Arts/Culture

2025 Pickathon is almost here

Produced for: KBOO

Big Names and Local Bands are ready to slay at 2025 Pickathon Big-name bands at Portland’s most unique music festival, 2025 Pickathon, include Portugal. The Man, Taj Mahal, Ocie Elliott, Julien Baker & Torres, and Haley Heynderickx. But Pickathon (July 31–Aug. 3 at Pen... Read more

Once Upon A Time

Airs at: Fri, 11/14/2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Produced for: Once Upon a Time

Rosa, raised near Grand Central Station in the heart of Manhattan, provides enticing stories from a woman grabbing life’s adventure as a means to spiritual awakening. From slam dancing at the infamous CBGB’s or living on a motorcycle in Morocco to starting a permacul... Read more

James and Nate Have a Surprise Guest!

Airs at: Tue, 11/04/2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Winner's Bias

Nate and James welcome impromptu guest, KBOO's News Director Althea Billings! They talk about the secondary board game market, making your own games, and whatever the winds bring them. Read more

Lacey joins Xan on All My Greatest Teachers Showed Me Love

Airs at: Wed, 11/05/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: All My Greatest Teachers Showed Me Love

You can find Lacey and Xan for counseling services at: ForageWellnessCollective.com Read more

2025 Portland Book Festival preview with Amanda Bullock

Airs at: Tue, 11/04/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

The annual Portland Book Festival is our city’s biggest literary event, and one of the most popular on the entire West Coast. This year’s festival takes place Saturday, November 8th, just a few days away, and features on-stage discussions with over 100 authors and interv... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 11/02/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Portland Jewish Hour

Tune in for a live interview with writer/actor/comic strip artist Phoebe Potts on her upcoming Portland appearances in her award-winning one-woman show, Too Fat For China. Read more

Local Composer Offers Free Music Production Workshops

Airs at: Tue, 10/14/2025 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth, Evening News

Starting Friday, October 17th, Heidi Duckler Dance Northwest is putting on a series of music workshops with composer Balamurali Balu. It's part of an ongoing community-based project bringing accessible arts programming to Las Adelitas in Portland's Cully neighborhood. ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 3, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Wealth, Inequality, and “The Great Gatsby” (an Against the Grain rebroadcast) F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about rich people. Does his work also offer a critique of wealth and inequality? According to John Marsh, we can learn a lot about class, power, privilege, and imp... Read more

Famous people, dancing, movies, and date night

Airs at: Fri, 10/31/2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

This episode is hosted by Stephanie. First, we hear Kiyan talk about the new Superman movie. Then, Nena shares her thoughts on Dave and Busters as a date location. After that, Em speaks about actor Malachai Barton. Finally, Clark gives a history on the Wobble Dance. Read more