Fiction

Book Mole: Low April Sun

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City by white supremacists that killed 168 people. The novel Low April Sun by Constance E. Squires, reviewed by writer and photographer Matt Witt, is set against that atrocity and show... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 12, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Nuclear deceptions, domestic terrorism, and the poetry of the long struggle: Frann Michel hosts this episode featuring these segments:  Nuclear Bamboozles:   While the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 provided increased federal funding for n... Read more

Beginnings 2026

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
This is our first show of the new year, and I’d like to ring in 2026 doing something I started for our first show in 2025. It’s an audio retrospective of last year’s interviews on Jonesy. Which I call Beginnings, for the beginning of the new year and the fact we’re playi... Read more

Interview with Author Jaime Ford

Airs at: Thu, 01/15/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Tune in to Between the Covers on Thursday, January 15th, for an interview with New York Times best-selling author Jamie Ford. His debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, explores a father-son relationship set against the backdrop of the internment of Japane... Read more

Judith Arcana, 1943-2025, a Lifelong Troublemaker

The left community lost one of its stalwarts on winter solstice of 2025. Judith Arcana was a writer, poet, teacher and feminist activist. She is most well known for being one of the Janes, a pre-Roe, underground collective in Chicago that provided 11,000 illegal, but saf... Read more

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 12/25/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Over half a century ago, the UPA animation studio was a haven for misfit geniuses struggling to create relevant cartoon films in the face of political and cultural repression.  Gambling the future of the company on an hourlong television special featuring their most p... Read more

The Underground Presents A Christmas Carol

Airs at: Wed, 12/24/2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
KBOO's Youth Collective puts on a radio play version of Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" featuring Nick, Elizabeth, Clem, Viv, Clementine, Lola, Suzanne, Grady, Olivia, Jude E., and Jude W. This version was written by Anthony E. Palermo, an award-winning radio perfo... Read more

Willamette Radio Workshop presents "A Radio Christmas Carol"

Airs at: Thu, 12/25/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
In what’s become a holiday tradition on the show, we’ll be re-airing Willamette Radio Workshop’s “A Radio Christmas Carol”, which I happen to think is right up there with the best versions of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. And what better time than on Christmas morning! ... Read more

Heather Buckley Explains the Producer's Fight

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2026 at 12:00am - 2:00am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
  Heather Buckley sits down with Ragan & Poxy to discuss her work on movies such as Sacrifice Game and The Ranger. She also provides insight into her work and ongoing career as a film producer.       Read more

The Bride of Tune In, Stay Warm, and Support KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Stories and music for the holiday season hosted by Fortunato. Featured are The Father Cristmas Letteer, by JRR Toilken read by Katherine Dunn. And Dancing Dan's Christmas by Damon Runyon and read by David Chelsea. Lots of grown up holiday songs and some rock and roll. So... Read more