Arts/Culture

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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

Indigenous Peoples' Day Episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
On this week's show, we bring you an Indigenous Peoples' Day Program produced by students with WSU Vancouver's Documentary Arts Initiative (DocArts), and featuring the following segments:  Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIPs), "Man Camps," and Fossil Fuels: ... Read more

is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Find out today on Film at 11 for Friday, 10 October., 2025

Airs at: Fri, 10/10/2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Jeff Godsil on the pre-Code Downstairs, with John Gilbert, Zatoichi the Fugitive from 1963, and a new BFI Film Classics on Die Hard.  Read more

Rick Goldsmith and Skweezy Jibbs

Airs at: Thu, 10/09/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Rick Goldsmith has been producing and directing documentaries for four decades and been nominated for Academy Awards for the 1997 documentary Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press and 2010’s The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and... Read more

Aurmn Leaves Drift Past Your Window

Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with more grown-up music Read more

Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 10/10/2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Once Upon a Time
From the school of hard knocks to Oregon’s Ducks, Topaz knows what education means. While living on the street, his love of words was expressed through poetry. Now in his junior year at the University of Oregon, studying neuroscience and linguistics, he explores how wor... Read more

Katherine Dunn's new story collection Near Flesh

Airs at: Mon, 10/06/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News, News In Depth
Katherine Dunn is one of Portland’s literary giants. Her highly praised and widely read novel Geek Love was a finalist for the 1989 National Book Award and was named one of The Atlantic’s “Great American Novels”.  Katherine was an inspiration and mentor to many writers h... Read more

Might I Suggest A Guest: Alex Hart of Might I Suggest A Game

Airs at: Tue, 10/07/2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Winner's Bias
James and Nate are please to welcome Alex Hart of Might I Suggest A Game, a YouTube/Tik Tok/Instagram channel where he helps you find your new favorite games! We talk about making videos for the internet, gaming at Guardian Games and what makes him so confident that he s... Read more

Cartoon Violence USA Live on KBOO FM 10.06.2025

Airs at: Mon, 10/06/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Mad musical scientist Doctor Octave and sonic cyborg Professor Robot have been combining creative powers as the nerdcore duo Cartoon Violence USA for 16 years. The two emcees crack wise verses about life, love, and robots in diverse genres such as chiptune, electro-punk,... Read more

Leni Zumas, author of the new novel Wolf Bells

Airs at: Thu, 10/09/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Leni Zumas, author of the new novel Wolf Bells from Algonquin Books. Leni was a finalist for the 2021 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature. Her work includes the story collection Farewell Navigator, and the novels The Listeners and Red Cloc... Read more