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Can you believe this is 50th episode of Parsing Sound? 50 episodes strong—and we’re just getting started. Tonight, we dive into what’s coming next: innovations that will shape our world, creative practices evolving at the speed of sound, and a soundtrack to match. Read more

Father and son, Robert and Graham Parish, present three hours of music revolving around Summertime, Nehalem Bay, and Road-Tripping through the Southwest of America. The program begins with a set of instrumentals by Leo Kottke, moves into country music about the warm joy... Read more

Back in a time when records were cheap and easy to produce, and underground extreme hardcore and sludge were the furthest thing from commercially viable, Slap A Ham Records and Pessimiser Records started in California as places for wide-ranging, raw, filth-ridden rage. T... Read more

  Surf's up and summer's (almost) here!!!  So to celebrate, at 3pm Friday June 6 Mike Fisher is bringing you a summer-themed special on The Roots of Rock & Roll!     Sunny classics from artists like Johnny Rivers, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Lovin' Spoonful, Eric Burd... Read more

Starts out today with a couple from Jethro Tull. Other artists include Tim O'brien and Darrell Scott, Alison Krauss. Joni Mitchell, John McCutcheon, CSNY, and Tim Grimm to name a few. We are now in our "Camp KBOO" Summer Membership Drive and need your support!  Please c... Read more

Both the  British Film Institute and the Criterion Collection have issued major statements on Robert Altman's dream film, 3 Women, from 1977, and we cover both of them today, also with Jeff Godsil on the Billy Wilder scripted Hold Back the Dawn.     ––––––––––––––––––... Read more

Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday as we celebrate the upcoming birthday of the legendary and hugely influential guitarist Tony Rice, who would have turned 74 on June 8th.  We'll also enjoy great new music from Watchhouse, Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', Kieran Kane & Ra... Read more

This episode features Trump's tariff problems in courts and the economy; Trump's growing impatience with Putin and Netanyahu; Palestinians starve while Gaza talks continue Read more

Katherine Morgan is the energetic owner of  Portland's first all-romance bookstore.  Her enthusiasm for the genre is sincere and contagious.  Perhaps that's why this Black-woman-owned business, located on 10th Avenue, right across from Multnomah County's Main Library, ca... Read more

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