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25 - Ghosted with Tate Donovan

Airs at: Fri, 04/28/2023 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
  Tate Donovan joins Poxy & Ragan to revisit his early career, discuss his approach to directing, his Emmy win for 30 for 30 Shorts, and his recent work in movies such as Manchester by the Sea,  Argo and AppleTV's very own, Ghosted.         Read more

Playful Presence Episode 5: Earth Day

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Interview with local tree activist, Albert Kaufman.  Letters from trees to people.  Improv scenes. How to play the improv game, “I’m a Tree:”    https://improwiki.com/en/wiki/improv/i_am_a_tree What Portland’s Doing to Plant Climate-Resilient Trees — Trees For Life We Kee... Read more

Captain Nemo and the God Monster

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/18/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight, a Steampunk Adventure featuring the creations of Jules Verne and H.P. Lovecraft in Twent Thousand Years Under The Sea by Kevin J. Anderson. After surviving a deadly attack from a giant squid Captain Nemo and the crew of the armoured submarine boat The Nautilus find... Read more

Music, Mystery, Murder and The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
We return for another Monday afternoon with another episode of I Love A Mystery and lots of music. From November of 1941 we present chapter 9 of  the Carlton E. Morris thriller "The Monster In The Mansion". Our heroes, Jack Doc, and Reggie have been hired to stop a series o... Read more

Playful Presence Episode 4: Spirituality and Listening

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/11/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Playful Presence
Benjamin Lloyd is an applied improv facilitator, coach, and improviser in Pennsylvania. We discuss improv that comes from a deeper place, blending improvisation with spiritual practice, playing villains in improv scenes, and other topics. Plus some improv scenes by Tajbela ... Read more

April Showers Brings The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato starts off the week with another Sanpler, packed full with crazy fun. Another episode of I Love A Mystery, from 1941, Eight Kinds Of Murder. Also, lots of music. And in hour two, some live "bootleg" recordings of Lynard Skynard, Bruce Springsteen, and even the Bea... Read more

I Love A Mystery Returns

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
As Spring starts to take root, The Sampler brings back more of the adventures of Jack, Doc and Reggie. In today's episode our three adventures find themselves waking up in jail in the small town of Roxy City. A small town on the coast which used to be famous as a centrer fo... Read more

Dana Andrews, Giene Tierny and Vincent Price star in Laura

Airs at: Mon, 03/20/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/21/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight, the Lux Radio Theater presentation of the film noir classic Laura (1944). A young police detective finds himself falling in love with a woman whose murder he is investigating. Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, and Vincent Price reprise their roles from the original film ... Read more

Playful Presence Episode 3: Poetry

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
This is a special episode of Playful Presence, which normally airs on the second Monday of the month from 11 pm to midnight. This episode is all about improvised poetry. Improvisers from 2 countries create all different types of improvised poems: surreal, gibberish transla... Read more

Playful Presence Episode 2

Airs at: Mon, 03/13/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/14/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Playful Presence
This month, we have an interview with Catherine Torpey, the director of the International Focusing Institute. Focusing is a body-mind practice that has lots of intersections with improv.  Plus some games and exercises for you to try, and of course, some improv scenes. Enj... Read more