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Kesha Ajose-Fisher, author of No God Like the Mother (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
Jonesy has a cold today and it appears to be contagious. So we’re re-broadcasting a favorite episode from last year. It’s an interview with Kesha Ajose-Fisher, author of the story collection No God Like the Mother from Portland’s Forest Avenue Press. Kesha was my first inte... Read more

Tessa Hulls - Feeding Ghosts - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 04/11/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended conversation with Feeding Ghosts author Tessa Hulls, we spend an extra 20 minutes digging into the story of her family's struggles and of a graphic memoir nine years in the making. Feeding Ghosts is a sprawling saga of survival and madness and love, seen... Read more

The Promise of World Peace

Airs at: Wed, 04/17/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Join KBOO host Grace Growing Medicine Reed, 80 year old Portland activist and educator, on a conversation on "The Promise of World Peace".  ----- Tune in to Negotiating Dramatic Events, every 3rd Wednesday of the month, 9:00am -----   Guest: Stan Corbett     ----- Read more

Tessa Hulls - Feeding Ghosts

Airs at: Thu, 04/11/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Tessa Hulls' debut as an author is the sprawling graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts, a story of her own family, of survival and madness and love, seen through the lens of three generations of women and covering nearly a century of Chinese history. Tessa is an illustrator, pa... Read more

Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renee Watson

Airs at: Thu, 04/04/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
     Using a variety of poetic forms, from haiku to free verse, Watson shares recollections of her childhood in Portland. These odes to Black women of all ages are brilliantly illustrated by celebrated fine artist Ekua Holmes .      Black Girl You Are Atlas is Watson's fir... Read more

Deadly Inadequacies of Mental Health Care

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Hunter, a Portland attorney, whose wife was found dead on October 20, 2023, at their Portland residence. An autopsy conducted by the Multnomah County Medical Examiner revealed suspicious circumstances and further investigation led to the Novembe... Read more

Decent People, author De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
     In the still-segregated town of West Mills, North Carolina, in 1976, Marian, Marva, and Lazarus Harmon-three enigmatic siblings-are found shot to death in their home. The people of West Mills- on both sides of the canal that serves as the town's color line-are in a fre... Read more

MarchFourth Worldwide: The International Documentary Films

Interview with MarchFourth band documentarian, Kevin Balmer (Diggable Monkey) about his MarchFouth Documenaty Films and Showing tonight March1st, 2024 at the Abbey (and World Wide)   MarchFourth Worldwide: The International Documentary Films Friday, March 1, 2024 8:00 ... Read more

Managing Transition Overload

Airs at: Sun, 03/03/2024 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Maria Brignola is a board certified dance movement therapist. For over 30 years Maria has been a pioneer, educator and leader in mind-body psychotherapy, body mindfulness, and dance/movement therapy in the Pacific Northwest. For over fifteen years, she was a contributing wr... Read more

Love Your Pet Week

  THE CUTEST HOLIDAY OF THE YEAR IS HERE, AND KBOO WANTS TO INCLUDE YOUR VOICE! HELP US CELEBRATE THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR OUR ANIMAL BESTIES BY SENDING IN A SHORT CLIP TELLING US HOW YOUR PET HAS CHANGED YOUR LIFE.  YOU CAN SEND IN SUBMISSIONS THROUGH 2/22, AND THEY WILL BE A... Read more