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The Real Question About Vaping

Airs at: Wed, 09/18/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we look at vaping and ask the most important question of all: what's really in that stuff you're putting in your lungs? Read more

06 TRIPP-P 6Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 4:30pm - Thu, 09/30/2021 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
Join the hosts, as we chat about a POT-pourri of Cannabis related topics and headlines. Including: a protest agaisnt a Portland pot shop, strain names, social impact in the history of the plant, a recent Washington State ganja heist, black-market vape cartidges causing dea... Read more

11/9 and The Terrorist Who Loved Bonsai Trees

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  John Shuck speaks with Philip Kraske about his fifth novel, 11/9 and the Terrorist Who Loved Bonsai Trees.  "Trudy Schelling arrives at her company in Jersey City, New Jersey, to start her first day of work at Hallerbee Net Research. The date is November 9. Barely throu... Read more

The Digital Divide for September 2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
John Shirley, He writes fiction that is uniquely his own -- but it has been labeled as science fiction, cyberpunk, noir, horror, post modern literature, erotica, magic realism, dark fiction, suspense, fantasy, and more.  He's a television and film writer; lyricist for bands... Read more

Field Recordings, Sound Design, and Sacred Geometry

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
Coming up this Saturday from midnight to 3 AM, Threshold Shift will be experimenting with perception, sound and 432 Hz. Check out the link to get a sneak peek at part of the show transcript... Read more

Sound, Design and Sacred Geometry

Airs at: Sat, 08/31/2019 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
[Show Transcript] Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift where we give the mic to nature and amplify Earth. I had the opportunity in April to work at the HearSay Audio Arts Festival in Kilfinane, Ireland and, while we’re still working on gathering sounds from those four... Read more

PMS: Hormone Roller Coaster or Cultural Phenomenon?

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2019 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Before we tackle "monster periods", is seems appropriate to discuss the thing that comes before your period: premenstrual syndrome, or PMS. In this episode, Miriam the Midwife discusses the medical approach to PMS, and also explains why we might need to reexamine PMS using ... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour on 7/22/19

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/23/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
Welcome to the hot summer nights edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, the radio show that comes with its own air conditioning. Our guests tonight are Emma Brown and Sean Abplanalp of the Portland-based podcast Husk. Dmitri Ivanovic is missing, and only Emma and Sean know where... Read more

Chernobyl: Nuclear Drama on HBO

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Laurie Mercier and Frann Michel discuss the HBO miniseries Chernobyl and some responses to it.  While there has been widespread praise for the aesthetics and emotional impact of the drama, and many appreciate its allegorical message about  climate catastrophe, ... Read more

Race After Technology

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste interview Ruha Benjamin, author of Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code​ (2019) Polity.   "From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can rein... Read more