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Took House

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  "Lauren Camp’s newest collection Took House is a multitude. Hawks, owls, coyotes, ravens mix with Georgia O’Keefe, Donald Judd, and Annie Leibovitz. Minimal yet soaring. Cemented in time and form yet fluid. There are love poems, avant-garde experiments, prose chunks, fre... Read more

Paying the Land

Airs at: Thu, 08/20/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Ten years after Footnotes in Gaza, Joe Sacco returns with yet another masterpiece, Paying the Land.  "A tour de force . . . luminous . . . Joe Sacco's large-scale panels teem with detail, visual and verbal . . . What begins as an exploration of the effects of fracking on... Read more

The Return of Lady Danger

Airs at: Sat, 08/15/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
The rumors are true, but what does gossiping say about you? Lady Danger Hotline: 541-649-2479 Intro: Henry Rollins mix with Garebear Poem and 666 hz (sorry for the anxiety attack but my mixes are meant to be mind bending.) Song: Dangerous by ScHoolboy Q and Kid Cudi 1st ho... Read more

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/18/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
tonight we present a radio adaptation of George Stewart's great science fiction novel "Earth Abides". The story of the few survivors of a world wide plague that has wipedout practically all of mankind. What are the effects of the disappearnce of humans for both the natural ... Read more

Voces Eternas del Bolero

Airs at: Fri, 08/14/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 08/15/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Un recorrido musical sobre la historia del Bolero en México, grabaciones de 1907 a 1941. Con los principales intérpretes de éste romántico género. Read more

Baby It's Cold Inside: Rosemary's Baby, a detailed look, Thursday the 13th (gasp!), 2020

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
  About 28 years ago, the British Film Institute decided to create companion monographs to the then 360 films the institution had chosen for permanent restoration and exhibition on a rotating basis. The first volume was The Wizard of Oz, written by Salman Rushdie. Now, 306... Read more

The Lady Eve starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
This show is really it! We're back with another presentation on Shut In Theater. This week Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland star in a radio adaptation of the Preston Sturges 1941 comedy "The Lady Eve". A father daughter team of card sharks plan to take advantage of the soci... Read more

Stan Mack's Real-Life Funnies

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Stan Mack is one of the original comics journalists.  In the 1970's he left a steady job as Art Director of the New York Times Sunday Magazine to blaze a trail in the world of alternative comics.  His documentary-style strip Stan Mack's Real-Life Funnies chronicled the d... Read more

Dawson Carr of the Portland Art Museum on Volcano!

Airs at: Tue, 08/11/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Art Focus on Tuesday August 11, 2020, Joseph Gallivan interviews Dawson Carr of the Portland Art Museum about Volcano! the exhibit about the eruption of Mt. St Helens 40 years ago. Carr talks about the Romantic 19th century view of the volcano, then how the big blast of ... Read more

"Reunion," Emily Kendal Frey

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  The Occasion
The theme for August is "Reunion," and the featured guest is Emily Kendal Frey. She is the author of several chapbooks and chapbook collaborations, including THE GRIEF PERFORMANCE and SORROW ARROW (which won the Oregon Book Award). She is a practicing psychotherapist and li... Read more