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Fake Radio presents "Miracle on 34th Street"

Airs at: Thu, 11/30/2023 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
The holiday season is in full swing, and that means the annual re-appearance of holiday film classics such as “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “A Christmas Story”, “Elf”, “Bad Santa”, and one of my very favorites – “Miracle on 34th Street”. Those of you who are not old-time radio ... Read more

The Last Hour: The Last Electronic/Metal Mash

Airs at: Sat, 11/18/2023 at 10:00pm - Sun, 11/19/2023 at 12:00am
Tune in to 90.7fm live this Saturday evening or stream The Last Hour live at www.kboo.fm at 10pm! This late evening DJ Thomas James spins electronic, dark ambient, jungle, IDM, drill and bass, thrash, speed metal, math, grind core etc for two hours. Call 503-231-8187 durin... Read more

Roz Chast - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended (and unexpurgated) conversation with cartoonist Roz Chast, we spend an extra 15 minutes with the bestselling author who inspired The New Yorker’s David Remnick to say: “She’s got a very recognizable style of squiggly lines and neurotic characters.” Roz'... Read more

Roz Chast

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The New Yorker’s David Remnick said of bestselling author and cartoonist Roz Chast: “She’s got a very recognizable style of squiggly lines and neurotic characters.” Roz's work has appeared in The Village Voice, The National Lampoon, Scientific American, Mother Jones, an... Read more

Harrod Blank

Airs at: Thu, 10/26/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Harrod Blank is a hero of underground culture, taking the prankster spirit to the world of documentary film.  His mother was the erotic ceramicist Gail Perrin Blank and his father was legendary director Les Blank, known for his filmic studies of ethnomusicology.  Harrod ... Read more

Previewing the 2023 Portland Book Festival with Amanda Bullock

Airs at: Thu, 10/26/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
As the temperatures drop here in Portland, the leaves turn color, and the rain starts falling, it’s a sure sign Autumn has arrived. A good time to pause the social media doom scrolling and sit down with a few books you’ve been wanting to read. It’s also a sure sign the Port... Read more

Music for a Lovely Autumn Afternoon

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Lots of music today. Feqturing Johnny Hodges, Jo Stafford, Fanny, Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat and lots more. Also some comedy by Bob & Ray Read more

Comics Take on the News

Produced for:  Comics Take on the News
  Comics Take on the News is a monthly radio show airing live on the 2nd Monday of the month at 11pm. Comics Take is a satirical, news-adjacent show. Host Dani Schi presents a rotating panel with local and national news stories. The comics than take the news to places tha... Read more

Signe Baumane

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Independent animator Signe Baumane has directed multiple short films and two feature films, Rocks in My Pockets and My Love Affair With Marriage.  Now touring the Pacific Northwest, My Love Affair With Marriage follows the misadventures of Zelma, whose 23-year quest for ... Read more

William T. Vollmann on his new two-volume collection Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome William T. Vollmann, author of Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness, a new two-volume collection of his visual art, including photographs, drawings, prints, and paintings, from 1980 to 2022, published by Unnamed Press and Rare Bird Books. In... Read more