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Old Mole Variety Hour for October 17, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Crypto-coin and the Remaking of Social Relations: Cryptocurrencies are often described as the new wild west of finance and speculative investments. Jan Haaken talks with Emaline Friedman about recent developments in the crypto world and how non-profit organizations are maki... Read more

Broken Earth

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel recommends the award-winning speculative fiction series The Broken Earth by N. K. Jemisin, an epic fantasy of resisting oppression and reclaiming the magic of the natural world.   transcript: Good morning, this is Frann Michel here with a reading recommendati... Read more

Neil Cochrane, author of The Story of the Hundred Promises

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Neil Cochrane, author of the new novel The Story of the Hundred Promises, from Forest Avenue Press. Neil is a queer, trans author and artist. He writes speculative fiction and fantasy that centers queer characters overcoming obstacles and buil... Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 10/13/22

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 10:00pm - Fri, 10/14/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radio Lost and Found
My return to KBOO airwaves after a long absence. This week, we bring you a encore presentation of the live-on-the-air radio musical play Calvin Coolidge Goes Crazy, by our recently departed friend Dennis Nyback: On August 2, 1927 President Calvin Coolidge hosted a press co... Read more

Future (or Present?) Dystopia Fiction

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Bookwaves
  Vauhini Vara, author of the novel "The Immortal King Rao" discusses her work as a fiction writer and as a tech reporter. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.    bookwaves-artwaves 09-27-2022              Read more

THE VANQUISHERS by Kalynn Bayron

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Everybody knows vampires have been vanquished, right?  Welllll, maybe no..... Twelve-year-old Malika “Boog” Wilson and her best friends have grown up idolizing The Vanquishers, a group of masked vampire hunters who wiped out the last hoard of the undead decades ago. For ki... Read more

Cai Emmons, author of two new novels: Unleashed and Livid

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Cai Emmons, author of the new novels Unleashed from Dutton, and Livid from Red Hen Press. Cai’s a fiction writer, playwright, and screenwriter, whose work includes the story collection Vanishing and the novels His Mother’s Son, which won an O... Read more

Talking Earth: September 12, 2022 with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
On tonight's edition of Talking Earth, Walt Curtis remembers his friend Marjorie Sharp, who was  the subject of a recent feature article on Oregonlive.  Walt and board-op Patrick Bocarde also read selections from Richard Brautigan's stories. Read more

Jerry Chrisman and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
I don’t know how we missed it, but last month, August 20th to be exact, was National Radio Day, a day to celebrate radio and recognize the importance of our medium. So, a bit belatedly, we’ll be making up for that today. Our guests are Jerry Chrisman and Brendan Jones (no r... Read more

Monogamy

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Sue Miller’s 2020 novel, Monogamy, displays not only the crystalline writing we are used to from Miller, but an emotional depth that few writers every achieve. As usual, her topic is family life. Book Mole Larry Bowlden offers his take on this portrait of a marriage. Read more