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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Marjorie Tallchief's Birthday

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(image from  here ) On October 19, 1926, Marjorie Tallchief was born. This extraordinary person was the first Native American to be named  p...
Friday, October 17, 2025

This Week In Self Help: October 12 + 14

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Lotsa different curtain choices in this apartment building! Here is what I did on the radio this week. The Dickenbock Report (October 12): F...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Self Help Radio 101425: Curtains

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The curtains were up on the show this morning, but now they are down. Or were they open & are now closed? I feel like I'd be a terri...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Whither Curtains?

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Summer lingers in Portland, it's one of the things I love about the city & the season. This town is known for gloomy days, cold ...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

Preface To Curtains: Art Collected

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Here is some art I've found online. It's called "Beaded Curtain" & it's by Hurvin Anderson. You can find out more ...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Farm Day

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(found on Reddit ) October 12 is Farmer's Day. We'll report on farms & farmers. That's simple enough. It's also XRAY...
Friday, October 10, 2025

This Week In Self Help: October 5 6 + 7

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Silver balloons floating in a room. Silver for Self Help Radio's 23rd anniversary. Don't overthink it. It's an image for a blog ...
Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Self Help Radio 100725: Molly Revisited - The 23rd Anniversary Show

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(original image here *) Twenty-three years of this nonsense! I guess the most hopeful thing is that there's no chance I have twenty-thre...
Monday, October 06, 2025

Whither Molly Revisited (The 23rd Anniversary Show)?

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(Molly Pitcher, from Wikipedia ) On October 9, 2002, Self Help Radio premiered on KOOP in Austin. This week will be its 23rd anniversary. It...
Sunday, October 05, 2025

Preface To Molly Revisited (The 23rd Anniversary Show): 23 Years

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This is undoubtedly something I say every year: I would never have thought I'd be doing this radio show twenty-three years after its fir...
Saturday, October 04, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: The Honeymooners

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(image from here ) On October 5, 1951, on a television show called Cavalcade Of Stars, hosted by Jackie Gleason, a six-minute sketch introdu...
Friday, October 03, 2025

This Week In Self Help: September 26 28 + 30

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Though I am not in Portland - I'm visiting San Francisco - in fact the picture of that gate above was taken in the city - my wife said, ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Self Help Radio 093025: Deadbeats

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A show that neither condemns nor condones the deadbeat. It's just a lot of songs, you know. There are also conversation & some infor...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Whither Deadbeats?

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(image from here ) After confessing yesterday that my own father was a deadbeat, you might think I myself might be on the verge of an admiss...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

Preface To Deadbeats: Deadbeat Dad

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That's an old picture of my father. I don't recognize that person. It was taken probably over a decade before I was born. When I sho...
Saturday, September 27, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Chewing Gum Day

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(image from here ) September 28 is National Chewing Gum Day. Why is that? Is bubblegum celebrated as well? You do have to chew it to get it ...
Friday, September 26, 2025

This Week In Self Help: September 19 21 + 23

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Here's a picture of a lonely beach off the Oregon coast. Yep, that's the Pacific Ocean out there. It's a propos nothing, I just ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Self Help Radio 092325: Whips

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Sorry for the crude drawing of the whip up there. I couldn't find any decent pics of a whip that were in the public domain or had decent...
Monday, September 22, 2025

Whither Whips?

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(image from here ) "Whither whips" is really fun to say. But if you say it too many times too fast you start to sound like you...
Sunday, September 21, 2025

Preface To Whips: A Handy Flowchart

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Found a billion years ago on Reddit . Thought it might be handy in regards to this week's show.