Self Help Radio

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dickenbock
Produced by: 
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Self Help Radio is not a self-help radio show. It might be something worse.

Each week host Gary explores a different theme with music & with talk. Guests are silly. The music is eclectic. It's kind of a mess.

Shows are archived here & also at the Self Help Radio website. There's a blog. There's Bluesky. There's Facebook.

Upcoming themes are on the website. Send ideas for those shows or themes to explore at gary at self help radio dot net or by text 971-319-4847.

Topic tags: 
Music
Genre(s): 
Eclectic
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Self Help Radio on 11/25/25

Airs at: Tue, 11/25/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
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Self Help Radio 11/18/25: Freedom

Airs at: Tue, 11/18/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
A show about freedom. With all the songs called "Freedom." With interviews with people saying their favorite freedoms. You're free to listen when you like, Read more

Self Help Radio 11/11/25: Surface

Airs at: Tue, 11/11/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
What is a radio show with the theme "surface" like? It's like two hours of songs plus some silly interviews. For a surface show it gets pretty deep. You have been warned. & hey! The last hour is an episode of Corporate Standardized Programming featuring lots & lots of new rele... Read more

Self Help Radio 11/4/25: Next Time

Airs at: Tue, 11/04/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
This is the first time I have done a show with the theme "next time." Also probably the last time. In addition to lots of songs featuring the phrase "next time," I talk to some pharmaceutical people, a game show host, & a life coach. But maybe there are lots of songs I hop... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/28/25: Halloween 2025 - Wizards!

Airs at: Tue, 10/28/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
Happy Halloween! Here is Self Help Radio's Halloween episode - this year about wizards! Lots of songs about wizards plus I talk with three wizards - & a witch! Maybe not spooky - but I bet you'll see lots of folks dressed as wizards on Halloween! Speaking of - almost all t... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/21/25: Pigeons

Airs at: Tue, 10/21/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Though not nearly as ubiquitous as crows around here, pigeons make appearances in Portland. & on Self Help Radio this week, they filled two whole hours! In addition to a whole flock of songs about pigeons, I spoke to a person who matches people with pigeon friends & to a... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/14/25: Curtains

Airs at: Tue, 10/14/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
It's curtains for you! That is, a show about curtains, which is this week's Self Help Radio. Featuring a lot of songs about curtains plus interviews with curtain inspectors, a docent at a curtain museum, & a neighbor who believes good curtains improve neighborhoods. Fro... Read more

Self Help Radio 10/7/25: Molly Revisited - The 23rd Anniversary Show

Airs at: Tue, 10/07/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
Self Help Radio debuted in Austin, Texas, on October 9, 2002. This week marks its 23rd year on the air. I guess that explains the silver plate? Isn't that the 23rd anniversary gift? To celebrate, I revisited an old theme - Molly - from 2007. Lots more Molly songs plus I ta... Read more

Self Help Radio 9/30/25: Deadbeats

Airs at: Tue, 09/30/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
Neither a celebration nor a condemnation of the deadbeat. Lots of songs about them - as well as conversations with a former deadbeat mom & a self-described deadbeat. You will feel the way you will feel. The last hour is an episode of Corporate Standardized Programming featur... Read more

Self Help Radio 9/23/25: Whips

Airs at: Tue, 09/23/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
You might feel a little whipped after this episode of Self Help Radio. A certain percentage of you might actually enjoy that feeling. Enjoy songs about all kinds of whip whips & whipping. Plus interviews with a whip manufacturing, an academic studying BDSM, & a fellow with... Read more