Arts/Culture

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2025 Pickathon is almost here

Produced for:  KBOO
Big Names and Local Bands are ready to slay at 2025 Pickathon Big-name bands at Portland’s most unique  music festival, 2025 Pickathon, include Portugal. The Man, Taj Mahal, Ocie Elliott, Julien Baker & Torres, and Haley Heynderickx.  But Pickathon (July 31–Aug. 3 at Pen... Read more

Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial

Airs at: Tue, 10/28/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Alx Jujana (PRONOUNCED Alex Koo-JAR-na) and curator Rebeccqa Dobkins about the Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial.  Alx talks about being a native artist and fan of James Lavadour whos... Read more

Halloween Special

Airs at: Mon, 10/27/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Frotunato is setting up a party with novelty drinks, cheesy snacks , and some crazy fun to celebrate the End Of Summer. Tune in for a line up of Halloween and Monster Movie themed songs, and  two scary stories will be featured today. KBOO's own Emily Young will read an e... Read more

Neuro Emergent: Neurodivergent Resilience

Airs at: Wed, 10/22/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Neuro Emergent
  Alex Gentry is a freelance writer and polyglot who has studied more than 20 languages. In August, he self-published a memoir titled Finding My Verse: An Autistic Creative’s Search for Meaning. Also in this episode: a new genetic study in the journal Nature adds fuel to... Read more

Carol Tyler - Part One

Airs at: Thu, 10/23/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Carol Tyler is a painter, educator, and award-winning cartoonist whose books include Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father; Late Bloomer; and The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief.  Her work has been featured in the comics ... Read more

James and Nate Don't Have a Plan

Airs at: Tue, 10/21/2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Winner's Bias
James and Nate fly by the seat of the their pants talking about Nate's recent board game weekend. They may talk about such topics as playing games you don't want to play, bringing too many games, making time to not game, rules overhead, and the best time you're likely to... Read more

Gigi Little, author of the debut novel Who Killed One the Gun?

Airs at: Thu, 10/23/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Gigi Little, author of the debut novel Who Killed One the Gun? from Forest Avenue Press. I first interviewed Gigi nine years ago for an anthology she edited City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portland Tales. Since then, I’ve talked with Gigi fo... Read more

Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 10/24/2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
Katherine D. Morgan is a writer and author who resides in Portland, Oregon, where she owns Grand Gesture Books, a romance bookstore.   Read more

More Orson Welles as Harry Lime

Airs at: Mon, 10/20/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Today's radio adventure is set during World War II. As the Nazis fire V2 Rockets at the People of London, Corporal Harry Lime of the US Army is sent on a secret mission to Istanbul to acquire the location of a hidden Nazi Rocket Factory. As events unfold, the only way Ha... Read more

Two Tales of Demonic Terror

Airs at: Mon, 10/20/2025 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/21/2025 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
For the End Of Summer Season,  Fortunato presents two classic radio horror dramas produced and directed by William N. Robeson. First, an adaptation of  a short story by Montague R. James, Casting The Runes. A medieval scholar believes his life is endangered by a devil wo... Read more