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The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama: Breaking Up Without Breaking Down

Airs at: Thu, 02/06/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

"The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama: Breaking Up Without Breaking Down" is a comprehensive book on divorce tailored specifically for the black community. Author Lester L. Barclay skillfully shepherds readers through the often painful process of separation and d... Read more

Dennis Eichhorn's Real Good Stuff - Extended Uncensored Audio

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Venerable underground writer Dennis Eichhorn is notorious for his outrageous true-life adventures, which since the 1970's have been collected in such comics titles as Real Stuff and such books as The Legend of Wild Man Fischer. Dennis has collaborated with dozens of comics... Read more

Top Ten Lists of 2013

KBOO Programmers list their top 10's for this year: Don's Top 10 Movin' On, 2 nd and 4 th Fridays 12 noon to 1:30pm In no particular order Dave Van Ronk: "Down In Washington Square" [Smithsonian/Folkways] John McCutcheon: "22 Days" [Appalsong] Si Kahn: "Bristol Bay" [Strictl... Read more

The Films of Ousmane Sembene

Airs at: Thu, 01/02/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Willamette University professor, Dr. Amadou T. Fofana, discusses his book, The Films of Ousmane Sembene: Discourse, Politics, and Culture. on this month's Black Book Talk. Ousmane Sembène was a Senegalese film director, producer, and writer, often called the "father of A... Read more

Go Digital or Go Dark - Part Two

Airs at: Thu, 12/26/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Film Show

The deadline is looming for movie theaters across the country to switch over from the century-old technology of 35mm film to emerging digital cinema formats. With little help from Hollywood studios, the financial burden has fallen especially hard on independent and family-... Read more

The Mystery of Opal Whiteley

Airs at: Tue, 12/24/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts presents Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley, a half-hour documentary on Opal Whiteley, of a young woman from Cottage Grove, Oregon who became the center of an international controversy. In 1920 she published a childhood diary about her time in... Read more