Arts and Culture

Junk

Airs at: Thu, 10/25/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Tommy Pico's “Junk is a true American odyssey, complete with a reluctant hero who defies all odds to survive. Repulsed by the trashiness of empire, the violence of occupation, this book nonetheless searches in earnest for real tenderness, a romance that isn’t corny. .... Read more

The Sampler presents 3 Skeleton Key starring Vincent Price

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Joining Fortunato and Just Jess today will be playwrite Georgina Escobar, to discuss the presentation of her play "Alebrijes" at the Milagro Theater on the 18th. Also, a member of the band Steel Wheels, will drop by to tell us of their upcoming performance at The Old ... Read more

Ghost Hunter

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

The Sampler returns for another month of crazy fun with Just jess and Fortunato. Starting today we will have the first in a month long series of scary radio dramas. Today we feature an episode of Suspence entitled Ghost Hunter, staring Ralph Edwards as a brash DJ who, as... Read more

Halloween Special featuring The Shadow People

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Joining Fortunato and Just Jess today will be film critic DK Holm to review the new season of Dr. Who, as well as some other tv shows. Joining the crew in studio will be the organizers of the upcoming Swashbucklers Ball, happening Nov. 3rd. Calling in, Sampler crew membe... Read more

The Cat Man read by Katherine Dunn

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

We continue with our month long presentation of scary stories with one of Fortunato's classic episodes of Gremlin Time recorded back around 1980., The Cat Man by Byron Leggett, and read by Katherine Dunn. A successful writer seeking solitude on his own island regrets tha... Read more

Tuesday Night! Oct 9 Hear and There: A KBOO 50th Celebration of the Environment and Sound

Produced for: Threshold Shift

KBOO Celebrates its 50 Years of Sound, Science and Environmental Awareness In a Unique Immersive Sound and Site Collaboration with OMSI Tuesday October 9, 7:30PM OMSI’s Kendall Planetarium In honor of KBOO and OMSI's long-standing commitment to education and environme... Read more

Women in Jazz at Oregon Coast Jazz Party Preview

Airs at: Wed, 10/03/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: Jazz in the Afternoon

Women are in the news - and an amazing number have made, and are making, their mark in jazz. Because there is no way this subject can be treated thoroughly in a 2-hour show, this will be a random sampler of outstanding such performances, many of them seldom-or-never-hear... Read more

Buscando America on 10/02/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/02/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

Javier Sierra habla sobre el escándalo sobre abuso sexual en el Tribunal Supremo del País. José Luís Espinoza nos habla del proyecto de Sisters of the Road, un esfuerzo en Down Town Portland para erradicar el abuso y la opresion en todas sus formas. Read more

Coming Home: Return of the Alutiiq Masks

Airs at: Tue, 10/20/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts presents "Coming Home: Return of the Alutiiq Masks" Dmae Roberts presents and encore edition of the half-hour version of Coming Home: Return of the Alutiiq Masks, originally a one-hour radio documentary that interweaves oral history interviews, Alutiiq mus... Read more

Fox & American Fictionary

Airs at: Thu, 10/18/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Dubravka Ugresic, a novelist and essayist Susan Sontag called a "writer to follow and cherish," has been living in exile in Amsterdam since the Yugoslav wars of the early 90s. Labeled a traitor and a witch when she vocally critiqued the rising ethno-nationalism of bo... Read more