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Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning as we celebrate the upcoming birthday of Sam Bush, and hear favorites from Martin Simpson, Low Lily, Eilen Jewell, Tim O'Brien, Pharis & Jason Romero, Amber Rubarth, Gillian Welch and many others.  We'll share our Folk C... Read more

On today's episode: starvation in Gaza; vulnerability of aid workers in Gaza; Democrats on arms aid to Israel; Mexico's president deals with the US and Ecuador; and more. Read more

  In this extended conversation with Feeding Ghosts author Tessa Hulls, we spend an extra 20 minutes digging into the story of her family's struggles and of a graphic memoir nine years in the making. Feeding Ghosts is a sprawling saga of survival and madness and love, seen... Read more

  Tessa Hulls' debut as an author is the sprawling graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts, a story of her own family, of survival and madness and love, seen through the lens of three generations of women and covering nearly a century of Chinese history. Tessa is an illustrator, pa... Read more

On today's episode, we welcome Daniel A. Olivas, author of the new novel Chicano Frankenstein from Portland’s Forest Avenue Press. Daniel’s the author of 12 books, including the story collections How to Date a Flying Mexican and the upcoming My Chicano Heart: New and Collec... Read more

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  Mind Palace perform live and sit down with Poxy for an interview while Janie B. and Simon hold down the house.     Read more

  On this edition of KBOO News in Depth, we speak with the Urban League of Portland Director of Advocacy and Public Policy, Jennifer Parish Taylor, about the organization's upcoming candidate forums ahead of the May 21st primary.  2024 Primary Election Virtual Candidate F... Read more

  On Mic: Kanani Cortez, Street Roots Digital Producer We speak with Kanani about the Spring Anthology Volume 1, and look back at some of Street Roots' reporting from the past 6 months.  More information at streetroots.org Read more

This week’s Pastures of Plenty broadcasts a wide variety of entertaining folk music, from Eliza Gilkyson, Hobo Jim, The Secret Sisters and Guy Clark, to name a few of the musicians we’ve called upon.   We’re going to be featuring a popular folk music group from the 1960’s, ... Read more