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Matt Bors and Ted Rall

Airs at: Thu, 06/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
In this extended version of Words & Pictures, we welcome Matt Bors and Ted Rall back to the KBOO studios for a freewheeling and often hilarious conversation about the burgeoning field of comics journalism.  Two years ago, Matt and Ted had just returned from an unembedded fa... Read more

Our Fathers Who Aren't In Heaven

Airs at: Tue, 02/11/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae presents a Black History Month documentary, Our Fathers Who Aren’t In Heaven, produced by Michael Johnson. This half-hour piece originally aired in 1994 as part of Legacies: Tales From America, a 13-part series of multicultural personal stories produced by Dmae Roberts... Read more

Firesign Theater on KBOO: Talking Over Each Other III

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2011 at 12:00am
The Firesign Theatre visited KBOO studios last night and completely took over the airwaves for a solid two hours! It was fantastic! The four or five crazy guys went on completely unscripted (at one point, Phil Proctor picked up some mislaid minutes from a station meeting a... Read more

Dr. Thabiti Lewis, author of Ballers of the New School : race and sports in America

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
      Dr. Thabiti Lewis, author of  Ballers of the New School : race and sports in America, shares insights into the realities of race in sport culture. Ballers of the New School is one of the first and best books to come along that effectively explains contemporary athlete... Read more

Journalist Carole Simpson's memoir, "Newslady"

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Newslady is the memoir of Carole Simpson a trailblazing African American woman journalist. Simpson was the first woman the first African American woman national network television correspondent, the first African American woman to anchor a national network newscast and the ... Read more

Author Carla Peterson, "Black Gotham"

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, ... Read more

Radiozine on 08/19/11

Airs at: Fri, 08/19/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
KBOO's Jeffrey Aldrich interviews the head of Hypno Komix. CD-2146 Read more

Between the Covers on 08/11/11

Airs at: Thu, 08/11/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Jay Thiemeyer speaks with Donald Ray Pollock. If you found the raw depictions of last season's film WINTER BONE transfixing, then listen in as a master of Southern Goth storytelling. Donald Ray Pollock, discusses his latest novel, THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME. Donald Ray Po... Read more

"You Don't Know What Art i$”

Airs at: Tue, 07/26/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
Guest host Wendy Webb speaks with LA Street Phantom aka Joey Krebs, a longstanding force in the L.A. street art scene. The Denizen Gallery @Milepost 5 and the Plum Bum Gallery brought Krebs to Portland to perform "You Don't Know What Art i$” for the closing of his visual a... Read more

Mystery writer Cara Black discusses "Murder in Passy"

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Cara Black, author of "Murder in Passy," the latest in her popular series of detective novels set in Paris and featuring Aimee Leduc. In her books Cara Black features a Paris little known outside the tourist track. In real life she lives in San... Read more