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Welcome to the August edition of The Holy Crowley Hour. In keeping with our
Portland summer weather, it’s sure to be hot, smoky, and unhealthy for
people with lung disease or discriminating tastes.
For those who don’t fall into either category, join us as we pay tribute
to...
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What do three Magdalenas – a woman, a mountain, and an elusive butterfly
– all have in common? That’s part of the mystery in the first novel from
award-winning naturalist Robert Michael Pyle: Magdalena Mountain, from
Counterpoint Press.
Bob grew up in the high country of C...
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On today’s show, our guest is Courtenay Hameister, Portland-based author of
the new book Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of
Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things, in conversation with Gigi
Little, editor of City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portl...
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Today, August 20th, is National Radio Day, a day to celebrate radio, and
recognize the importance of our medium. At one time, not too long ago, radio
was the nation’s primary channel for news and entertainment. With the
advent of newer media, namely TV and the internet, the...
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This year marks the 40th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines Flight
173, in an empty lot near the corner of Portland’s Northeast 157th Avenue
and East Burnside, just about 9 miles from where we are now in our KBOO
studios.
Our News In Depth guest Julie Whipple not ...
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Welcome to the Holy Crowley Hour, brought to you this month by the National
Rifle Association. At the NRA, our mission is to protect your 2nd Amendment
right to kill pretty much anyone who isn’t white, Christian, and barely
literate. The NRA, where our motto is, and always ...
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On May 11, 2018, Mykel Mosley, a black teen, stepped out of the Vancouver
Mall and became angry at a large pickup flying a Donald Trump flag. Mosley
yelled out an obscenity about Trump. Then three men jumped out of the truck
and chased Mosley, eventually spinning him to the...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Poe Ballantine, author of the new book Whirlaway:
The Great American Loony Bin, Horseplaying & Record-Collecting Novel,
published by Portland’s Hawthorne Press.
Poe has published seven books and hundreds of stories and essays, many of
which have a...
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What if the notorious outlaws and lovers – Bonnie and Clyde – didn’t
die in a hail of gunfire in Lousiana in 1934? That’s the question our
KBOO News In Depth guests – Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall – ask, and
answer, in their Bonnie and Clyde series of novels. The first boo...
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