Poetry

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Talking Earth: Walt Curtis Indigenous Day

Airs at: Mon, 10/11/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Talking Earth
In tonight's edition of Talking Earth, local poet Walt Curtis plays John Trudell and Trevino Brings Plenty to honor Indigenous Day.  Board-op Patrick Bocarde chimes in with a bitter review of the Charles Bukowski film "Barfly", and reads a poem riffing on the Beatles' song ... Read more

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee on 09/19/21

Airs at: Sun, 09/19/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee
  September 19, 2021 Musical perspectives on the equinox; cuffing season; distributed decision making; disenfranchisement; Libra season; ancient but still-living languages; and the human experience in general.   Music from around the world and right here at home as well ... Read more

Maternar y Recordar

Airs at: Fri, 09/17/2021 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Maternar es cuidar, es entablar lazos afectivos profundos. Es aceptar que la vida de otrx depende enteramente de la nuestra. Es procrear y criar en comunidad.  Acompáñanos en este especial de la serie del Mes de la Herencia Hispana de KBOO, donde Amenic, Camila, Gisela, Ho... Read more

Wider Window Poetry, Selected Poets

Airs at: Mon, 09/06/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Wider Window Poetry
Readings by Richard Blanco, Lawson Inada, Amanda Gorman and others Read more

Buscando America on 08/24/21

Airs at: Tue, 08/24/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
En este programa escucha a Amenic Boom Bap y Samantha Perez-Alicea compartiendo ideas y sentimientos sobre la maternidad, la crianza y el feminismo. Desde el Centro de Detención de Tacoma un recuento de la acción #FreeThemAll #ShutDownNWDC de La Resistencia , escucha de vi... Read more

Music, Art and Hope

Airs at: Mon, 08/23/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Chelsea Ratzlaff talks with Chicana lesbian musician and writer Naomi Littlebear Morena about climate change and her revisitation of "Song to a Dying Star," as well as the role of art in mental health and community organizing. Naomi's writing is featured in the seminal thir... Read more

Buscando America on 08/10/21

Airs at: Tue, 08/10/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
En este programa escucharemos a Maru Mora activista y defensora de los derechos de los migrantes sobre el incremento de más del 100% en los casos de deportación y los casos de COVID-19 dentro del NWDC. La Dr. Lyn Jacobs de la clínica Virginia García habla en un conversatori... Read more

Wider Window Poetry with Angela Decker

Airs at: Mon, 08/02/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Wider Window Poetry
Featured guest Angela Decker: additional poem by Claudia Castro Luna Read more

Angels With Broken Wings

Airs at: Mon, 07/26/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/27/2021 at 12:00am
Angels With Broken Wings  The problem we are seeing today is that 20% of inmates in jails and prisons suffer from mental illness. This means there are 386,000 inmates with serious mental illness in jails and prisons. Scientific studies show consistently, that art therapy h... Read more

Enigma!, Argoz, Hombres de Carne, Coatlicue, Three Souls in My Mind

Airs at: Fri, 07/23/2021 at 10:00pm - Sat, 07/24/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for La Ruleta