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Is Mickey Mouse a Minstrel?

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil & Celeste are joined by Kirby McCurtis to discuss the images our children consume in pop culture and where those images come from.  What are the modern alternatives to these established and harmful depictions?  The diversity gap in children's publishing is overwhel... Read more

Remembering Jim Pepper

Airs at: Tue, 11/21/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae presents a music special with interviews on Jim Pepper, former Portland jazz musician who is celebrated each year during the Native Arts Festival in Portland. This remembrance is produced by Warms Springs Radio's KWSO on Native Voice One. Jim Pepper was a Muskogee Cre... Read more

Laika Animation at PAM - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this expanded version of our visit to the Portland Art Museum, we take a more leisurely look at the exhibition Animating Life: The Art, Science, and Wonder of Laika. Join host S.W. Conser, and find out about the creative process behind the screen from Laika creatives... Read more

Ep.11 Wild Mushroom Bisque

Airs at: Sat, 11/18/2017 at 3:45am - 4:45am
Produced for:  Peace, Love and Soup
Nov. 2017 -- It’s that time of year when the weather gets brisk, the leaves change color and Portlanders have one thing on their mind…   Wild Mushrooms!   On this month’s episode:   Cook / Renaissance man Saint James https://kboo.fm/media/61098-saint-james-show invites... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 11/19/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz interviews musician, impressario and author Eric Stern about his recently published detective novel, Rose City. Read more

Indian Women Biker Rebels

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Ruban Lawrence interviews Leena Biswas in India.  She is part of a growing movement of women in India who are taking to two wheels in order to take their fair share of space. from the Times of India: "Leena Biswas, a doctor and also a resident of Delhi came for the bike... Read more

The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Intersections Radio
  Sarika Mehta talks to author Alia Malek about her memoir The Home That Was Our Country...about Syria's history and contemporary politics through stories of her own family from the NYT: "Alia Malek’s memoir, “The Home That Was Our Country,” is one of the finest examples... Read more

Intersect Fest and Fred Cole RIP

Airs at: Wed, 11/15/2017 at 10:00pm - Thu, 11/16/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Life During Wartime
Anna Vo comes in to talk about Intersect Fest a Festival from Artists of Color taking place Dec 8-10 all over Portland. Then, from 10:30 to Midnight we continue to mourn our loss of Fred Cole, and are grateful for all the amazing music and stories he left, and a great exam... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 13, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear-- 1. Christian Appy explains what's missing from the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary. 2. Preview of an upcoming panel about the fight for reproductive justice in Oregon. 3. Marge Piercy's poem "I Am Wrestling w... Read more

Book Review: "Manhattan Beach"

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews a new work by Jennifer Egan, who is usually edgy and anything but a traditional novelist. But her new book is a very straight-forward and well researched historical novel, Manhattan Beach. Starting in the ‘30s and taking the reader to the ‘60s of the ... Read more