Fiction

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Animation for the People

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  For nearly a century, the National Film Board of Canada has been a celebrated source of experimental and educational filmmaking, most notably animation.  NFB directors have won hundreds of awards, including multiple Oscars, and become legendary for their versatility, ... Read more

Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Holy Mountain: Santa Sangre; Fando y Lis

Airs at: Mon, 02/23/2026 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
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Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A Novel (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
On today’s show, we celebrate Black History Month with a rebroadcast of our interview with Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A Novel from Portland’s Hawthorne Books. Sidney’s book is historical fiction at its most engaging, enlightening, and inspiring, about... Read more

Between the Covers

Airs at: Thu, 02/19/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Did You Ever Want to Know What It Is Like to Be Banned? Tune in to KBOO.FM Between the Covers on February 19th for an interview with New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Evison. Jonathan is the author of multiple novels including All About Lulu, The Revised Fundamen... Read more

Bogart & Bacall in Bold Venture and Pat Novack For Hire with Jack Webb

Airs at: Mon, 02/16/2026 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/17/2026 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Two episodes of classic radio. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall starring in Bold Venture, an adventure series set in Havana. Also Jack Webb and Raymond Burr appear in Pat Novack For Hire. Read more

Teaching Truth

Airs at: Mon, 02/16/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Norm Diamond reviews two highly-political books written for a middle-school readership: Silenced Voices by Pablo Leon is a graphic novel on the struggle by indigenous people in Guatemala and their immigrant experience in the U.S. Shift Happens by J. Albert Mann... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 16, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 02/16/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: You Are Not American: Laurie Mercier speaks with Amanda Frost, the David Massee Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration, Migration and Human Rights Program at the Un... Read more

Once Upon a TIme

Airs at: Fri, 02/13/2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
I am a dancer, a writer, a painter, and a dreamer. Since 1996, I have studied, taught, and performed dance in Japan, India, New York, London, Oakland, and Portland, Oregon. For the past twenty-six years, I have been in the creative conundrum of working to translate years... Read more

Book Mole: Thirsty Creek

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Recent history is full of examples of humans messing with nature in order to increase profits, only to cause lasting ecological damage that wasn’t taken into account. The mystery novel Thirsty Creek, by Portland lawyer and writer Jennie Bricker, reviewed by writer and... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 9, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode includes these segments: African-Americans and the Bomb:   When Dr. Vincent Intondi became interested in the African-American response to atomic weapons, he was told over and over again by various scholars that the Black community h... Read more