Arts/Culture

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

Derf: Remembering Kent State and Jeffrey Dahmer - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  With the deployment of National Guard troops once again in the news, we revisit our August 2021 conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf. Derf's graphic novel Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio won the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work.  Inspired by the ... Read more

Book Mole: Low April Sun

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City by white supremacists that killed 168 people. The novel Low April Sun by Constance E. Squires, reviewed by writer and photographer Matt Witt, is set against that atrocity and show... Read more

Stephanie Strange joins All My Greatest teachers Showed Me Love

Airs at: Wed, 01/07/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Stephanie Strange, a local resident living in Portland most of her adult life, is candid about her struggles and delights while sharing a deep relationship with her former teacher, mentor , and friend. Stephanie is hosting a regular Strange Salon monthly at Alberta Pub a... Read more

James and Nate Draft Things They Like About Gaming

Airs at: Tue, 01/06/2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Winner's Bias
Nate and James start off the new year on a positive note with a good, old-fashioned draft about things they like about gaming. Do they like the same things as you? There's only one way to find out! Read more

Beginnings 2026

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
This is our first show of the new year, and I’d like to ring in 2026 doing something I started for our first show in 2025. It’s an audio retrospective of last year’s interviews on Jonesy. Which I call Beginnings, for the beginning of the new year and the fact we’re playi... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
The first PJH of 2026 features another edition of Danish Radio, i.e., great Jewish music from all over in one big random mix. Read more

Portraits of Alien Encounters Revisited

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2026 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Nigel Watson is the author of Portraits of Alien Encounters Revisited. He has researched and investigated historical and contemporary reports of UFO sightings since the 1970s. Host Donald Altman Donald Altman, M.A., LPC, is a psychotherapist, international mindfulness ... Read more

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 12/25/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Over half a century ago, the UPA animation studio was a haven for misfit geniuses struggling to create relevant cartoon films in the face of political and cultural repression.  Gambling the future of the company on an hourlong television special featuring their most p... Read more

The Underground Presents A Christmas Carol

Airs at: Wed, 12/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
KBOO's Youth Collective puts on a radio play version of Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" featuring Nick, Elizabeth, Clem, Viv, Clementine, Lola, Suzanne, Grady, Olivia, Jude E., and Jude W. This version was written by Anthony E. Palermo, an award-winning radio perfo... Read more