Radio Theater

Katherine Dunn

Katherine Dunn, author and radio personality, passed away on May 11th, 2016. In her novel, Geek Love, she refers to KBOO as Radio KBNK. We have the honor of preserving some of her radio work, including this clip of her reading "Scut Farkus and the Murderous Mariah" by Jean ... Read more

May 2016 Ubu

Airs at: Mon, 05/02/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/03/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Ubu Hour

Tonight on the UBU: THE CANDIDATE: The candidate had never run before, and many people didn't take him seriously, and yet he was winning the nomination. Why were so many people voting for him? This radio play mashes up political satire with "Invasion of the Body Snatchers... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour, Or Two

Airs at: Mon, 02/29/2016 at 10:00pm - Tue, 03/01/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Holy Crowley Hour

On tonight’s show, we consider the question “Florida?” This is the state that brought us such natural and unnatural disasters as hurricanes, shark attacks, pythons, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Katherine Harris, George Zimmerman, FSU "student" athletes, hanging chads, and early-b... Read more

ANTHROPOLOGY

Airs at: Wed, 01/27/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: The Underground

Join the KBOO Youth Collective as they discuss ANTHROPOLOGY adn every thing else "related to humanity" like mystery, human flesh and cannibalism, fossil hunting, internet culture, and much more! Read more

Hello, Larry

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/05/2016 at 12:00am

Produced for: Audio Comix

The sitcom Hello, Larry, which ran two forgettable seasons on NBC starting in 1979, featured McLean Stevenson as a radio talk show host and single dad raising two teenage daughters in Portland, Oregon. The show was voted one of the worst of all time by TV Guide. Number 12 t... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour, Or Two

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2015 at 10:00pm - Tue, 12/01/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Holy Crowley Hour

On tonight's show, we salute the holiday season, which officially started the day after Thanksgiving and stretches over the entire month of December into Christmas and New Years. And. for some of us, all the way to Carl Crowley’s birthday on January 6th. To celebrate, we’ll... Read more

Welcome to Night Vale

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Host Ken Jones talks with Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators and writers of the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. The podcast takes place in the fictional southwestern desert town of Night Vale, where all conspiracy theories are real, and libraries can be fatal. The bi-w... Read more

Hitch-Hike Hussy

Airs at: Wed, 09/09/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Ubu Hour

The Ubu Hour production of HITCH-HIKE HUSSY.. from the Sept 2015 Ubu Hour.. A lurid tale full of sex and violence, based on the 1959 pulp novel of the same name, as well as inspired by the 1950s film noir classic "Kiss Me Deadly." Here's a chance to hear this radio noir ... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour, Or Two

Airs at: Mon, 08/31/2015 at 10:00pm - Tue, 09/01/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Holy Crowley Hour

On tonight's show, we're throwing in the towel on radio. It's a legacy medium, at least that's what Carl Crowley keeps telling me. People don't listen to the radio anymore, Carl says. They're too busy watching movies, esp. those new-fangled talkies. But given that we're a... Read more

Monsanto Dreams

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/04/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Audio Comix

It seems there’s been nothing but bad news in America lately. The death of Sandra Bland in a Texas jail, the House passing a bill that prohibits the labeling of GMO foods. However, what most of us consider bad news can, for a select few, be the stuff dreams are made of. Wr... Read more