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The Nib

Airs at: Thu, 08/08/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Based in Portland, The Nib is a publisher of political comics and graphic journalism founded in 2013 by cartoonist Matt Bors.  Originally appearing on the online platform Medium, The Nib has managed to stand out from the field of webcomics publishers by paying fair-marke... Read more

Music Documentaries, Redux: Film at 11, Sept. 6

Airs at: Fri, 09/06/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
The team once again welcomes author and KBOO contributor Rick Mitchell to discuss music documentaries, this time around Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, David Crosby: Remember My Name, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, and maybe even some Z. Z. Top.  Read more

Energy. Community, and Laced Up PDX

Airs at: Tue, 08/06/2019 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Calculated Conversation
Join us for discussion with Mathaus Mauk! Read more

Buscando America on 08/06/19

Airs at: Tue, 08/06/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En Krónikas de Viaje un audio sobre la Chamana visionaria María Sabina.En cabina Chariti Montez, habla sobre el programa de Parks and Recreation para este verano y sobre el Festival Latino en el Cully Park.  Read more

Blue Note Records: 80th Anniversary Celebration

Airs at: Sat, 08/10/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Blue Note Records is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. Founded in 1939 by a German Jewish refugee from the Holocaust named Alfred Lion, Blue Note is by far the most respected record label in jazz history. On Saturday August 10, jazz critic and radio programmer Ric... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 30

Airs at: Wed, 08/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
All feedback, comments and suggestions can be emailed to: TPOL@KBOO.ORG The Politics of Living show is currently looking for contributors and guests. For more information, please email: TPOL@KBOO.ORG Hosted by: Vicky Mazzone   Content Contributors   Dennise M. Kowalcyzk... Read more

Immigrant Poets

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Tonight we hear from a wide variety of Immigrant Poets, including: Muna Abdulahi based in Minneapolis MN. buttonpoetry.com Juan Felipe Herrera was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States in 2015. poets.org and the Poetry Foundation Marilyn Chin was born in Hong Kong a... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 08/04/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz previews the upcoming observance of Tisha b'Av, the Ninth of Av in the Hebrew calendar. In Jewish history, this is a day of mourning and fasting, to commemorate the destruction of The Temple in Jerusalem.  Read more

HAPI AAPI Artist Panel

Airs at: Fri, 08/02/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Producer Matt Lim attends the HAPI (Hapa, Asian, and Pacific Islanders of Portland) AAPI Artist Panel and listens to some of Portland’s most talented API artists talk about their work. Dmae Roberts (writer, theater, filmmaker, radio producer), Emma Rust (comic artist, youth... Read more

In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Airs at: Thu, 08/01/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Azalea "Knot" Centre is determined to live life as she pleases. Let the people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossip won't keep Knot from what she loves best: cheap moonshine, nineteenth-century literature, and the company of men. And yet, Knot is starting... Read more