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Portland Legacy Music Blog

Produced for:  Portland Sound Legacy
Local Artists, Real Voices At Portland Sound Legacy, the mission is simple — to give local musicians a real voice on the airwaves. The station’s commitment to homegrown talent is unmatched. Every week, you’ll hear exclusive tracks from Portland artists, live sessions, a... Read more

Portland Sound Legacy

Produced for:  Portland Sound Legacy
Echoes of the Rose City: A Musical Journey Through Portland's Vibrant Scene Rhythmic Roots: Portland's Enduring Musical Legacy Portland, Oregon has long been a crucible of musical creativity, nurturing talented musicians who have shaped the city's sonic landscape for decad... Read more

Penny Allen: The Godmother of Indie Film in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  For half a century, Penny Allen has been making fiercely independent films about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.  Beginning in Portland in the 1970's and recruiting such young artists as Eric Edwards, Gus Van Sant, and Henk Pander, Penny directed the semi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 9, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this International Women’s Day show which features a re-broadcast from Against the Grain. Whether it’s basketball, billiards, or table tennis, sports in the U.S are segregated by sex. And most of the time those divisions are taken to be natural, ... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Avel Gordly: "Remembering the Power of Words"

Airs at: Thu, 03/05/2026 at 11:30am - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
[This program originally aired May 5, 2011.  We rebroadcast it August 1, 2024 when Kamala Harris became the first Black woman nominated candidate for President.  We are airing again today to honor the memory of our hero, Avel Gordly, the first Black woman to win a seat i... Read more

Charles Solomon - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this 100% longer conversation with animation historian Charles Solomon, we dive deeper into the stories behind his twenty-two published books, which include Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation; The Man Who Leapt Through Film: The Art of Mamoru Hosoda; and ... Read more

Animation for the People

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  For nearly a century, the National Film Board of Canada has been a celebrated source of experimental and educational filmmaking, most notably animation.  NFB directors have won hundreds of awards, including multiple Oscars, and become legendary for their versatility, ... Read more

Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A Novel (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 02/26/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
On today’s show, we celebrate Black History Month with a rebroadcast of our interview with Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A Novel from Portland’s Hawthorne Books. Sidney’s book is historical fiction at its most engaging, enlightening, and inspiring, about... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 23, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 02/23/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  The struggle for labor across the color line has often been credited to white activists. However, as sociologist Cedric de Leon argues, the black labor movement, independently organized outside of the official union movement, propelled such efforts. He discusses the ... Read more

Kent Ford: Talking with a Panther

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Selections from a talk by Kent Ford, co-founder of the Portland chapter of the Black Panther Party. Ford helped lead the Panthers’ Free Breakfast for School Children Program in Portland and currently leads Black Panther Legacy Tours in the Albina neighborhood. He is t... Read more