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Willamette Radio Workshop presents "A Radio Christmas Carol"

Airs at: Thu, 12/22/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Jonesy
It’s Thursday, December 22nd, just two eves away from Christmas Eve, and we’ve been in somewhat of a quandary as to how to celebrate on today’s show. I think the classic story for this time of year is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, first published on December 19th 1843... Read more

Talking Earth: Book Stab 1

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
Tonight's edition of Talking Earth is the inaugural edition of Book Stab, where host Patrick Bocarde discusses the merits and mostly demerits of novels and poetry with guests.  Tonight's guest is Ceylon Anderson.  Mr Anderson was co-producer and co-writer of The Worriers, a... Read more

The Father Christmas Letters by J. R. R. Tolkien

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/20/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Once again we present Katherine Dunn reading excerpts from The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien. From the mid 1920s to the start of World War 2 Proffessor Tolkien would write letters as Santa Claus for his children would find on Christmas morning. Over the years t... Read more

Writing the Interior Life

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Sue Miller is a novelist of the interior life, especially of relationships and what drives them. Novels of ideas and feelings rather than of dramatic events. Often harshly self-judging, there is such emotional honesty in her novels that they sizzle and burn. In this tribute... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 19, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  It's KBOO's end-of-year pledge drive and the first person who pledges $250 to KBOO during our show on Monday, December 19, will receive the gift of a reversible felted and beaded purple shawl, handmade from a mix of merino wool and silk by Fiber Mole Desiree Hellegers. T... Read more

John Vercher, author of After the Lights Go Out

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
On today's BTC, we talk with John Vercher, author of the novel After the Lights Go Out from Soho Press. The book tells the tragic and suspenseful story of an MMA fighter trying to stay on the circuit, as the brain damage he's suffered takes its toll. John is a contributing... Read more

Chris Abani, author of Smoking the Bible (part 2 of 2)

Airs at: Thu, 12/29/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Listen in to the second of our two-part interview with poet, essayist, novelist, Igbo priest, and humanitarian Chris Abani. We'll be talking about Chris's latest collection of poems Smoking The Bible, an elegy to his dear brother and an exploration of love, loss, exile, and... Read more

William Powell & Myrna Loy return in After The Thin Man

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Besides lots of music on today's show, William Powell and Myrna Loy return as Nick and Nora Charles.  Following last week's mystery set in New York at Christmas, the Charles have returned to San Francisco in time for New Years. But, before they can relax after their cross c... Read more

Craig Thompson - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Words and Pictures celebrates its 19th anniversary on the air by inviting back its first-ever guest, Craig Thompson. Craig took the comics world by storm in 2003 with his epic graphic memoir Blankets, a poignant recollection of young love and lost innocence, and cemente... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 5, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Grad Students on Strike: Grad student teachers, researchers, teaching assistants, and more, 48,000 of them, are now on strike across the University of California system. It’s the large... Read more