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  Following my months-long absence, it seems fitting to revisit my 'Long Time Gone' special, sharing some of the most thrilling moments across thousands of live Grateful Dead shows. For the unfamiliar, in this special, I'm featuring the songs performed live in concert by ... Read more

Swing’n’Country for April 20th (KBOO 90.7 FM 6-9am) is framed by two sets of topical music. The program opens with a set of songs about the Mexico - US border,  from Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson, Steve Earle, The Grateful Dead, The Texicana Mamas, and Tucson troubadour And... Read more

  Matty spent a tumultuous youth in the all-ages clubs of Portland's seedy downtown, where he learned to play guitar and perform. The DIY culture of this environment instilled skepticism for the mainstream. This attitude was affirmed by the growing Anti-folk movement in N... Read more

  Mona Bowen joins us to reflect on five new TV series: • Apples Never Fall, a family drama • Ripley, the new Patricia Highsmith adaptation • Sugar, a private eye pastiche with Colin Farrell • Dinosaur, a Glasgow-set comedy • Loot, a Maya Rudolph sit-com   Read more

  Interview with Jerry Lembcke, author of Dissenting POWs.    _____   Host: Marvin Simmons.       Read more

Tonight's main topics: Dictatorship and Drug Trafficking in Latin America; An "Historic" Upgrade in US-Japan Relations (and China's Response); Environmental Justice rulings in Europe. Read more

On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Did the Biden Pot Pardons Go Far Enough? Students for Sensible Drug Policy kicked off its #420WeekOfUnity with a news conference on April 15 entitled Whom Did the Biden Pardons Help—And Did They Go Far Enough? We hear from SSDP Execut... Read more

    Please join us for RadioZine on Wednesday, April 17th for a Community Forum recorded at the Eastside Jewish Commons on the crisis in Gaza and Israel/Palestine.   You will hear from   • Benjamin Barnett, Rabbi of Congregation Havurah Shalom in NW Portland,  about t... Read more