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Tight Shoes by Damon Runyon

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2025 at 9:00pm - 9:30pm
A pair of tight shoe sold to a horse player leads to a new political movement Read more

Portland Festival of Cinema Animation and Technology 2025

Airs at: Thu, 07/24/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The annual Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology first landed at Portland's Oregon Museum of Science and Industry back in 2023, and has since become a hub for artists, directors, and audiences.  Marisa Cohen and Peter Alexander are the co-directors of the festi... Read more

Lidia Yuknavitch, author of the new memoir Reading the Waves

Airs at: Thu, 07/24/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome back Lidia Yuknavitch, author of the new memoir Reading the Waves from Riverhead Books. Lidia’s the nationally bestselling author of the novels Thrust, The Book of Joan, Dora: A Headcase, and The Small Backs of Children, which won the 2016 ... Read more

Walt Curtis reads Jack London

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2025 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/22/2025 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight we honor the passing of long time KBOO on air host Walt Curtis of The Talking Earth. Ten years ago I brought Walt into the studio to record him reading a story by Jack London called Hobos That Pass In The Night. About London's own years riding the rails looking f... Read more

MM Desch previews her debut mystery thriller "Tangled Darkness"

Airs at: Tue, 07/15/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Mary Desch, author, under the pen name MM Desch, of the new novel Tangled Darkness. The book is a psychological thriller featuring a woman psychiatrist, which just so happens to be Mary’s long-time profession. The character, Leslie Schoen, fin... Read more

Tight Shoes by Damon Runyon

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Toxic Avenger with Matt Bors and Fred Harper

Airs at: Thu, 07/10/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Award winning writer Matt Bors and artist Fred Harper team up to breathe new life into the 1980's film franchise The Toxic Avenger.  Based on the satirical movies, animated series, and stage play, The Toxic Avenger blasts into the 21st century, armed only with his tut... Read more

Harry Lime Returns

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns for the next three week with a selection of music and stories. Featuring Charles Lloyd, Lou Donaldson, Jazzmia Horn, Brian Eno, King Curtis and others. Also, another episode of The Many Lives of Harry Lime starring Orson Welles. Today, Harry is surprise... Read more

Carolyn Dasher launches her debut novel "American Sky"

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Carolyn Dasher, author of the new novel American Sky. The book tells the story of three generations of American women over the course of three wars – World Wars I and II, and Vietnam. The novel has its roots in Carolyn’s own childhood, growing... Read more

Brendan Slocumb, THE DARK MAESTRO

Airs at: Thu, 07/03/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Braendan Slocumb introduces Curtis Wilson, a cello prodigy,  in his third mystery, The Dark Maestro.  Curtis is growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. But through determination and talent, and the loving support of his father’s ... Read more