Arts/Culture

Fantastic Negrito and The Last Days of Oakland

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and touring internationally. Hes done this by creating a unique sound -- melodic hooks, primal blues-rock chords, clever lyricism, a... Read more

The Pentagon, Hollywood, Climate Change, and An Appeal for Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Professor of Philosophy at Columbia, Phillip Kitcher, talks with host John Shuck about how if human beings hope to survive the looming climate catastrophes, we will need to talk it out, one to one, in families, neighborhoods, and social gatherings. The power of grassroot... Read more

Shaping a Future: Life After Prison - Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

On Sunday, October 29th 2017 nine individuals told their stories in a performance titled: Shaping a Future: Life After Prison. The performance was a culmination of writing workshops sponsored by the Regional Arts and Culture Council. The project conceived of and organized ... Read more

PCS + PSP

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Join Dmae for this membership drive edition. We'll feature Portland Center Stage's two holidays shows with director Brandon Wooley of A Christmas Memory and Winter Song and actor Lauren Modica of Twist Your Dickens. Then we'll hear from Michael Mendelson, artistic dire... Read more

Nobuko Miyamoto on creating Asian American resistance music

Airs at: Fri, 11/24/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Pacific Underground

This month's theme is about resistance and we're talking to artist and activist A'misa Chiu and musician and member of Yellow Pearl, Nobuko Miyamoto about her music and activism! Yellow Pearl was the first band to use the term "Asian American" to describe their identity and... Read more

The Underground:DECEIPT

Airs at: Wed, 11/22/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: The Underground

Deciept and Lies and Trechery vox pop on lies, Nyrten has a song about lyring, it bums us out Read more

The Night Run Of The Overland by Elmore Elliot Peake

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/21/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

Tonight, stories set in the Golden Age Of American Railroading. Featuring our 3D Radio Players in The Night Run Of The Overland. A look at the Railway Guides and an episode of the rare, classic rail road drama The Green Valley Line Read more

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Movie Moles Joe and Jan discuss the meanings for current viewers of the representations of family, gender, and capitalism in the 1947 holiday movie Miracle on 34th Street. image via wikimediacommons Read more

100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Airs at: Mon, 12/04/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Cecil and Celeste welcome literary critic, teacher, historian, filmmaker and public intellectual Henry Louis Gates Jr to KBOO. Gates currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Rese... Read more

Is Mickey Mouse a Minstrel?

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Cecil & Celeste are joined by Kirby McCurtis to discuss the images our children consume in pop culture and where those images come from. What are the modern alternatives to these established and harmful depictions? The diversity gap in children's publishing is overwhel... Read more