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Penny Arcade performs in Portland in February; and talking LGBT issues at Concordia University

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
This week on Preference, we'll be talking with performance artist Penny Arcade. She is in town this month to perform in a Boom Arts production, Longing Lasts Longer, on February 1st, 2nd, 8th, and 9th.  "Penny Arcade Aka Susana Ventura is an internationally respected perfor... Read more

Speculative Fiction in the Revolution

Airs at: Fri, 01/26/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
We are made up of stories, and build our societies on the stories we tell. Speculative fiction challenges us to reimagine the world. Ursula K. Le Guin has been one of the greatest authors in the field. She passed away last Monday, after writing science fiction, fantasy, ess... Read more

Trans issues at Oregon State University; and Sean Brown's new film, 'Strictly Professional'

Airs at: Tue, 01/23/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
  We'll be talking in-studio with Emory Colvin about trans issues in Corvallis/Oregon State and the surrounding area. Emory is a PhD student in nuclear engineering at Oregon State University and secretary-treasurer of the Coalition of Graduate Employees (AFT Local 6069). A... Read more

Chuck Palahniuk: Tricksters and Terrorists

Airs at: Thu, 01/18/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Portland author Chuck Palahniuk is the most restless of literary lions, reinventing himself with each book, alternately dazzling and bedeviling his readership.  With Legacy, his latest coloring book / novella hybrid, Palahniuk dives further into visual storytelling, crea... Read more

Her Body and Other Parties

Airs at: Thu, 02/01/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado, is a love letter to an obstinate genre that won’t be gentrified. It’s a wild thing, this book, covered in sequins and scales, blazing with the influence of fabulists from Angela Carter to Kelly Link and Helen Oyeyemi,... Read more

Trans Arts Showcase

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Transpositive PDX
  Happy New Year! It is time for a new year and Transpositive PDX is kicking it off this year with our annual Trans Arts showcase. Kicking off the show will be Transpose, a Transgender Acapella choir performing live in studio, singer/songwriter Davis Schaffer and Tattoo Ar... Read more

Nina Lopez: the Movement to Decriminalize Sex Work

Airs at: Wed, 12/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we broadcast our hour-long special with women's rights activist Nina Lopez. Lopez, London-based and Argentina-born, is with Legal Action for Women and the English Collective of Prostitutes. Mothers and grandmothers have spearheaded a movement that is successful at... Read more

Talking Trans Law with Sasha Buchert of Lambda Legal

Airs at: Tue, 12/26/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
KBOO alumna Sasha Buchert, now with Lambda Legal and formerly with the Transgender Law Center, joins us again to talk trans law cases from across the country.  After, we'll air the national and international LGBTQ news program This Way Out.  Read more

Ep.12 A Big Bowl of Wassail

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 7:45am - 8:45am
Produced for:  Peace, Love and Soup
Dec 2017 - This special holiday episode of Peace, Love and Soup is our gift to you!   Sit back, relax and join us as we ladle up some wassail (our soup for this month) and joyfully reminisce about the first year of our podcast!   We'll be replaying past inspirational mom... Read more

Alyssa Pariah: Social Justice Warrior

Airs at: Mon, 01/01/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Alyssa Pariah, social justice warrior, Black trans Puerto Rican activist and recent keynote speaker at the Oregon Students of Color conference, talks about her worldview and latest adventures with Coalition of Black Trade Unionist leaders Tina Turner-Morfitt and Dr. Audrey ... Read more