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A Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar...

Airs at: Fri, 04/10/2020 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
On Radiozine, Suzanne LaGrande interviews Caty Borum Chattoo and Lauren Feldman, authors of A Comedian and An Activist Walk into a Bar: The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice. More than ever, comedy is a powerful source of influence and social critique. In this inter... Read more

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 03/26/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Charles Brownstein is the Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit advocacy organization that moved its headquarters from New York to Portland in 2016.  The CBLDF provides aid to artists and publishers facing legal threats such as censorship,... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood 3/27/20

Airs at: Fri, 03/27/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
We're all sheltering in place in the neighborhood, and keeping our social distance. So today's show is originating from Mr. Jones's home, where there's more Passover matzoh than toilet paper. Fortunately, we have a microphone, an Internet connection, and a computer running ... Read more

Ep 102. It Takes A Village To Be Alone Together

Airs at: Tue, 03/24/2020 at 12:30pm - Thu, 04/30/2020 at 3:30pm
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
It Takes a Village to Be Alone Together The Rona won’t hold us back biiiiiiiitch! Coming to u live from VVP Headquarters, with our bestest content for you, the people, because you have fuckin time this week to listen to this damn episode (and because you deserve it). We’re... Read more

Ep 101. It Takes A Village To Meet Each Other Halfway

Airs at: Tue, 03/17/2020 at 12:00am - Tue, 03/31/2020 at 1:45pm
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
AYYYY Vibers! We are definitely back on our sh** (censored because we’re famous now) and coming at y’all with some real life content. Not even the COVID-19 pandemonium can keep us down! Nah, that’s what depression is for. Tune in this week for Bae of the Week, Issa Vibe, an... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour on 3/23/20

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/24/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
The Holy Crowley Hour has been a beacon of enlightenment, entertainment, and laughs for a generation, a relatively brief generation. We started the show back in September 2014, as a fill-in for a few late-night deejays at KBOO who were handed temporary suspensions for messi... Read more

Joking around Behind Bars: Comedy & Arts Education Inside Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Joking around Behind Bars: Comedy & Arts Education Inside Prisons Adam Carpinelli interviews Roshani Thakore with the Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI) Comedy School.  This project is includes weekly comedy classes and quarterly comedy shows inside the walls of... Read more

Cram Comedy Showcase at Portland's Rose City Book Pub

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
We’ve featured Portland’s Rose City Book Pub and owner Elise Schumock previously on KBOO’s News In Depth. Elise had the idea of combining books and beer in her shop, an idea that has proved very popular here in Portland since the Pub’s opening in November 2018. In addition... Read more

Reinhardt's Garden

Airs at: Thu, 04/02/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “Jacov Reinhardt and his faithful assistant roam South America in a quixotic search for the essence of melancholy—an enterprise that makes Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo, their rough contemporary, come off as a levelheaded pragmatist. To follow Reinhardt, fueled by amounts... Read more

OUR 100th EPISODE! (It Takes A Village To Build A Village)

Airs at: Wed, 02/26/2020 at 12:00am - Tue, 03/31/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
WE DID IT! WE MADE IT TO 100 EPISODES! Read more