Arts/Culture

Beginnings 2026

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
This is our first show of the new year, and I’d like to ring in 2026 doing something I started for our first show in 2025. It’s an audio retrospective of last year’s interviews on Jonesy. Which I call Beginnings, for the beginning of the new year and the fact we’re playi... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
The first PJH of 2026 features another edition of Danish Radio, i.e., great Jewish music from all over in one big random mix. Read more

Portraits of Alien Encounters Revisited

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2026 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Nigel Watson is the author of Portraits of Alien Encounters Revisited. He has researched and investigated historical and contemporary reports of UFO sightings since the 1970s. Host Donald Altman Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, international mindfulness ... Read more

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 12/25/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Over half a century ago, the UPA animation studio was a haven for misfit geniuses struggling to create relevant cartoon films in the face of political and cultural repression.  Gambling the future of the company on an hourlong television special featuring their most p... Read more

The Underground Presents A Christmas Carol

Airs at: Wed, 12/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
KBOO's Youth Collective puts on a radio play version of Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" featuring Nick, Elizabeth, Clem, Viv, Clementine, Lola, Suzanne, Grady, Olivia, Jude E., and Jude W. This version was written by Anthony E. Palermo, an award-winning radio perfo... Read more

Neuro Emergent: Diagnosis Stories

Airs at: Wed, 12/24/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Neuro Emergent
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Judith Arcana RIP

Airs at: Tue, 12/23/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
On the Winter Solstice, Judith Arcana transitioned to the ancestors. She was the host of Poetry and Everything” for about three and a half years, and before that was a guest on many KBOO programs. Thanks to Ken Jones, Ani and Lynn, the youth of The Underground, Jodi Darb... Read more

Munro Galloway, Rest is Smoke

Airs at: Tue, 12/23/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Munro Galloway about his show Rest is Smoke, which is on now at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery until January 10, 2026. Galloway talks about abstract painting with hints of recognisable forms an... Read more

Black As Folk 11/03/2025

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2025 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/04/2025 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Black As Folk
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Willamette Radio Workshop presents "A Radio Christmas Carol"

Airs at: Thu, 12/25/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
In what’s become a holiday tradition on the show, we’ll be re-airing Willamette Radio Workshop’s “A Radio Christmas Carol”, which I happen to think is right up there with the best versions of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. And what better time than on Christmas morning! ... Read more