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Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers

Airs at: Thu, 11/28/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “On its surface, Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers is an examination of toxic masculinity through the lens of a queer, indigenous Southwesterner, a book in which alcoholism, violence, and sex under cover of night are both ruefully and sensually described. But e... Read more

The Book of Lost Saints

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  The Book of Lost Saints is an evocative multigenerational Cuban-American family story of revolution, loss, and family bonds from New York Times-bestselling author Daniel José Older. Marisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, disappearing with hardly a trace. Now, sha... Read more

Mostly Music, and a Radio Drama starring Lloyd Nolan

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato is lining up an electic mix of songs to help you get through your Monday afternoon. Also, a classic episode of the radio theater series Suspence, "Nineteen Deacon Street". Lloyd Nolan stars as a salesman who begins to dream of the woman who used to live in the apa... Read more

INDIGIFI - Definition of Resilience

Airs at: Tue, 04/07/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae Roberts presents the Indigenous special series INDIGIFI-Definition of Resilience a documentaries about Indigenous hip hop artists produced and hosted by Alexis Sallee of INDIGEFI and distributed by Native Voice One. In this episode, Alaska,  AK Rebel and AKU-MATU re... Read more

Preview Portland Youth Philharmonic's 96th season opener with musical director David Hattner

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2019 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Portland’s changed a lot since 1924, but there’s been at least one constant, besides those rusty downtown drinking fountains  – our own homegrown orchestra, the Portland Youth Philharmonic. PYP will be opening their 96th season this Saturday, November 9th, at the Arlene Sch... Read more

Old Films (Val Lewton) and New (Doctor Sleep) on Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 11/08/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week the team discusses the new podcast concerning the career of RKO's horror meister Val Lewton (I Walked with a Zombie, The Cat People), and also the current Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep, a sequel to The Shining.  Read more

"Some Places More Than Others," Renee Watson, 11/7/19

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Everything and everyone has a story, a beginning.      All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father's family in New York City—Harlem, to be exact. She loves her home in Beaverton, but can't wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to stay... Read more

New Classic Cookbook authors preview their Portland Book Festival panel

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
On Last Monday’s News In Depth, we previewed the Portland Book Festival, which is coming up this year on Saturday, November 9th. And the week before that, we focused on the 10th anniversary of the Portland Fermentation Festival, another annual event that’s unique to our cit... Read more

Tracing the Desire Line: A Memoir in Essays by Melissa Matthewson

Airs at: Fri, 11/08/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Melissa Matthewson, author of the new book Tracing the Desire Line: A Memoir in Essays from Split Lip Press. Melissa is the author of a collaborative chapbook, (un)learning, with Andrea Beltran from Artifact Press. And her essays have appeared in G... Read more

No Good Very Bad Asian by Leland Cheuk

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Leland Cheuk, author of the new novel No Good Very Bad Asian, from C&R Press.  No Good Very Bad Asian is Leland’s third work of fiction, following his novel The Misadventures of Sulliver Pong, and a collection of short stories, Letters from Dinosa... Read more