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Airs at: Tue, 11/26/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Self Help Radio is not a self-help radio show. It might be something worse.

Each week host Gary explores a different theme with music & with talk. Guests are silly. The music is eclectic. It's kind of a mess.

Shows are archived here & also at the Self Help Radio website. There's a blog. There's Twitter. There's Facebook.

Upcoming themes are on the website. Send ideas for those shows or themes to explore at gary at self help radio dot net or by text 971-319-4847.

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Self Help Radio 11/19/24: Parasites

Airs at: Tue, 11/19/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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A caller during the show asked me if the theme was parasites because all of the parasites descending on our nation's capital at the moment. Sadly, these shabby shows of mine are planned somewhat far in advance. But if it helps the enjoyment, you can think that! It's a show ... Read more

Self Help Radio 11/12/24: Shotgun

Airs at: Tue, 11/12/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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When a listener asked me if I had ever done a Self Help Radio episode about guns, I said nope. I said it was too general a topic. (I didn't say I wasn't particularly interested in it.) But this listener persisted & I asked if they had a favorite gun. Apparently they did - a... Read more

Self Help Radio 11/5/24: A Mental Health Day

Airs at: Tue, 11/05/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Hey I've been pretty anxious about the election so instead of making a regular dumb Self Help Radio episode I just played a lot of music - music I might not normally play on Self Help Radio. & all of it's new! Hopefully the news tonight won't be so terrible & I'll have the ... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/29/24: Halloween 2024 - Scarecrows!

Airs at: Tue, 10/29/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
You don't have to be a crow to be scared of scarecrows. Those creepy mock humans in cast-off clothing just sitting out there in the fields day in & day out - they must cause farmers nightmares! They are therefore a perfect subject for this year's Halloween show! In addition... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/22/24: Kaleidoscopes

Airs at: Tue, 10/22/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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As a kid I loved kaleidoscopes. & of course I took them apart. In the 1960s & later, when certain kinds of drugs made you see the world like a kaleidoscope, kaleidoscopes started appearing in songs. This week's Self Help Radio features lots of songs about kaleidoscopes plus ... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/15/24: Pandas

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Hey! It's a radio show about pandas! We talk about pandas! & people whose work is related to pandas! & there's lots of music about pandas! Because PANDAS yay! Oh, the last hour of the show is an episode of Corporate Standardized Programming in which there's no panda content.... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/8/24: 1971 Revisited - The 22nd Anniversary Show

Airs at: Tue, 10/08/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Self Help Radio premiered on 91.7fm KOOP in Austin, Texas, on October 9, 2002. Since then it's appeared on something like eight stations in four different states. On Self Help Radio anniversary shows, I revisit an old theme. This theme is my favorite music from 1971. The or... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/1/24: Oysters

Airs at: Tue, 10/01/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Aw shucks! It's an episode of Self Help Radio about oysters! Featuring lots of oyster songs, a discussion of movies featuring oysters, a humorist whose new book mentions oysters, & a religious fellow who wants to make non-aphrodisiac oysters! I'm hoping you don't have to en... Read more

Self Help Radio 9/24/24:Spiral

Airs at: Tue, 09/24/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Spirals are found everywhere in nature. & now they're found on the radio! Featuring lots of songs about spirals (as you can see below) plus I talk to an artist who has been filling spiral notebooks since he was a kid. & a scientist who's written a book of poetry called The B... Read more

Self Help Radio 9/17/24: Howard Gently Year Three, Continued

Airs at: Tue, 09/17/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Starting in 2014, my friend Russell improvised bits for Self Help Radio as the Rev Dr Howard Gently, a spiritual huckster. Russell died unexpectedly last year, & I have decided to share all the bits in chronological order every three months or so. This is the sixth installme... Read more