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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

Rupert Kinnard's Cathartic Comics

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Rupert Kinnard has been drawing comics for fifty years, while nurturing his side gigs as a designer, art director, and community activist.  His characters The Brown Bomber and Diva Touché Flambé were the first queer African-American superheroes — long before DC and Ma... Read more

Oregon Book Awards finalist Miriam Gershow, author of Survival Tips (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
Our scheduled guest this week was Miriam Gershow, author of the new novel Closer from Regal House Publishing. But Miriam had to cancel due to illness. Hopefully, we’ll have her back for our next show in July. In the meantime, we’ll be playing an episode from March 2024, ... Read more

Miriam Gershow returns with new novel Closer

Airs at: Thu, 07/10/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's show, we welcome Miriam Gershow, author of the new novel Closer from Regal House Publishing. Miriam’s books include the novel The Local News and the story collection Survival Tips, which was a finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book award in fiction, an Independent ... Read more

Films with an Asian theme today on Film at 11 for Friday, 27 June 2025

Airs at: Fri, 06/27/2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Two recent BFI Film Classics on Mikio Naruse's A Woman Ascends a Staircase and Wong Kar-Wei's In the Mood for Love.        ---------------------------------------------------------------     IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE     I’ve often wondered why the British Film Institut... Read more

More Jerry Lewis

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with an excerpt from a history of Comedy about how Jerry Lewis tried to become the King of Primetime Television but only ended up killing one of the greatest TV shows of all. Read more

A repeat of our episode on The Sinners for Friday June 20, 2025

Airs at: Fri, 06/20/2025 at 10:30pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Film at 11
A repeat of our episode on The Sinners in which KBOO's Rick Mitchell and Mona Bowen go deep into the film's music and mythology. Read more

Mike Vos

Airs at: Tue, 06/24/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews landscape photographer Mike Vos (pronounced VOSS) about his show “FRAGILE, TENUOUS WORLDS,” which is on now at Laura Vincent Design and Gallery through the end of July 2025.  Vos uses large format... Read more

Music for the Season

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato presents a couple of hours of music and stories. Featured today will be an excerpt from the the show business autobiogaphy Dean & Me: A Love Story by Jerry Lewis. Read more