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Airs at: Tue, 12/10/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Hosted by: 
dickenbock
Produced by: 
KBOO
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Self Help Radio is not a self-help radio show. It might be something worse.

Each week host Gary explores a different theme with music & with talk. Guests are silly. The music is eclectic. It's kind of a mess.

Shows are archived here & also at the Self Help Radio website. There's a blog. There's Twitter. There's Facebook.

Upcoming themes are on the website. Send ideas for those shows or themes to explore at gary at self help radio dot net or by text 971-319-4847.

Topic tags: 
Music
Genre(s): 
Eclectic
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Current

Self Help Radio 3/29/22: The Saddest Show

Airs at: Tue, 03/29/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
Self Help Radio was two different shows this week.  The first explored songs about what artists thought were the saddest things: saddest songs, saddest stories, even saddest snacks. During that section, we talked to a columnist who writes about the saddest things he sees; ... Read more

Self Help Radio 3/22/22: Too Much

Airs at: Tue, 03/22/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
The sign next to this paragraph, in a picture I took many moons ago in Texas, conveys what I think is too much information.  It has the unenviable task of telling you that not only is the "express lane" coming up, but it's coming up pretty soon, & we know that because it's ... Read more

Self Help Radio 3/15/22: The Ginger Show

Airs at: Tue, 03/15/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
Ginger can be an edible (delicious) root. It can be a name or nickname. It can be a term for a red-haired person. It can be more?!? This week's Self Help Radio explores all the ginger it can, featuring lots of music about all kindsa gingers, plus an interview with a diviner... Read more

Self Help Radio 3/8/22: Harbors

Airs at: Tue, 03/08/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
Self Help Radio found a safe harbor at KBOO when it arrived in Portland. This chilly Tuesday morning the show explored all different kinds of harbors. In addition to much music about those places where the ships dock, there's also discussions: with a cartographer who doesn'... Read more

Self Help Radio 3/1/22: A Tangled Show

Airs at: Tue, 03/01/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
The world's in a tangle.  Maybe playing lots of songs about tangled things & being tangled up will help untangle it. But probably not.  Hopefully there are great tunes & only a small amount of the regular silliness. Note on the image manipulated here: "Tangled technology" ... Read more

Self Help Radio 2/22/22: Crickets

Airs at: Tue, 02/22/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
According to this website, there are a few species of cricket which live in Oregon.  Chances are it's too cold for them to be around in February, so we hope they were inside when Self Help Radio made a radio show about them. In addition to lots of music about crickets - mor... Read more

Self Help Radio 2/15/22: Bitterness

Airs at: Tue, 02/15/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
Self Help Radio tonight aired at the end of Valentine's Day - which for some is perhaps the beginning of bitterness. For those who are bitter, a show that may bring validation - many songs about all sorts of bitterness & bitter things.  For those who want to avoid bitterne... Read more

Self Help Radio 2/8/22: Valentine's Day 2022 - Dating

Airs at: Tue, 02/08/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
Valentine's Day is coming up!  Self Help Radio explores Valentine's Day every year with a different aspect of the day.  This year, we explore dating. In addition to lots of songs about dating - many of which are perhaps not songs you might enjoy on a date - there's a diffe... Read more

Self Help Radio on 2/1/22: Tambourines

Airs at: Tue, 02/01/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
Yes, indeed, a radio show about tambourines.  It will not surprise you that you will hear a few tambourines on the show as well.  Singing about tambourines might make one want to play the tambourine, for emphasis. & so, lots of songs about tambourines.  Plus, interviews - w... Read more

Self Help Radio 1/25/22: Darkness

Airs at: Tue, 01/25/2022 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Self Help Radio
It was dark out, let's have a show about darkness! If it were only that simple.  While it's true that tonight Self Help Radio celebrates darkness, it's not for something so glib.  Instead, it's a celebration of the realization that the darkness in Portland - by virture of ... Read more