Spoken Arts

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Jumped In With Both Feet

Well, I sat in the hot seat last weekend, Saturday, September 27, as I hosted my first music show; filling in for Deena...thanks to Brooke, my partner in crime that night, I wouldn't have gotten through that first hour without you...thanks again.  I'm hoping I can develop a... Read more

Boat Delivers Medecine Against Israeli Blockade

Airs at: Tue, 07/29/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The Free Gaza movement is a group of international and Palestinian activists working to open the Gaza Strip, an area which is currently under siege by Israeli military forces.The group is currently in Cyprus loading medical supplies onto fishing ships. On Tuesday, they wi... Read more

Wanna Go Dancin'?

Airs at: Fri, 02/08/2008 at 4:00pm
Shane Scheider reads from the tip of the tongue his poem entitled, Wanna Go Dancin'?  You can catch Shane performing his spoken word about Portland and playing music in such projects as Cexfucx, Death Worth Living, Fiasco - Free Improvisation, Mudbow, Portland Bicycle Ensem... Read more

Stage and Studio presents Too Much Coffee Man Opera by Shannon Wheeler and Sometimes a Great Notion at Portland Center Stage.

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2008 at 5:00pm
On this special membership drive edition of Stage and Studio, Dmae Roberts talks with with Shannon Wheeler & Stacey Murdock from Too Much Coffee Man and Aaron Posner from Somtimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey. And KBOO's SW Conch offers us his behind the scenes look at Too ... Read more

Stage and Studio presents Actors and Activists George Takei and Margaret Cho from the Crossing East series.

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2008 at 5:00pm
On this special membership drive edition of Stage and Studio, Dmae Roberts talks with Actors and Activists George Takei and Margaret Cho from the Crossing East Asian American History series which won the George Foster Peabody award in 2006. George and Margaret talk about... Read more

The Confessional

  Every Sunday from 12:00am to 2:00am.  Talk Radio with La Contessa de la Luna. Guilt Shame Fear Forgiveness Minor Felonies Each of us has secrets, guilt, and shame we carry with us. These little (and sometimes big) secrets weigh us down, hold us back from reaching our o... Read more

V.O. Blum on WPFW-FM

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2007 at 4:00pm
In Washington, DC, Pacifica news analyst Gloria Minott quizzes Oregon novelist V.O. Blum about his recent political parable, Split Creek. Read more

010807 Talking Earth intro

Airs at: Sun, 01/07/2007 at 4:00pm
Poet Walt Curtis reviews V.O. Blum's latest novel, Split Creek. Read more

011207 Electric Salon intro

Airs at: Thu, 01/11/2007 at 4:00pm
Marlene Smith, host of Electric Salon, reviews V.O. Blum's latest novel, Split Creek. Read more

Buscando America

  Every Tuesday from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM.     Somos un programa radial en español, que se transmite por KBOO Community Radio en las frecuencias 90.7 FM Portland, 104.3 FM Corvallis y 91.9 FM Hood River.  Este es un espacio de comunicación que sirve a las comunidades mig... Read more