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The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien read by Katherine Dunn

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/17/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
As we do every year, we present excerpts from "The Father Christmas Letters" by J.R.R. Tolkien. These are letters that he wrote to his children every year at Christmas starting in the mid 1920's when they were very young and right up to the eve of World War 2. In the letter... Read more

More fun on the Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
To start your week off, Fortunate will present some holiday stories for today's Sampler. As we do each year, we'll play one of The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien which we recorded years ago with Portland writer Katherine Dunn. And, "Dancing Dan's Christmas" by D... Read more

Ep 96. It Takes A Village To Find A Drone In A Tree ft. Pferron Doss

Airs at: Sun, 12/01/2019 at 12:45pm - Tue, 12/31/2019 at 12:45pm
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
An interview with author Pferron Doss Read more

World's Finest/Rainbow Electric/Eric Kallio Trio

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2019 at 10:00pm - Fri, 12/13/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radio Lost and Found
World's Finest is coming in the promote a few upcoming shows and give away TICKETS. Rainbow Electric is premiering their new debut album, recently released. Eric Kallio is bringing in his blues trio for an unplugged live set. 12.12.19 10pm to midnight. Best described as Ne... Read more

Little Lulu - Working Girl

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Little Lulu, the comic originally created by Marjorie Henderson Buell for the Saturday Evening Post in the 1930's, has gone on to inspire generations of animators and cartoonists including the industry group Friends of Lulu.  Now, the Lulu strips penned by journeyman wri... Read more

Blake College by Dan Armstrong

Airs at: Fri, 12/13/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Dan Armstrong, author of the new novel Blake College from Mud City Press. Dan’s work includes the novels Chain of Souls, Prairie Fire, Puddle of Love, Taming the Dragon, Cornelia: The First Woman of Rome, and The Eyes of Archimedes, a trilogy abou... Read more

Buscando America on 12/10/19

Airs at: Tue, 12/10/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Conoce a Diana Marcela Cuartas en la sección Nomadxs. También hablamos sobre las movilizaciones sociales en Colombia através del paisaje sonoro del paro nacional del podcast CeroSetenta. Conoce Colombia chiquita en la Ciudad de México através de una conversación con Danny M... Read more

These Boys and Their Fathers by Don Waters

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Don Waters, Portland-based author of the new memoir These Boys and Their Fathers, from University of Iowa Press. In addition to the new book, Don’s work includes the novel Sunland, and two story collections -- The Saints of Rattlesnake Mountain a... Read more

Until the Lions: Echoes of the Mahabharata

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  In Until the Lions, Karthika Naïr retells the Mahabharata through the embodied voices of women and marginal characters, so often conquered and destroyed throughout history. She captures the richness and complexity of the Mahabharata, while illuminating lives buried benea... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Tom Cramer

Airs at: Tue, 12/10/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Tom Cramer about his show Journey to the Third Dimension, on now through Dec. 29 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene.  Cramer talks about his wood carving style, how music and drawing rela... Read more