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Ep 111. It Takes A Village To Rise From The Ashes...Literally

Airs at: Tue, 09/15/2020 at 12:00am - Wed, 09/30/2020 at 12:00am

Produced for: Village Vibes Podcast

Episode V

Airs at: Sat, 09/26/2020 at 5:00am - 6:00am

Produced for: War Pig's Arcade

This week in the Arcade, War Pig and Poxy discuss the 1933 Universal classic, The Invisible Man. Ragan will host a series of disastrous call ins, and Matt C spins all sorts of great records. Read more

Andy Warner in Beirut - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 09/10/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

In this extended conversation with Andy Warner, we take an extra 20 minutes to nerd out about independent publishing, cultural diplomacy, raves in Iran, sex and drugs in Beirut, and the reverberations of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Andy is an artist and writer of non-fic... Read more

LaRhonda Steele

Airs at: Tue, 09/15/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae talks with Portland's First Lady of Blues, LaRhonda Steele. We hear her talk about the struggles as a Black woman in Portland's Blues scene. It's tough times for Portland's musicians who depend on live performance for a living, and even tougher for Black artists dur... Read more

Music and Movies on the Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Still holding in place on a smokey afternoon? Tune in for a great selection of music. Also DK Holm, from KBOO's Film @ 11, stops by to review a new book about the cult comedy classic The Big Lebowski. And, Fortunato will look at one of the last great horror films from Brit... Read more

The Fish and the Dove

Airs at: Thu, 09/24/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

"In The Fish & The Dove, Mary-Kim Arnold’s lyrical scope sweeps across intersecting terrains, moving through time to capture the history of occupation and legacy war in Korea, through the delicate tethers between biological mother, adoptive mother, motherland and daughter, ... Read more

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was A Girl

Airs at: Thu, 09/17/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

A New York Times Editors’ Choice and Best Book of the Year at TIME, Esquire, Amazon, Kirkus, and Electric Literature Jeannie Vanasco has had the same nightmare since she was a teenager. It is always about him: one of her closest high school friends, a boy named Mark. A boy... Read more

Aristeo: Tambores Salvajes; Frontera de Extremos.

Airs at: Fri, 09/11/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 09/12/2020 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

"Labor," Megan Alpert

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: The Occasion

The theme for September is "Labor," and the featured guest is Megan Alpert. Megan Alpert grew up in the suburbs of New York City and has since lived in St. Paul, Seattle, Boston, Washington, DC, and Quito, Ecuador. She is the recipient of an Orlando Poetry Prize from A Room... Read more

That's Like, Just Your Opinion, Man: The Week in Lebowski Studies on Film at 11, Monday 7 September 2020

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2020 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Film at 11

I wish I could meet one person who dislikes The Big Lebowski. I want to probe their mind, their background. What have they got against this film, this story? Well, one typical charge against the Coen Brothers and their work – that they hate their characters – is refut... Read more