Arts/Culture

An Interview with Judith Barrington

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2016 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Poetry and Everything

Born and raised in England, Judith Barrington has lived in Portland, Oregon since 1976. She is the author of four poetry collections, two poetry chapbooks, a prizewinning memoir, and a book about writing memoir. Her work is in many anthologies and literary journals, in pri... Read more

Preview of Wordstock, Portland's Book Festival

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2016 at 11:45am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Andrew Proctor, Executive Director of Literary Arts and Amanda Bullock, Wordstock Festival Director about Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival, which will be held at the Portland Art Museum and at venues in the surrounding South Park B... Read more

Gina Ochsner on her novel THE HIDDEN LETTERS OF VELTA B.

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2016 at 11:00am - 11:45am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Oregon author Gina Ochsner about her novel THE HIDDEN LETTERS OF VELTA B. a story within a story, set in Latvia. Inara is dying, and during her last few days on earth she shares her grandmother Velta’s letters with her son, Maris, nam... Read more

Marijuana Part One - Hippies and the "Counter Culture"

Airs at: Wed, 10/19/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

This installment of Free Culture Radio is part one of our look at marijuana. Weed. Pot. Grass. Reefer. Ganja. Cannabis, if you took Latin in high school or are merely pretentious. We ask the burning questions, like: Is there such a thing as "marijuana culture"? Is it the sa... Read more

Sounds from Scary Movies

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature

Tonight on A Different Nature, we celebrate Halloween with SOUNDS from SCARY MOVIES. Material is not from the soundtrack albums, but from the actual movies, music, sounds, dialog, even some screams. Join us tonight for two hours of blood curdling sounds, eerie music, haunti... Read more

Sounds Unsound late Oct 2016

Airs at: Sun, 10/23/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Sounds Unsound

Music and other sounds. New releases, and maybe some older stuff. Late night music.. Read more

Lighthouses and The Wasteland

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: The Sacred Circle "TEMENOS"

Down to Rapture, up to Columbia and out the Wasteland . . . )'( Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Independent filmmaker Gigi Williams, actress Ashley Williams, and counselor Dori Lyon talk about making the new short film "Angela's Sacred Heart." The film is based on Gigi's experiences with sexual assault, and the role of Gigi is played by her real-life daughter, Ashley.... Read more

The Ghosts of Birds by Eliot Weinberger

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

A new collection from “one of the world’s great essayists” (The New York Times). The Ghosts of Birds offers thirty-five essays by Eliot Weinberger: the first section of the book continues his linked serial-essay An Elemental Thing, which pulls the reader into “a vortex f... Read more

The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

"If you love stories but distrust them, if you love language and can also see how it is used as a tool or a weapon in the maintenance of status quo, then read The Winged Histories."— Marion Deeds, Fantasy Literature; "Told by four different women, it is a story of war; ... Read more