Jonesy
kenjones.bsky.social
Jonesy
@kenjones.bsky.social
PDX-based radio theater writer/producer, and host of JONESY, 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 10:30am PT on KBOO Community Radio https://kboo.fm/program/jonesy
15 minutes before the play-in match and we have the place to ourselves #rctid
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Big #HandsOff crowd in Beaverton!
April 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
On tomorrow's JONESY, we welcome Karen Russell, author of the new novel THE ANTIDOTE. Blending Dust Bowl history with the fantastical – prairie witches, quantum cameras, and a sentient scarecrow. Tune to KBOO Radio Th 2/27 at 10:30am PT, live on kboo.fm or on-demand after bit.ly/3XmhrhT
February 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We talk #FiresignTheatre on JONESY today with Firesign David Ossman and @jbraddock.bsky.social, author of FIRESIGN: THE ELECTROMAGNETIC HISTORY OF EVERYTHING AS TOLD ON NINE COMEDY ALBUMS (U of Calif Press). Tune to KBOO Radio at 10am PT, live on kboo.fm or on-demand after bit.ly/41egFWx
February 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Today on JONESY, our guests are Sarah Neidhardt, author of the memoir TWENTY ACRES: A SEVENTIES CHILDHOOD IN THE WOODS (Univ of Arkansas Press) and her mom Wendy McPhee, talking about moving to the Ozarks in the 1970s. Tune to KBOO Radio at 10:30am PT, live on kboo.fm or on-demand bit.ly/3CfNHfh
January 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today on JONESY, our guests are Nui Wilson, Frances Pai Ippolito, and @gigilittle.bsky.social, talking about their new picture book A TREE OF MY OWN from Portland’s Qlin Press. Tune to KBOO Community Radio at 10:30am PT, live on kboo.fm or on-demand after: bit.ly/3ZRICBp
December 26, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Christmas comes early on today's JONESY as we re-air Willamette Radio Workshop's "A Radio Christmas Carol". Dedicated to the memory of the great Sam A. Mowry, who passed away last summer. Tune to KBOO Community Radio at 10:30am PT, live online at kboo.fm or on-demand after the show: bit.ly/4g2K3E5
December 12, 2024 at 6:55 PM
I’ll be interviewing Karen Russell for her new novel THE ANTIDOTE when it’s pub'd in March 2025. I love her books as much as I love talking with her. In anticipation, here’s our KBOO Radio conversation for her last book ORANGE WORLD in June 2019. You can stream/download here: bit.ly/40PW1Mx
November 16, 2024 at 6:14 PM

Today on JONESY, our guest is pioneering Portland filmmaker Penny Allen. We’ll talk about Penny’s films, including her latest which just wrapped shooting, and her debut novel THIS RESCUE THING. Tune to KBOO Radio at 10:30am PT, live on kboo.fm or on-demand after: bit.ly/4hL8Eyz
November 16, 2024 at 2:39 AM
On today's JONESY, we preview #PDXBookFest 2023, the biggest literary event in the Northwest, with festival director Amanda Bullock of Literary Arts. Tune to KBOO Community Radio at 10:30am PT, live online at kboo.fm or stream the longer version on-demand after: bit.ly/40gKqny
October 27, 2023 at 6:44 AM
Tomorrow on JONESY, in memory of Melinda Peterson, we re-air our Oct 2018 interview w/ Phil Proctor & David Ossman of the Firesign Theatre, David Koff, Sam Mowry & Jonathan Stark. Tune to KBOO Community Radio Thursday 8/24 at 11am PT, live at kboo.fm or on-demand after: bit.ly/45gest6
August 23, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Waking up with the Sunday Oregonian Comics to a bloody severed arm, an old bald guy on the toilet, and a farting hippo. That's the front page alone! Skipping breakfast this morning.
August 20, 2023 at 5:16 PM
I'm here for the cat pics!
August 18, 2023 at 9:12 PM