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Planet Earth 2021CE

Airs at: Fri, 04/23/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Happy Earth Week! On this episode we go all the way with sending lovings and gratitude to our beautiful mother planet. For many of us, every day is Earth Day, as we wake up and salute the sky and commune with the winds, winged and tree beings that exist with us. ---- Never... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood - Kent Russell and Karen Russell

Airs at: Fri, 04/23/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
One of my favorite books of 2020, a year devoid of much else in the way of favorites, was Kent Russell's In the Land of Good Living: A Journey to the Heart of Florida. We had Kent on the show last August, for the hardcover release, interviewed by another of Mr. Jones's favo... Read more

History is made at Film at 11 for 7 May 2021

Airs at: Fri, 05/07/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week we lead off with the new Criterion release of Frank Borzage's History Is Made at Night from 1937, and with commenets on the recent Tom Clancy's Without Remorse,  the comedy Eat Wheaties, and the HBO show Mare of Easttown, while Jeff Godsil reports on One Hour With... Read more

Earth Day Special: The Beaver Coalition

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am
As we honor Earth Day 2021, the theme running through today’s KBOO programming is the impending climate crisis, and its affect on our home planet. And we’ll be introducing you to people and organizations who are working to protect our environment, and all its inhabitants. ... Read more

The Seed of McCoy by Jack London

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/20/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
In the last decades of the 19th Century, metal hulled clipper ship sailing in the South Pacific, has a fire in its main hold. The crew seeks an island where they can beach the ship and allow the fire to burn itself out within the steel and copper hull..  But, the sailing sh... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Sarah Horowitz

Airs at: Tue, 04/20/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Sarah Horowitz about her show Blue, which is at Froelick Gallery though May 29. Horowitz talks about producing ink drawings and etchings of ponderosa pines and seed heads, her art book and print maki... Read more

More Crazy Fun!

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
The Sampler returns with more music to help you through a Monday afternoon. Read more

Aurora Josephson on Martha Bergman

Airs at: Tue, 04/13/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at 11.30 am Aurora Josephson talks to Martha Bergman of Art Construction Mgt about color theory and practice. She explains what a hue is, and how the big four painters of the Renaissance worked their magic in color.    Guest contact info: Marth... Read more

Músicas varias para la programación en español de KBOO on 04/13/21

Airs at: Tue, 04/13/2021 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Produced for:  Musikas
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Film at 11 Leaves April Like a Lion on Friday, 30 April, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 04/30/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Continuing our recent survey of French cinema, this week we look at Olivier Assayas's Irma Vep, just out on Criterion, Jeff Godsil reports on the crime film Blast of Silence​, and Matthew of Gremlin Time ponders the new BFI book on Quatermas and the Pit, by Kim Newman.  Read more