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Mikel Paul Performs Live.

Airs at: Wed, 04/24/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The World of Jazz

Rita's guest will play live in studio today. Read more

Chapter CXXXIX

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2019 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Pandæmonium

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2019 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per digs into the Mueller Report Read more

Temper CA by Paul Skenazy

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between the Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with Paul Skenazy, author of the new novel Temper CA, from Miami University Press. Paul’s essays, stories, and book reviews have appeared in a range of newspapers and magazines, and he’s published critical work on noir writers such as Dashiell Hammett,... Read more

Cable Access Memories

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Portland Cable Access at the end of the 20th century gained a reputation for creativity and outrageousness, featuring such characters as "Working" Kirk Reeves, Jim Spagg, and Stephanie ("Where's the Art?") Pierce. And Oregon's uniquely strong freedom of expression laws ... Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 04/25/19

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2019 at 10:00pm - Fri, 04/26/2019 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radio Lost and Found

Airs at: Fri, 04/26/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

This week DKH is joined by Marc Mohan, for a discussion of High Life, the new science fiction film by Claire Denis, and other recent art films. The program starts at its new air time, 10:30 AM, which compels wits around the station to joke that is Film Until 11. Read more

Charles Lloyd and John Klemmer: One Of A Kind.

Airs at: Sat, 04/27/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Produced for: The Motif: Re-Imagine a Jazz Sensibility

Both artist play horn. One scorned by critics; the other admired. Each a legion of dedicated followers. John Klemmer, unsung and cast aside by many purist; Charles Lloyd considered a powerful innovator. My challenge is though slightly different in approach to the sax, they ... Read more

Stopping Tar Sands Oil Trains in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Last year, Zenith Energy in NW Portland, quietly began exporting tar sands oil from its Willamette River facility. Now Zenith Energy is expanding its facility so that it can handle more than three times the number of oil train cars that currently pass through the city.This... Read more

MYKU: My Portland by Meg Vogt

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between the Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with Meg Vogt, author of the new book of photographs and poems MYKU: My Portland. “MYKU” is what Meg calls her variations on the haiku form, a poem in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. The book pairs Meg’s MYKU’s with photographs from her... Read more

The 2nd ARCHIVAL DATABASE EDIT-a-Thon and Party!

Reunite with old news and public affairs programming here at KBOO! Please join us on Saturday, April 27th, 2019 to reminisce with current & past volunteers while we add missing information to the KBOO archives memory bank! We'll be here working on the archive from 10am to 4... Read more

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Day

May 3 is Asian/Pacific American Day on KBOO! In recognition of the month of May as APA Heritage Month, KBOO is airing all Asian/Pacific American (APA) KBOO programming on May 3, 2019 from 9am-4pm. Tune in to hear our favorite APA Compass episodes from the archive, an all n... Read more