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Airs at: Tue, 04/02/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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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 Twitter. 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.

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Self Help Radio 2/15/22: Bitterness

Airs at: Tue, 02/15/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Self Help Radio tonight aired at the end of Valentine's Day - which for some is perhaps the beginning of bitterness. For those who are bitter, a show that may bring validation - many songs about all sorts of bitterness & bitter things.  For those who want to avoid bitterne... Read more

Self Help Radio 2/8/22: Valentine's Day 2022 - Dating

Airs at: Tue, 02/08/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Valentine's Day is coming up!  Self Help Radio explores Valentine's Day every year with a different aspect of the day.  This year, we explore dating. In addition to lots of songs about dating - many of which are perhaps not songs you might enjoy on a date - there's a diffe... Read more

Self Help Radio on 2/1/22: Tambourines

Airs at: Tue, 02/01/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Yes, indeed, a radio show about tambourines.  It will not surprise you that you will hear a few tambourines on the show as well.  Singing about tambourines might make one want to play the tambourine, for emphasis. & so, lots of songs about tambourines.  Plus, interviews - w... Read more

Self Help Radio 1/25/22: Darkness

Airs at: Tue, 01/25/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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It was dark out, let's have a show about darkness! If it were only that simple.  While it's true that tonight Self Help Radio celebrates darkness, it's not for something so glib.  Instead, it's a celebration of the realization that the darkness in Portland - by virture of ... Read more

Self Help Radio 1/18/22: 1969

Airs at: Tue, 01/18/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Every year around his birthday, Self Help Radio's host plays a selection of his favorite music from a certain year.  The first time there was a Self Help Radio on his birthday week - in 2003 (the show began in October 2002 in Austin, Texas) - he chose to play music from the... Read more

Self Help Radio 1/11/22: Logs

Airs at: Tue, 01/11/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Yes, a radio show about logs.  Not something you were expecting, was it?  Outside of a few lumberjacks - maybe some loggers - & a few of those folks who drive those giant trucks that deliver the logs - who wants to hear a radio show about logs? We can't answer that, but we... Read more

Self Help Radio 1/4/22: A Handsome Show

Airs at: Tue, 01/04/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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While it's quite normal for a theme-based radio show to focus on subjects that are nouns, which is to say, persons, places, or things, Self Help Radio often decides to focus on the often-ignored adjective.  In this spirit, we present to you a handsome show. Why not just sa... Read more

Self Help Radio 12/28/21: Indiepop A To Z # 67

Airs at: Tue, 12/28/2021 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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It's another installment of the probably never-ending series!  Lots of delightful indiepop bands played in alphabetical order with only brief interruptions!  If you're not familiar with the genre (read the Wikipedia definition here) this may be a good introduction! & if yo... Read more

Self Help Radio 12/21/21: A Very Self Help Radio Christmas 2021

Airs at: Tue, 12/21/2021 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Christmas! Radio! Christmas radio show! The folks at Self Help Radio (well, there's only one, that Gary guy) believe every deejay is allowed one Christmas show a year.  No more!  & so one should make it count. With that in mind, in addition to many new Christmas & holiday s... Read more

Self Help Radio 12/14/21: Gary's Favorite Music 2021

Airs at: Tue, 12/14/2021 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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This one's pretty self-explanatory.  Host Gary plays a selection of some of his favorite music of the year.  It's one of those "end of the year" things. Please note: it's not a "best of" list.  Gary doesn't believe anyone has the authority to decide what's best in subjects ... Read more