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Studs Terkel RIP

Airs at: Wed, 12/17/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Studs Terkel, one of our radio heros, died October 31, 2008 at his home in Chicago. He was 96. We spend this hour with personal tributes, but mostly with Studs own work, ranging from interviews he did for WFMT, and for his many Oral History books, as well as interviews wher... Read more

Dr Deborah Smith Pollard, "When the Church Becomes Your Party"

Airs at: Tue, 11/04/2008 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Dr. Deborah Smith Pollard discusses her work, "When Your Church Becomes Your Party," an examination of  contemporary gospel music. What distinguishes this book from other gospel music scholarship is its marriage of elements from the church, the academy, and the medium of r... Read more

One Two One Two Zulu

  --->   4th Sundays from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Hip Hop from all corners and blocks.... One Two, One Two ZULUUUUU!!! Grimrock: Turntablist from Portland, and member of the Universal Zulu Nation Oregon Chapter (45th Parallel Zulus) and other guest Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Jewell Parker Rhodes discusses "Yellow Moon"

Airs at: Thu, 07/06/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Last month we interviewed Kelly McWilliams, author of Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay. She credited her mother's example as a great influence on her writing.  We interviewed her mother, author Jewell Parker Rhodes, 15 years ago, so we're delighted to rebroadcast our 2008 ... Read more

On the Road with America's Poor: An interview with Kath Weston

Airs at: Wed, 09/24/2008 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  On the Road with America's Poor: An Interview with Kath Weston How far can you get on two tacos, one Dr. Pepper, and a little bit of conversation? What happens when you're broke and you need to get to a new job, an ailing parent, a powwow, college, or a funeral on the ot... Read more

UPA Retrospective

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Words & Pictures celebrates 65 years of the UPA animation studio with rare audio clips and stories from the people who were there.  Guest Jack Heiter helped animate Mister Magoo, Roger Ramjet, and the forgotten 1960's classic Gay Purr-ee; and animation historian Tee Bosusto... Read more

Between the Covers on 08/18/08

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Jim Schumock interviews radio-host and author Scott Simon about his book, "Windy City: A Novel of Politics". The book provides an insider's view of Chicago's urban political fray. CD-1338 Read more

Art Focus on 7/17/08

Airs at: Wed, 07/16/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
Julie Bernard speaks with Dr. Phyllis Cantrell Reynolds, The Tree Woman. There's nothing she doesn't know about trees. Incipient nonagenarian Dr. Phyllis Reynolds is a well-known expert on Portland's Heritage Trees. She wrote the book Trees of Greater Portland (1993, Timber... Read more

The Underground _VIRTURAL REALITY

Airs at: Wed, 07/23/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
The KBOO Youth Collective hosts The Underground! Tonight we talk about Virtual Reality: What is Virtual Reality and what is an Avatar? How has Garage Band as a computer program changed the way people make music? What is Second Life and how has it affected the way people liv... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: J California Cooper, Robert Phillips, Gloria McMurtry share their favorites

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
In this Summer Reads program, author J California Cooper, Reflections Coffee & Books co-owner Gloria McMurtry, local leader Robert Phillips and archeologist Paris Williams offered a bright and varied palette of summer reading favorites. Read more