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Music and Crazy Fun on The Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with more episodes  of the long running radio serial The Adventures of Superman, starring Bud Collier. But also lots of music for a lovely Monday afternoon. Read more

Classic Radio Crime Dramas featuring Frank Lovejoy and Jack Webb

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/16/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Settle down on a warm evening with of a couple of  crime dramas from the golden age of radio.  First, Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone reporter for the Chicago Star, in the series Night Beat from 1950. While waundering through a riverside carnaval Randy gets caught up in ... Read more

Warm up with The Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
The Monday Sampler returns for another afternoon with lots of grownup music and another episode of Night Beat. In this first broadcast episode from Febuary of 1950, Frank Lovejoy, as newspaper reporter Randy Stone, is prowling the city looking for a story. He meets a young ... Read more

Playful Presence Episode 6: You Rehearse Improv?!?

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/09/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Playful Presence
Interview with Bobbi Block, an improviser, theatre director, applied improv practitioner, and actor.  Plus improvised scenes and poetry. Read more

May Showers Brings The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
More music for a spring day in Portland. Fortunato returns inspite of losing his voice, with music and another episode of Nightbeat,starring Frank Lovejoy. Today's story opens with reporter Randy Stone getting his wallet stolen at gunpoint. This leads him on a search throug... Read more

Playful Presence Episode 5: Earth Day

Airs at: Sat, 04/22/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Interview with local tree activist, Albert Kaufman.  Letters from trees to people.  Improv scenes. How to play the improv game, “I’m a Tree:”    https://improwiki.com/en/wiki/improv/i_am_a_tree What Portland’s Doing to Plant Climate-Resilient Trees — Trees For Life We Kee... Read more

Captain Nemo and the God Monster

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/18/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight, a Steampunk Adventure featuring the creations of Jules Verne and H.P. Lovecraft in Twent Thousand Years Under The Sea by Kevin J. Anderson. After surviving a deadly attack from a giant squid Captain Nemo and the crew of the armoured submarine boat The Nautilus find... Read more

Music, Mystery, Murder and The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
We return for another Monday afternoon with another episode of I Love A Mystery and lots of music. From November of 1941 we present chapter 9 of  the Carlton E. Morris thriller "The Monster In The Mansion". Our heroes, Jack Doc, and Reggie have been hired to stop a series o... Read more

Playful Presence Episode 4: Spirituality and Listening

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/11/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Playful Presence
Benjamin Lloyd is an applied improv facilitator, coach, and improviser in Pennsylvania. We discuss improv that comes from a deeper place, blending improvisation with spiritual practice, playing villains in improv scenes, and other topics. Plus some improv scenes by Tajbela ... Read more

April Showers Brings The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato starts off the week with another Sanpler, packed full with crazy fun. Another episode of I Love A Mystery, from 1941, Eight Kinds Of Murder. Also, lots of music. And in hour two, some live "bootleg" recordings of Lynard Skynard, Bruce Springsteen, and even the Bea... Read more