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Sounds Unsound early January

Airs at: Sun, 01/14/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Sounds Unsound

First show of the year Read more

In memory of Cai Emmons

Airs at: Thu, 01/11/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Jonesy

Today’s show is dedicated to the memory of Cai Emmons, author, screenwriter, and teacher, and one of my favorite guests over the years. In early 2021, Cai was diagnosed with bulbar-onset ALS, a debilitating disease which first takes away the power of speech before affecting... Read more

Hannah Theiss

Airs at: Tue, 01/09/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, Jan 9, 2024, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Hannah Theiss (PRONOUNCED TICE) about her show Aphelion, which is on now through Jan 27 at Blackfish Gallery. Theiss talks about moving from her day job in graphic design through printing making to large scal... Read more

There's a Whole Year Ahead

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Fortunato returns with music and some radio theater. This week we conclude our Diesel Punk Dr Who Adventure, Storrm Warning. Featured on today's show will be some woodwind & guitar duets by Paul Desmond & Gabor Szabo, and Herbie Mann & Duane Allman. Piano Solos by Count Bas... Read more

Rolando Chía: Batelages. La Fauna Nociva (The Noxious Fauna).

Airs at: Mon, 01/01/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature

Recordings by Rolando Chía from 1989 playing a Sound Sculpture at the University Museum of Arts and Sciences, and La Fauna Nociva (The Noxious Fauna), recordings from 1985 to 2004. Read more

The Monday Sampler New Year's Show

Airs at: Mon, 01/01/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Went into the studio to start off the new year and as always had some tech problems but was able to put together a swingin show. With the likes of Coleman Hawkins, Anita O'Day, Duke Ellington, tiny Grimes, sidney Bechet, Grant Green, May Lou Williams, and even some Dean Mar... Read more

We return to the world of James Bond for Friday, 5 January, on Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

This week we are joined by Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time for a full episode to discuss the second James Bond film, From Russia With Love, on the occasion of the British Film Institiute's recent monograph on the film, published on October 6, 2022 Read more

Shaley Howard, author of Excuse Me, Sir! Memoir of A Butch

Airs at: Thu, 01/18/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Portlander Shaley Howard joins us on Between the Covers to talk about her new memoir Excuse Me, Sir! Memoir of A Butch. Shaley illustrates firsthand how growing up in a homophobic world led to a life lived in a closet of fear and shame. She endured the consequences of livin... Read more

Black Artists of Oregon - rerun

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

WARNING: RERUN EPISODE On Tuesday Jan. 02, 2024, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews curator Intisar Abioto about the show called Black Artists of Oregon, which is on now at the Portland Art Museum through March 17, 2024. Abioto https://www.intisarabioto.com/ talks a... Read more