Arts/Culture

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The Murders In The Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2019 at 3:30pm - 4:00pm
An amateur detective steps up to solve a baffiling murder. Read more

Musicians Union Resiliency Expo

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hunter Buen, bass player and organizer with the American Federation of Musicians. local 99, discusses the struggles of musicians in the Rose City, especially those who work in bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels as independent contractors.  Among many initiatives, the un... Read more

Scut Farkus And The Murderious Maria by Jean Sheppard

Airs at: Wed, 07/17/2019 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
From the author of A Christmas Story,Jean Sheppard, comes a tale of school yard bullies. Read more

To Build A Fire by Jack London

Airs at: Wed, 12/16/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Inspired by his own time in the Yukon Jack London tells a story about a man who thinks he can walk back to his basecamp with only the company of a dog. This is an original Gremlin Time program from when the music was added as Katherine was reading. Soe off from vynal. In... Read more

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

New and old and two Criterions on Film at 11 for Friday July 25th, 2025

Airs at: Fri, 07/25/2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week Jeff Godsil joins us to discuss the film noir Cry Danger, as well as Ari Aster's new "state of the nation" tale  Eddington. In addition we have reviews of two recent Criterion releases, Anthony Mann's Winchester '73 and Jean Eustace's The Mother and the Whore.  Read more

2025 Recent Grads Show

Airs at: Tue, 07/22/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan talks to artists about the Recent Grads show at Blackfish Gallery in the Pearl District, a show of works selected by college professors to showcase some outstanding young artists coming out of Oregon colleges ... 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