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Waterfront Blues Festival with Peter Damman, Ty Curtis, and Richard Lawrence (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 07/11/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
Jonesy was busy helping out with KBOO’s live broadcast of the Waterfront Blues Festival last week, so we didn’t have time to produce a brand new episode for today’s show. But we’ll be bringing you the next best thing – a re-broadcast of our conversation for last year’s Blue... Read more

Why Board Games? And Hobby Hurdles

Airs at: Tue, 07/02/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Winner's Bias
Nate and James discuss why board games are worth of examination and the things that make the hobby difficult to get into. Click through to listen to the episode.   Read more

David Ciminello, author of The Queen of Steeplechase Park

Airs at: Thu, 06/27/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome David Ciminello, author of the new novel The Queen of Steeplechase Park, from Portland’s Forest Avenue Press. David’s a Lambda Literary Fellow and recipient of a Table 4 Writers Foundation Grant. His short fiction has appeared in the Lambda Aw... Read more

Kimberly King Parsons, author of We Were the Universe

Airs at: Thu, 06/13/2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Kimberly King Parsons, author of the new novel We Were the Universe, from Knopf. Her story collection, Black Light, which came out in 2019, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Story Prize. Kim’s a recipient of fellowships from Y... Read more

Comics Take on The News - June Roundup

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/11/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Comics Take on the News
  Join us at 11 pm on Monday, June 10th as see just how far comedians can fling current events. This month's comedic panel welcomes: Pam Benjamin: Pam Benjamin is the Director of Mutiny Radio in San Francisco and has produced 8 Mutiny Radio Comedy Festivals as well as sho... Read more

Mid Spring Music

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
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Natural Happiness

Airs at: Sun, 06/02/2024 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Alan Heeks is a conservationist, social entrepreneur and author of Natural Happiness: Use Organic Gardening Skills to Cultivate Yourself. Alan runs workshops on developing personal resilience using organic gardening parallels to help people handle the stresses of modern lif... Read more

Stan Mack's Real-Life Funnies

Airs at: Thu, 05/23/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
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Music for a Cloudy Day

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
The Sampler returns with lots of music for a busy afternoon. Featured to day will be wynton Marsalis, Rubin Blades, Chick Corea, Lee Wright, John Coltrane and even some Bob And Ray. So clean up the house, do the disnes, or read a book.  Read more

Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 05/23/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
The Talented Mr. Jonesy is off gallivanting in Italy, we’re not sure exactly where, so we’ll be re-airing a favorite episode from the archives. This one’s from KBOO’s long-running program Between the Covers and features an interview with Kimberly King Parsons for her story ... Read more