Film

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 23, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Claudia Ortu about Italian organizing for Palestine, philosopher Sally Markowitz explains the racial-gender binary-ideal, and host Frann Michel notes that March is Long Covid Awareness month.  Italy for Palestine:   Claudia Ortu is a senior resear... Read more

Claudia Ortu on Palestine and Italy

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Claudia Ortu is a senior researcher in English Language and Translation at the University of Cagliari, Italy.  Her research interests include Critical Discourse Analysis and the interplay of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic discourses, with a focus on Neoliberalism and... Read more

A special take on To Be Or Not to Be on Film at 11 for 03/13/26

Airs at: Fri, 03/13/2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week we are joined by Lisa of Cortland University with Matthew of KBOO's monthly program Gremlin Time to discuss Ernst Lubitsch's  film To Be or Not To  Be, and its striking parallels to the times in which we live. Read more

Penny Allen: The Godmother of Indie Film in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  For half a century, Penny Allen has been making fiercely independent films about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.  Beginning in Portland in the 1970's and recruiting such young artists as Eric Edwards, Gus Van Sant, and Henk Pander, Penny directed the semi... Read more

Sounds Unsound later March

Airs at: Sun, 03/22/2026 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
New releases of new music...  Read more

Penny Allen returns to Portland for new film's U.S. premiere

Airs at: Wed, 03/04/2026 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Pioneering Portland filmmaker Penny Allen is back in town for the U.S. premiere of her latest film “Pushing Back the Bad” at the Hollywood Theater, this Saturday, March 7th. Penny’s roots as a Portland activist led to her writing, directing, and producing her first two ... Read more

Charles Solomon - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this 100% longer conversation with animation historian Charles Solomon, we dive deeper into the stories behind his twenty-two published books, which include Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation; The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda; and ... Read more

Chelsea Green Talks WWE, Unreal, and The Championship Mindset

Airs at: Thu, 03/05/2026 at 10:00am - Fri, 03/06/2026 at 11:00am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
  WWE Superstar, Chelsea Green, sits down with Ragan and Poxy to discuss her career, WWE stardom, and the battle against Tacky Time on WWE Smackdown March 6, 2026 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.         Read more

Superheroes are the subject of the day for Film at 11 on 03/06/26

Airs at: Fri, 03/06/2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time joins us for a survey of recent superhero movies, The Flash, Thunderbolts, Superman, and  Fantastic Four. Read more

Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 02/13/2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
Rebecca Knuth, a professor at the University of Hawaii and an expert on censorship and cultural destruction, authored Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the 20th Century. After retiring in 2014, she moved to London and immersed herself ... Read more