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MM Desch previews her debut mystery thriller "Tangled Darkness"

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Mary Desch, author, under the pen name MM Desch, of the new novel Tangled Darkness. The book is a psychological thriller featuring a woman psychiatrist, which just so happens to be Mary’s long-time profession. The character, Leslie Schoen, fin... Read more

Tight Shoes by Damon Runyon

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Toxic Avenger with Matt Bors and Fred Harper

Airs at: Thu, 07/10/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Award winning writer Matt Bors and artist Fred Harper team up to breathe new life into the 1980's film franchise The Toxic Avenger.  Based on the satirical movies, animated series, and stage play, The Toxic Avenger blasts into the 21st century, armed only with his tut... Read more

Harry Lime Returns

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns for the next three week with a selection of music and stories. Featuring Charles Lloyd, Lou Donaldson, Jazzmia Horn, Brian Eno, King Curtis and others. Also, another episode of The Many Lives of Harry Lime starring Orson Welles. Today, Harry is surprise... Read more

The Sacred Circle "TEMENOS" on 07/04/25

Airs at: Fri, 07/04/2025 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Carolyn Dasher launches her debut novel "American Sky"

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today is Carolyn Dasher, author of the new novel American Sky. The book tells the story of three generations of American women over the course of three wars – World Wars I and II, and Vietnam. The novel has its roots in Carolyn’s own childhood, growing... Read more

Brendan Slocumb, THE DARK MAESTRO

Airs at: Thu, 07/03/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Braendan Slocumb introduces Curtis Wilson, a cello prodigy,  in his third mystery, The Dark Maestro.  Curtis is growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. But through determination and talent, and the loving support of his father’s ... Read more

Rupert Kinnard's Cathartic Comics

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Rupert Kinnard has been drawing comics for fifty years, while nurturing his side gigs as a designer, art director, and community activist.  His characters The Brown Bomber and Diva Touché Flambé were the first queer African-American superheroes — long before DC and Ma... Read more

Oregon Book Awards finalist Miriam Gershow, author of Survival Tips (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
Our scheduled guest this week was Miriam Gershow, author of the new novel Closer from Regal House Publishing. But Miriam had to cancel due to illness. Hopefully, we’ll have her back for our next show in July. In the meantime, we’ll be playing an episode from March 2024, ... Read more

Miriam Gershow returns with new novel Closer

Airs at: Thu, 07/10/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's show, we welcome Miriam Gershow, author of the new novel Closer from Regal House Publishing. Miriam’s books include the novel The Local News and the story collection Survival Tips, which was a finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book award in fiction, an Independent ... Read more