Arts and Culture

Are more Black books being challenged?

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones (2019) - Banned as part of broad efforts to stamp out "critical race theory” in schools. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou (1969) - Challenged frequently and banned, ostensibly for vulgarity and sexually explicit materi... Read more

Mother of Color

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Dawn Jones Redstone is a filmmaker who believes in mentoring creative people from underrepresented communities. Her short films, including Sista in the Brotherhood and We Have Our Ways, have tackled pressing social issues while offering opportunities for women of color ... Read more

Portland Book Festival 2022 Preview

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Jonesy

It’s been a long, hellishly hot and smoky summer here in Portland. But it seems like fall has finally arrived. Along with the rain and cooler temperatures, we look forward, as we do every year, to the big holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Sukkot – and a few che... Read more

Harley Gaber’s “Die Plage"

Airs at: Tue, 10/25/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, Oct 25, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan talks to curator Melissa Martens Yaverbaum about Harley Gaber’s collage, “Die Plage,” on now at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Portland, through Jan. 29, 2023. Yaverbaum talks about Gaber’s diff... Read more

Space Patrol Returns !

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

We're starting out a new month with part 1 of a high rocketing adventure with Commander Corey and The Space Patrol! While visiting instalations on Jupiter our heroes find the base undersiege by Plastic Eating Beetles from Io, the third moon of Jupiter. Also, a lot of musi... Read more

Halloween Special Presents Two Tales of Terror

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

As Halloween brings an end to Summer 2022 in the Rose City, we present two thilling stories on today's show. In the first hour, KBOO's Own Emily Young reads Night by Ray Bradbury. A young boy observes his mother's distress as his older brother is late coming home on a warm ... Read more

Music To Rake The Yard To & A Ghost Story

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Featured today, another classic thriller from the Golden Age Of Radio, Ghost Hunt featuring radio personality Ralph Edwards. Radio DJ Smiley Smith, Edwards, as a stunt for his radio audience, annonces he will spend a night in a haunted house. Sort of The Morning Zoo meets P... Read more

Mary Helen Stefaniak, author of The World of Pondside and The Six-Minute Memoir

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Halloween is just around the corner, so we have a double treat for you on today's episode. Mary Helen Stefaniak is here to talk about her two new books: The World of Pondside, a rollicking, cyber mystery set in a retirement home, and The Six-Minute Memoir: Fifty-Five Short ... Read more