Arts/Culture

Riot Queens with Mikki Gillette and Ethan Feider

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Transpositive PDX
This Tuesday at 6pm on Transpositive, we air a powerful new interview with playwright Mikki Gillette and actor Ethan Feider about Riot Queens, the latest production from Fuse Theatre Ensemble. Riot Queens runs March 5–29, 2026, with performances Thursdays through Saturda... Read more

Charles Solomon - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  In this 100% longer conversation with animation historian Charles Solomon, we dive deeper into the stories behind his twenty-two published books, which include Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation; The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda; and ... Read more

Chelsea Green Talks WWE, Unreal, and The Championship Mindset

Airs at: Thu, 03/05/2026 at 10:00am - Fri, 03/06/2026 at 11:00am
Produced for The Ghost of Hollywood
  WWE Superstar, Chelsea Green, sits down with Ragan and Poxy to discuss her career, WWE stardom, and the battle against Tacky Time on WWE Smackdown March 6, 2026 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.         Read more

Superheroes are the subject of the day for Film at 11 on 03/06/26

Airs at: Fri, 03/06/2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time joins us for a survey of recent superhero movies, The Flash, Thunderbolts, Superman, and  Fantastic Four. Read more

What Is Stoicism?

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2026 at 8:30pm - 9:00pm
Produced for Pathways
Tanner Campbell is the author of What Is Stoicism?: A Brief and Accessible Overview.  He is also the producer and host of the Practical Stoicism podcast.  Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, international mindfulness expert and award-winning author of over 2... Read more

News In Depth: Oregon ArtsWatch on D.E. May Exhibit, and the Global Citizen International Digest

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth:  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks with Oregon ArtsWatch executive director Laura Grimes about the latest arts news from our region. In this edition, they speak about the recent piece "D.E. May’s ‘Postcards from Islandsalem’: Not wh... Read more

Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 02/13/2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Once Upon a Time
Rebecca Knuth, a professor at the University of Hawaii and an expert on censorship and cultural destruction, authored Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the 20th Century. After retiring in 2014, she moved to London and immersed herself ... Read more

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

Collage show: Now What Remains (repeat)

Airs at: Tue, 02/24/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On  Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 11:30am, Joseph Gallivan interviews collage artists Kirk Read and Angela Morrow about the show “Now What Remains: A Portland Collage Exhibition,” which was on at the Alberta Street Gallery through Feb 23.  Read and Morrow talk about wh... Read more