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Ursula K. Le Guin on Steering the Craft

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Ursula K. Le Guin has published more than sixty books of fiction, fantasy, science fiction, children’s literature, poetry, drama, criticism, and translation. Among her honors are a National Book Award, a PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction, five Hugo and five Nebula Awar... Read more

EcoFilm and the Pillars of Portland

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  In this special membership-drive episode of The Film Show, Jenn Chavez previews the Portland EcoFilm Festival with director Dawn Smallman and documentarians Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz, who have produced The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Queen of the Sun, and the new film Se... Read more

Gremlin Time presents Katherine Dunn reading Cornell Woolrich

Airs at: Mon, 09/19/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/20/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
We continue to present more stories read by Katherine Dunn, who passed away last Spring. Tonight, a New York Subway guard unexpectedly. finds himself part of a city wide manhunt in a short story called "The Phantom of the Subway", written by the master of suspence, Cornell ... Read more

The White Donkey - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended version of our interview with Oregon artist Maximilian Uriarte, we talk more about his graphic novel The White Donkey, which has been hailed for its frank depictions of post-traumatic stress disorder in young veterans.  Max hopes to adapt the graphic nov... Read more

Gilli Smyth

Airs at: Fri, 09/09/2016 at 10:00pm - Sat, 09/10/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Magical moon witch visionary, humble and powerful poetress, holy mistress, enchanting soul and enveloping spirit, the core of Gong, the half apple, half orange, pineapple, banana dreamer. Endless words cannot describe this woman, a genius on her own terms, who left this co... Read more

The White Donkey - Maximilian Uriarte

Airs at: Thu, 09/08/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Oregon artist Maximilian Uriarte signed up with the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of nineteen and served as a gunner in the Iraq War.  His early comic strip Terminal Lance offered a sardonic view of military life in an occupied land, but his new graphic novel The White Do... Read more

The Digital Divide with Cyber Punk Author and Musician John Shirley Live in Studio

Airs at: Fri, 09/09/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
On this special edition of The Digital Divide, we welcome cyber punk author and former Sado Nation John Shirley into the studio for a live interview with special guest co-host Randal Irwin. We are offering 3 one of a kind rare and collectible signed author/editor proofs as... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 5, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Labor Day Old Mole, with segments on work, writing, activism, food and climate, and music including "Erosion" by science teacher David Newman. Clayton comments on what it means to be a worker in a capitalist economy. Tod Sloan comments on ... Read more

Book Mole on Graham Greene

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Larry discusses two novels by Graham Greene -- The Quiet American and Our Man in Havana.  Graham Greene was an excellent satirist and comedic writer who really understood the world of spy networks and military journalism. Our Man in Havana and The Quiet American are two ... Read more

Noche de Película and the Portland Film Festival

Airs at: Thu, 08/25/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Latinx Pride PDX is screening a series of documentaries this month at the Hollywood Theatre, spotlighting the Latino/a LGBTQI community.  Jenn Chavez talks with filmmaker and curator Marco Castro-Bojorquez and asks what viewers can expect from this event. And S.W. Conse... Read more