Arts/Culture

Ursula K. Le Guin: "Out Here"

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

"Women's writing tends to get disapeared when they die..." -Ursula K. Le Guin Portland's own Ursula K. Le Guin passed away this year at the age of 88. She was a novelist working mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction but she also authored children's books, s... Read more

Amanda Clem interviews Tyler Mackie about her exhibition Intimate Spaces

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

Amanda Clem speaks with Portland artist Tyler Mackie about her artistic practice, and her retrospective exhibition Intimate Spaces — on view at the Chehalem Cultural Center through July 28 Intimate Spaces is a retrospective body of sculptural and two-dimensional work th... Read more

Vicente Rojo Cama

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature

Mexican electroacoustic musician, one of the pioneers on the genre. Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 07/01/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Portland Jewish Hour

Tune in for the most eclectic Danish radio episode ever on the Portland Jewish Hour with host Liz Schwartz. What's Danish radio? Music sans format-any kind of Jewish music you can think of might come out over the airwaves at you on Sunday, July 1, at 10am Pacific time. Read more

Gus Van Sant

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

Gus Van Sant's directorial work has ranged from the avant-garde (Gerry and Last Days) to the transgressive (Mala Noche and Drugstore Cowboy) to Hollywood crowd-pleasers (Good Will Hunting and Finding Forrester). His latest feature, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot,... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Airs at: Fri, 06/29/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

We talk books today on Mr. Jones's Neighborhood. And while Mr. Jones himself is barely literate, the Portland metropolitan area is decidedly not. We're a city of great readers and writers, and, fortunately for those readers and writers, great independent publishers. We hav... Read more

The Underground: TRUST

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: The Underground

Trust yourself, things we don't trust, and Ryan, well, he doesn't trust birds. "Trust" by mmrtnt is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Read more

Science Fiction in the Nuclear Age

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

We welcome Oregon State University professor Elliot Lavine back to the KBOO studios to preview his new course at Cinema 21 on classic 1950's science fiction films and their intersection with Cold War politics. We're also joined by Portland filmmakers Maria Allred and Dam... Read more

Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

Host Ken Jones talks with David Naimon, co-author of the new book Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, from Portland’s Tin House Books. David’s book collects his KBOO Between the Covers interviews with Ursula K. Le Guin, the Portland-based master of science fiction,... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/26/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Holy Crowley Hour

Welcome to the first Holy Crowley Hour of Summer 2018. While Carl Crowley and I should be wearing flip flops, shades, and a Speedo, and playing the Beach Boys all night, we'll instead be focusing on radio theater, as is our wont. And wearing a Speedo. Only a Speedo. Tonig... Read more