert

Airs at: Wed, 03/02/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
On today's KBOO News in Depth, we preview Portland Youth Philharmonic's upcoming Russian Winter concert with guests David Hattner, PYP's Musical Director, and Michael Gu, winner of the Portland Piano International 2021 Piano Concerto Competition. David programmed the con... Read more