Arts and Culture

The Incendiaries

Airs at: Thu, 11/15/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is increasingly drawn into a religious group—a secretive extremist cult—founded by a charismatic former student, John Leal. He has an enigmatic past that involves North Korea and Phoebe’s Korean American family. Meanwhile, Will struggles... Read more

The Untold Gaze by Stephen O'Donnell and Gigi Little

Airs at: Fri, 10/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

On this special hour-long edition of Between the Covers, we welcome Stephen O’Donnell and Gigi Little, creators and editors of the new book The Untold Gaze, which features selected paintings by Stephen, with short fiction and poetry inspired by those paintings. The texts we... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Cai Emmons

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

There’s a famous quote, attributed to Mark Twain (as most famous quotes are): “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” But what if you wake up one morning, and find that you have the power to actually do something about it? That’s the premise... Read more

Orson, meet Phil and David

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 3:00am - 5:30am

Produced for: Vinyl Pajama Party

This Morning on The VPJP we will bring you the orginal 1938 Radio broadcast of Orson Wells' "War Of The Worlds". Following that we will feature Phil Proctor and David Ossman (of The Firesign Theatre) speaking last month at the Library of Congress. Read more

HURL at Corrib Theatre

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Guest Host Joseph Gallivan (of Art Focus) features the US premiere of HURL as the season opener of Corrib Theatre, a company focusing on plays of the Irish experience founded by artistic director Gemma Whelan. Actor Clara Liis Hillier and Heath Hyun Houghton talk about the... Read more

Portland Film Festival preview

Airs at: Thu, 10/11/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Get Trekked

Produced for: Get Trekked

A sometimes classy, maybe trashy take on the Trek community all along the west coast with hosts Godiva Lee and Josette DeTour. Read more

Report to Megalopolis by Tod Davies

Airs at: Thu, 10/11/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with Tod Davies, author of the new novel Report to Megalopolis: or The Post-modern Prometheus, published by Exterminating Angel Press. Tod is the author of Snotty Saves the Day, Lily the Silent, and The Lizard Princess, the first three books in The His... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Judith Arcana

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Our In Depth guest today is Portland-based writer, teacher, and radio host Judith Arcana. Judith’s published work includes poems, stories, essays, and books. She’s a longtime teacher of literature, writing, and women’s studies. And she volunteered as a Jane, a member of the... Read more

Pickman's Model by H.P. Lovecraft

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/16/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

For the Halloween season, Fortunato reads an Eerie Classic by Howard Philip Lovercraft, Pickman's Model. What is the secret behind the ghoulish and disturbing paintings of Richard Pickman, which have been scandalizing the Boston art scene of the 1920s? Read more