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Books for Back to School

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Multnomah County Youth Librarian Kirby McCurtis and Library Assistant SyNova Blackwell will share recommendations for young readers.  They will also tell audiences about free library programs for the entire family.  Fall is family reading time at the library. Read more

Beloved Community

  John Shuck hosts Beloved Community and Progressive Spirit On “The Beloved Community” we address the philosophical and spiritual foundations for non-violence, activism, political engagement and peace building. We hear voices of those who are building the Beloved Communit... Read more

Ubu Hour September 2016

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/06/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
Here's what's airing on the Ubu Hour tonight... Hosted tonight by famed Swedish Actor Max Von Sydow..  ROBOT LOVE:  As life becomes more automated, just how sexy and manipulative can robots become? (Written and produced by Martin Dodge) GREMLIN TIME: No, not the radio show... Read more

Break the Silence: Break the Stigma

Airs at: Wed, 08/31/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Radiozine
  Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with Patty Lyons, Associate Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness/Multnomah or NAMI/Multnomah, Jackie Paris, Artistic Director at Playback Theater, and Avi Klepper also of Playback Theater about "Break the Silence: Br... Read more

Preference: queer arts and history

Airs at: Tue, 08/30/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Preference
.   From September 10 through September 18, Theater Diaspora will be presenting staged readings of A Language of Their Own, at Portland Center Stage at the Armory. We'll be joined in the studio by the cast and director of the play, written by Chay Yew (pictured here, to ... Read more

The Lost Years

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2014 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
THE LOST YEARS: The tragedy on Sept 11th, 2001 is at the center of this radio psycho-drama, that goes into the past and the future. A woman who sees things, a father who died when the towers fell, a psychiatrist who uses sublminal tapes to cure his patients, a man who acts ... Read more

Noche de Película and the Portland Film Festival

Airs at: Thu, 08/25/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Film Show
  Latinx Pride PDX is screening a series of documentaries this month at the Hollywood Theatre, spotlighting the Latino/a LGBTQI community.  Jenn Chavez talks with filmmaker and curator Marco Castro-Bojorquez and asks what viewers can expect from this event. And S.W. Conse... Read more

All Strangers Are Kin by Zora O'Neill

Airs at: Thu, 08/25/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Zora O'Neill, author of the new book All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World. In the book, Zora visits four Middle Eastern countries over the course of a year. She spends several weeks in each place, studying the Arabic langu... Read more

The Underground: FANTASY

Airs at: Wed, 08/24/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for The Underground

Author Interview: Alan Wieder on Studs Terkel

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers interviews Alan Wieder about his new book Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, But Mostly Conversation. Wieder will be reading from his new book at Broadway Books in Portland on August 30th at 7 p.m.  Read more