Froggy the Gremlin was a much beloved character on the 1950’s TV show
Andy’s Gang. But during the dark days of the Cold War, he was accused of
being a Communist, and subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities
Committee. On tonight’s Ubu Hour, we present a radio document...
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Here's what's airing on the Ubu Hour tonight... Hosted tonight by famed
Swedish Actor Max Von Sydow..
ROBOT LOVE: As life becomes more automated, just how sexy and manipulative
can robots become? (Written and produced by Martin Dodge)
GREMLIN TIME: No, not the radio show...
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It's the fifth Monday of the month. And that means months are getting longer,
no doubt due to global climate change. It also means yet another episode of
The Holy Crowley Hour, or Two.
On tonight's show, we explore the program's tag line "Under the influence".
At the Holy...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Zora O'Neill, author of the new book All Strangers
Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World.
In the book, Zora visits four Middle Eastern countries over the course of a
year. She spends several weeks in each place, studying the Arabic langu...
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As most scientists will tell you, climate change is a known threat to the
environment, and all species of plant and animal life on earth. But it might
be even worse than anticipated, according to Dr. Guy McPherson, an ecologist
and evolutionary biologist, who coined the phr...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Oregon-based author and indie publisher, Dan
Armstrong. Dan will be appearing at the 8th Annual NW Book Festival, this
Saturday in Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Dan gives us a preview of the festival, and talks about the nuts and bolts of
...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Grant Bywaters about his debut mystery novel The
Red Storm.
The Red Storm won the Minotaur Books/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel
Competition, and tells the story of a black heavyweight boxer turned private
investigator in 1930’s New Orleans. The ...
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Hey, all you fans of KBOO's now defunct Puppet Radio Theater. On tonight's
Holy Crowley Hour, or Two, the puppets return!
The puppets will be hijacking... uh filling in for regular host Ken Jones,
while he travels the globe looking for new members of the Carl Crowley cult. ...
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Legendary Portland writer Katherine Dunn died last week at the age of 70.
Dunn is perhaps best known for her novel Geek Love, a finalist for the
National Book Award in 1989. Geek Love's main character, Olympia Binewski,
works at a radio station not unlike KBOO Community Rad...
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