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Intersections Radio

Greetings! A new show is coming to KBOO Community Radio and it is Intersections Radio! This show is hosted and produced by me, Sarika Mehta, with my partner-in-crime - Liz Rogers - engineering (that is, making us sound great!). Liz and I were a part of the amazing APA Compa... Read more

Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II

Airs at: Fri, 06/05/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: APA Compass

Soundcloud Audio and Download: https://soundcloud.com/diablo-35/richard-reeves-interview-at-kboo-community-radio-5112015-edit Tim Nakayama with a special interim episode for the Asian and Pacific American Compass public affairs hour, interviews renowned author and journali... Read more

Progressive Spirit

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Progressive Spirit talks intelligently about spirituality and social justice. Listen to interviews with top scholars, authors, social justice activists, and spiritual leaders from around the world. Download or subscribe via iTunes! Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour, Or Two

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2015 at 10:00pm - Tue, 03/31/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Holy Crowley Hour

Be sure to tune in for the premiere episode of the now regularly scheduled Holy Crowley Hour, or Two. If by regularly scheduled you mean the fifth Monday of every month, and the sixth Tuesday. Carl Crowley is not pleased with the Gregorian calendar, and damns it to hell, or... Read more

Kimberly Moreland discusses history of Blacks in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 02/05/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Oregon Black Pioneers Board member Kimberly Moreland discusses African Americans of Portland and Perseverance: A History of African Americans In Oregon’s Marion and Polk Counties, both published by the Pioneers organization. She also invites listeners to view "Racing ... Read more

The Fourth Karamatzoh Brother

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/06/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Audio Comix

Welcome to another exciting episode of the 1930s radio play, The Brothers Karamatzoh – the story of a mediocre comedy team from New York City. On tonight’s Ubu Hour, we present Act Two – an introduction to Milton, the fourth, and least talented, Karamatzoh Brother. He can’t... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour Salutes Indigenous Peoples Day

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/14/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Holy Crowley Hour

Many of our late-night deejays have been accused of belonging to a cult led by Aleister Crowley. That's only half right. We're member of a cult, and this cult is led by a Crowley, however, it's not Aleister. Rather it’s his brother Carl. Carl Crowley. Carl is Aleister’s lit... Read more

Karamatzoh Père

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/02/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Audio Comix

Welcome to another exciting episode of the 1930s radio play, The Brothers Karamatzoh – the story of a mediocre comedy team from New York City. The Karamatzoh Brothers are to the Ritz Brothers what the Ritz Brothers are to the Marx Brothers. And, if you've never heard of t... Read more

Last Stories and Other Stories by William T. Vollmann

Airs at: Thu, 08/07/2014 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with William T. Vollmann. the author of nine novels, three collections of short fiction, a memoir, and six works of non-fiction, including the seven-volume treatise on violence, Rising Up and Rising Down. Vollmann won the 2005 National Book Award for Fi... Read more

The Mystery of Opal Whiteley

Airs at: Tue, 12/24/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts presents Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley, a half-hour documentary on Opal Whiteley, of a young woman from Cottage Grove, Oregon who became the center of an international controversy. In 1920 she published a childhood diary about her time in... Read more