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Talking Earth with Tyler Atwood November 10, 10-11 pm

Colorado poet and former Portlander Tyler Atwood reads from his new book, "An Electric Sheep jumps to Greener Pastures" on KBOO's spoken word show. University of Hell founder Greg Gerding discusses with Tyler about his radical change in poetics for this book, including t... Read more

listen to Alicia McDaid

Alicia McDaid gave a great interview for KBOO! Listen here. Read more

Toy Story 3

Jan Haaken and I reviewed Toy Story 3 on the Old Mole Variety Hour July 5, 2010: a story of job loss and collective solidarity. Most of Andy's toys from the first two films are back, including Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and cowgirl Jesse, but some have been lost to yard sal... Read more

KBOO in the News, May 2012

Mohawk World to Honor John Houston Talley, Radio Host, Veteran and Mentor to Many, Indian Country Today Media Network. May 24, 2012. In a tribute (Patricia Lenzi) wrote about her uncle and shared with Indian Country Today Media Network, Lenzi said that Talley volunte... Read more

Jazz In The Afternoon

It's Baseball, Jazz, and more, today, as spring training winds down and the season begins Easter sunday night.   Dropping by will be the king of baseball lore set to music, Portland's own Dave Frishberg.   Hope you enjoy! regards to all, Bob Read more

2009 Fall Membership Drive Wrapup

Thanks to everyone who contributed to KBOO during our Fall Membership Drive!  We stopped the Drive on schedule Saturday night, despite being short of our overall fundraising goal by roughly 22% or $28,000.   If you made a pledge and didn't pay with a credit/debit card, ple... Read more

All Aboard the "East Coast Express"!

DJ RIFF is guest hosting for two Sundays in a row! --> Sunday, January 25th from 8:00 - 10:00pm PT (11:00pm - 1:00am ET) --> Sunday, February 1st, from 8:00 - 10:00pm PT (11:00pm - 1:00am ET) Tune in to KBOO for these exclusive engagements, and check out some music fr... Read more

17--TEXT--OLIVERIO GIRONDO POETRY COLLECTION #1

Hi, Back at kicking out scripts of poetry, prose readings, plays and such.  More to come as I'd like to establish a nice pile of scripts to work on through the next few years. Girondo was from Argentina and did most of his writing in the 1920s.  These are some short po... Read more

Q&A with the director of "Cropsey"

Q&A with the director of "Cropsey" I recently reviewed a documentary entitled Cropsey, about a child killer on staten Island.  The title refers to an urban legend commonly discussed at campfires in the summer in the Northeast.  Beginning with the disappearance of a 13-ye... Read more

Join the Volunteer Community

Volunteers work round the clock to bring KBOO to life.  There are about 500 volunteers who add their energy to this great community radio station.  About half of our volunteers contribute to on-air programming, while the rest concentrate their time on the behind the scen... Read more