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KBOO News In Depth: Portland Book Festival

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
The holiday season starts early this year for writers and readers in the Pacific Northwest. The Portland Book Festival, or if you prefer, “the Festival formerly known as Wordstock,” takes place this Saturday, November 10th from 9 in the morning to 6 at night.  This very po... Read more

Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore

Airs at: Thu, 11/08/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore grew up loving comics and science fiction, and have expanded both genres to address pressing issues of race relations, gentrification, and aging. Ben creates comic stories for The Nib as well as such graphic novels as Your Black Fri... Read more

The Writer's Crucible by Philip Kenney

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
If you’re a writer, or an artist, or composer. Or really anyone doing something creative, you might have been filled at one time with self doubt. It’s very common for even the most successful artists to feel they’re just not good enough. And this can hamper their creativity... Read more

Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner

Airs at: Thu, 11/22/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Bethany Grabow welcomes author Whitney Gardner to the KBOO studio to talk about her new graphic novel FAKE BLOOD. A middle schooler comes head-to-head with his vampire slayer crush in this laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel that’s a perfect coming-of-age story for anyon... Read more

Movie Moles: Society

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Denise Morris review the 1989 weird horror film, Society. Directed by Brian Yuzna, it stars Billy Warlock as Bill Whitney, an upper-class teenager growing up in Beverly Hills, California. He feels alienated and disconnected from his family, and suffers from ... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Nick T. Devlin

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Portland-based composer, writer, director, and producer Nick T. Devlin. Nick has four musicals to his credit: Princess of the Night, Noel, Noel!, Alice Trippin’ Sixes, and Noel! A Celebration of Christmas. And he’s written, scored, directed, and ... Read more

Ep.13 Scrabble Soup

Airs at: Wed, 05/30/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Produced for:  Peace, Love and Soup
Spring 2018 - We’re trying something new for  Season 2!    4 shows, one for each quarter (Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter).... also new for 2018 @PEACELOVEANDSOUP on Instagram.       On this episode we’re focusing on Storytellers!   We talk with New York Times best sellin... Read more

Book Mole: The Witch Elm

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Larry Bowlden reviews Tana French’s brand new mystery novel, The Witch Elm, which is anything but predictable and takes readers so far into her characters and her twisted plots that readers must wait for the ending to be finally released.     Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 22nd, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier hosts this episode, in which we hear these pieces: Bill Resnick talks to Stephen Zunes, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, about the torture/murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration and the new... Read more

'Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer'; and Alyssa Pariah on Trump's proposed "

Airs at: Tue, 10/23/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
  From the Merc: "Oregon filmmakers Brooks Nelson and Yee Won Chong are trans men and housemates who were both diagnosed with 'lady cancer' around the same time. They decided to see t he strange coincdence as an educational opportunity, and chronicled their treatment in ... Read more