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John Loftus, How to Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from An Atheist

Airs at: Sun, 05/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
John Loftus was an evangelical minister.  He has several degrees in Christian apologetics.  He pastored churches and taught at Christian colleges.  Then he left it all.   He has written a dozen books with titles such as Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Ch... Read more

John Loftus on "How To Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from An Atheist"

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Host John Shuck speaks with John Loftus about "How To Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from An Atheist." John W. Loftus is an American author and atheist activist who writes about his conversion from Christianity to atheism. During his almost twenty years as an evange... Read more

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 04/28/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  In this extended version of our interview with attorney turned filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Jenn Chavez asks Mr Wiseman about the subjects that inspire him, his detached style of filmmaking, and his success in producing and distributing films outside the studio system. ... Read more

Jesse Andrews on "The Haters"

Airs at: Thu, 05/26/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Host Bethany Grabow talks with Jesse Andrews, author of the new book The Haters. This hilarious and touching story follows Wes Doolittle and his friends as they escape the oppression of jazz band camp and set off on a road trip in search of a venue to play an epic concer... Read more

A DIFFERENT NATURE salutes ORNETTE COLEMAN tonight at 8pm

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Join the A DIFFERENT NATURE Collective tonight for a kind of radio primer on Ornette Coleman, as some of us share what recordings we still have of his most pivotal and radical music from our collections and reflect on the life and turbulent times of one of modern music's mo... Read more

PCS and OSF for Membership Drive

Airs at: Tue, 05/03/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts presents a second Membership Drive special featuring a talk with Christopher Acebo, associate artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Chris Coleman, artistic director of Portland Center Stage. We'll find out about the new season at OSF and get ... Read more

Sean The Bus Driver's First Ride on Blues Junction

Airs at: Sat, 04/30/2016 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Blues Junction
Sean Steward hosts his first KBOO Sub show for the Spring 2016 Membership Drive. Yorick Jones pitches for new and renewing members Read more

What's Better than Films and Bikes?

Airs at: Wed, 05/04/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Bike Show
We will be joined by Ayleen Crotty and Guthrie Straw of Filmed by Bike this coming Wednesday May 4th, 2016 at 11am. They will be filling us in on the upcoming 14th Annual Filmed by Bike, a film festival featuring the world’s best bike movies May 6-8 at the Hollywood Theatre... Read more

The sound inside and outside Juniana Lanning

Airs at: Sat, 04/30/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Sound collector, repurposer and creator JUNIANA LANNING hosts The Outside World this Fri midnight til 3:00. What will she put through our radios (and devices) this time? I asked her. She say:  I'll start by visiting some 20th century "new music" composers and electronic mu... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 25, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 04/25/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Steve Bloom about poetry and the 99%    Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Kristy Woodson Harvey’s  Lies and Other Acts of Love.   Denise Morris revisits the 1960 documentary film Primary in light of current campaigning and reporting   we're on ... Read more