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Interview with Steve Williams

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Poetry and Everything
Steve Williams is a Portland poet and artist who publishes his poems with on-line journals, he says, because he prefers to support them.  He works with the disabled to help them find employment --- and often says he "lives with a lovely woman who writes and edits better tha... Read more

In The News

Airs at: Sun, 02/19/2017 at 5:30pm - Sun, 02/26/2017 at 5:30pm
Produced for This Is How We See It
The Patriot's win another Superbowl.  When should couples stop "splitting the check" when dining out?  Paula Patton files restraining order against ex-husband Robin Thicke.  Join us as we discuss these topics and more. Read more

Brontë

Airs at: Tue, 02/21/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
Dmae welcomes Bag&Baggage Productions and the NW premiere of of Brontë by Polly Teale, a play about the famous literary sisters. We'll talk with artistic director Scott Palmer and two actors Morgan Cox (who plays Emily Brontë ), Jessi Walters (who plays Anne Brontë). The pl... Read more

I'm Not Racist.....Am I?

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  I’m Not Racist… Am I? is a feature documentary about how this next generation is going to confront racism. We asked 12 teenagers from New York City to come together for one school year to talk about race and privilege in a series of workshops and in conversations with fr... Read more

Stories to Change the World Deadline FEB 28th

Airs at: Wed, 01/25/2017 at 6:30pm - 6:45pm
Callie from the KBOO Youth Collective interviews Annika and Alexis from Stories to Change the World Stories to Change the World is a short story contest for youth and adults which builds the body of literature depicting positive and possible futures, and empowers youth as ... Read more

Marijuana and Magic

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio, we look at spirituality, magic, and marijuana, with our guest, the researcher and historian Chris Bennett. Read more

Animated Worlds

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Animated Worlds is the Portland International Film Festival's showcase for animated features and shorts, sponsored by local animation studio Laika Entertainment.  Joining us to talk about their latest films are Portlander-turned-New-Yorker Bill Plympton (Revengeance) and... Read more

Angela Davis.....Beginnings: Movements of Possibility

Airs at: Tue, 02/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  In times of crisis one can simultaneously see danger and opportunity. Today there is nostalgia for an imagined past and a desire to recreate it. It’s a seductive tale. Things were better then. The country was unchallenged in the world. Jobs were plentiful. Minorities, wo... Read more

Resurrecting the WPA, Universal Basic Income and Fighting Gentrification

Airs at: Thu, 02/16/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  Arlene Goldbard heads up U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, a collective of artists and activists working to advance an agenda on the state and local level that includes Cultural Impact Studies (similar to Environmental Impact Studies) to help mitigate gentrification i... Read more

Apologies from ARG

Airs at: Sun, 02/12/2017 at 12:00pm
Produced for A Radio Geekly
  Our latest A Radio Geekly show didn't go the way we had planned and we want to apologize to our listeners for how we handled things. Long story short, we let a racist discussion go out on air without confronting it (or realizing it initially). Also, this all happened dur... Read more