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Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson

Airs at: Thu, 09/28/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In 2013, award-winning political cartoonist Matt Bors founded the website The Nib, dedicated to comics journalism.  After a decade of publishing non-fiction comics from around the globe, Matt is saying goodbye to The Nib. S.W. Conser talks with Matt about the history of ... Read more

Comic Con 2023

Airs at: Tue, 09/26/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews three comic book artists at Rose City Comic Con. He talks to Nicola Scott from Australia who does Wonder Woman and other comics for DC; Jack Kent who draws interesting-looking people on the street in Portland for t... Read more

Aaron Adams and Liz Crain, authors of Fermenter: DIY Fermentation for Vegan Fare

Airs at: Thu, 09/28/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's show, we welcome Aaron Adams and Liz Crain, authors of the new cookbook Fermenter: DIY Fermentation for Vegan Fare, from Sasquatch Books. Aaron is owner/chef of Fermenter and the new Workshop Food & Drink restaurants in Portland. He grew up in the East Bay, where... Read more

Hilary Zaid, author of Forget I Told You This

Airs at: Thu, 09/21/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Today's guest is Hilary Zaid, author of the new novel Forget I Told You This from University of Nebraska Press. Hilary has been a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers' Conference, a James D. Houston Fellow at the Community of Writers, and two-time attendee of ... Read more

Avándaro 11 de septiembre de 1971

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2023 at 10:00pm - Sat, 09/23/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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The Hopscotch Interview And Audio Experience

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2023 at 10:00pm - Tue, 09/26/2023 at 12:00am
  TAKE A LOOK ABOVE AT THE HOPSCOTCH SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT AIRED ON 10//13/2023 FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION. THE TWO PROGRAMS AIRED ON DIFFERENT DAYS BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS SO AWESOME. ALSO TO ADVOCATE HARDER FOR THE KBOO ANNUAL FALL DRIVE "FRESH OFF THE VINE" THERE ARE DI... Read more

Some new and Some Old on Film at 11 for Friday, 22 September, 2023

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week, Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time, looks at the new, third Hercule Poirot - Kenneth Branagh thriller, A Haunting in Venice,  while Jeff Godsil revisits To Be or Not to Be, the Lubitsch comedy from 1942, and in our DVD suite, we look at the new Criterion Blu-ray of O... Read more

Asger Jorn et Jean Dubuffet: Musique Phénoménale, 1961

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Two visual artists playing Musique Brut, recorded in 1961 and released on a very limited edition of four 10 inch records with illustrated covers. Read more

Hung Liu

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Derek Franklin about “A Question of Hu: The Narrative Art of Hung Liu” [PRONOUNCED LEE-oo]. The show is on now through December 2, 2023.  Franklin talks about Liu’s textural paintings, her use of symbolism... Read more

Playful Presence: Interview with a Multidisciplinary Artist

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 10:00pm - Tue, 11/07/2023 at 11:00pm
Produced for:  Playful Presence
Taj talks with EJ Huerta, a playwright, mask maker, improviser, and actor based in Santa Barbara, California. The conversation covers the creative process, using pauses, dealing with creative blocks, how structure helps creativity, and what it's like to be a Brit in the US ... Read more