Fiction

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Book Mole: The Witch Elm

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Larry Bowlden reviews Tana French’s brand new mystery novel, The Witch Elm, which is anything but predictable and takes readers so far into her characters and her twisted plots that readers must wait for the ending to be finally released.     Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 22nd, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier hosts this episode, in which we hear these pieces: Bill Resnick talks to Stephen Zunes, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, about the torture/murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration and the new... Read more

'Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer'; and Alyssa Pariah on Trump's proposed "

Airs at: Tue, 10/23/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
  From the Merc: "Oregon filmmakers Brooks Nelson and Yee Won Chong are trans men and housemates who were both diagnosed with 'lady cancer' around the same time. They decided to see t he strange coincdence as an educational opportunity, and chronicled their treatment in ... Read more

The Incendiaries

Airs at: Thu, 11/15/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is increasingly drawn into a religious group—a secretive extremist cult—founded by a charismatic former student, John Leal. He has an enigmatic past that involves North Korea and Phoebe’s Korean American family. Meanwhile, Will struggles... Read more

The Untold Gaze by Stephen O'Donnell and Gigi Little

Airs at: Fri, 10/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
On this special hour-long edition of Between the Covers, we welcome Stephen O’Donnell and Gigi Little, creators and editors of the new book The Untold Gaze, which features selected paintings by Stephen, with short fiction and poetry inspired by those paintings. The texts we... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Cai Emmons

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
There’s a famous quote, attributed to Mark Twain (as most famous quotes are): “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” But what if you wake up one morning, and find that you have the power to actually do something about it? That’s the premise... Read more

Orson, meet Phil and David

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
This Morning on The VPJP we will bring you the orginal 1938 Radio broadcast of Orson Wells'  "War Of The Worlds". Following that we will feature Phil Proctor and David Ossman (of The Firesign Theatre)  speaking last month at  the Library of Congress. Read more

Report to Megalopolis by Tod Davies

Airs at: Thu, 10/11/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Tod Davies, author of the new novel Report to Megalopolis: or The Post-modern Prometheus, published by Exterminating Angel Press. Tod is the author of Snotty Saves the Day, Lily the Silent, and The Lizard Princess, the first three books in The His... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Judith Arcana

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Portland-based writer, teacher, and radio host Judith Arcana. Judith’s published work includes poems, stories, essays, and books. She’s a longtime teacher of literature, writing, and women’s studies. And she volunteered as a Jane, a member of the... Read more

Pickman's Model by H.P. Lovecraft

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/16/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
For the Halloween season, Fortunato reads an Eerie Classic by Howard Philip Lovercraft, Pickman's Model. What is the secret behind the ghoulish and disturbing paintings of Richard Pickman, which have been scandalizing the Boston art scene of the 1920s? Read more