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The Holy Crowley Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/25/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for The Holy Crowley Hour
On this special Christmas Eve edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, which, by the way, was Charles Dickens' favorite radio show, we spread holiday cheer with guest Cindy McGean of the Willamette Radio Workshop.  Cindy is a Portland-based writer and teacher, with a background in... Read more

End Of The Year Show

Airs at: Mon, 12/31/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortunato and Just Jess have some crazy fun lined up for the end of the year. More chatting with DK Holm about this year's movies, books and the current season of Dr. Who. Also, a final letter from Father Christmas read to us by Katherine Dunn. Read more

Christmas Eve Show

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
 The Sampler Crew, Fortunato, Just Jess, DK Holm and Godiva Lee  welcome some special surprise guests to the studio.  Including Open Mike Music, SW Conser and old time KBOO host J. Micheal Kersey. Who will be coming in to to tell us about a big fun benefit for homeless and ... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Matt Haynes

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2018 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Matt Haynes, artistic director of The Pulp Stage, a Portland-based theater company specializing in live storytelling for fans of sci-fi, fantasy, and suspense.  Matt and Pulp Stage have pioneered the concept of karaoke storytelling, which Matt d... Read more

Cathy Whims, DK Holm, Katherine Dunn and Father Christmas

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
A big holiday show on the Sampler as regular guests DK Holm, and Julia Laxer drop in on Fortunato and Just Jess. Also coming in, will be Cathy Whims of the restaurants Nostrana and Enoteca Nostrana, to give us some background on the Portland food scene and some ideas for ho... Read more

Katherine Dunn reads The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/18/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
Once again we present our holiday favorite The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien. A collection of letters written by the author of Lord Of The Rings in response to his children's letters written to Santa Claus. Katherine Dunn reads these tales of comedy, adventure ... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Airs at: Fri, 11/30/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
As we’ve said many times, radio is Mr. Jones’s favorite medium. And it’s called a medium because, to paraphrase Ernie Kovacs, it’s neither rare nor well-done. Ernie was actually talking about the early days of television. But he could have easily been describing this show. ... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/27/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for The Holy Crowley Hour
On tonight's Holy Crowley Hour, we totally ignore Thanksgiving and celebrate a great local podcast, The Diarist, a multi-episode, serialized podcast set in 1950s New York City. The lead character, Andrea Davies, is a young secretary described in the first episode as “a fish... Read more

The Night Has A 1,000 Eyes, plus Movie and TV reviews with DK Holm

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortunato and Just Jess are back with more music and crazy fun. They'll be welcoming to the studio movie reviewer DK. Holm to talk about current film and television goodies. Also on tap will be another All-Star Radio drama featuring Edward G. Robinson in the Cornell Woolric... Read more

A Popcalypse on 11/21/18

Airs at: Wed, 11/21/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for A Popcalypse
Includes a short tribute to music legend Roy Clark who recently passed.  No One Receiving Brian Eno Before And After Science Virgin EMI Records 1:07 PM Army Dreamers Kate Bush Never for Ever Parlophone UK 1:07 PM A Demon Like... Read more