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"Pride," Nastashia Minto

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for The Occasion
The theme for June is "Pride," and the featured guest is Nastashia Minto. Nastashia is the author of Naked: The Rhythm and Groove of It. The Depth and Length to It. An African American woman born in South Georgia and raised there by her grandparents, she grew up in poverty ... Read more

Quarantining with Sound Artists and Dungeons and Dragons

Produced for Threshold Shift
  This Friday Night/Saturday Morning, May 30th from 12-3am Threshold Shift has another long-form radio adventure featuring new in-quarantine recordings and compositions from old favorites, Slavek Kwi from Ireland, Benoit Bories from France, and Dr. Jacob Job from Colorado.... Read more

The Quarantine Episode

Airs at: Sat, 05/30/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Threshold Shift
We'll be broadcasting slices of life created in quarantine and lockdowns from around the US, Ireland and France. Broadcaster's Note: The original mission statement for this show was to broadcast audio that is focused on the environment and nature in hopes of highlighting a... Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 5/28/20

Airs at: Thu, 05/28/2020 at 10:00pm - Fri, 05/29/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for Radio Lost and Found
My second show streaming live to KBOO studios from my home. Everything went well but I had one weird local network hiccup that killed the stream for about two minutes (I edited it out of the archive) but managed to get back on once I realized it.  Lots of stuff that’s been... Read more

Buscando America on 05/26/20

Airs at: Tue, 05/26/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
  En este programa festejamos  el cumpleaños de Rosario Castellanos, con  El despojo y a Elena Poniatowska, con El recado. Escucha el comentario de Javier Sierra  sobre la pandemia y la construcción del muro del odio. En la sesión  numero 12 de Voces Ke luxan, Karen Torren... Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop: Episode 4 with Leif J Lee

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Art Talk Bus Stop
Art Talk Bus Stop is a serial 30-minute podcast produced by a group of students and educators based out of Reynolds High School in Troutdale, OR, just outside of Portland. The students are enrolled in the Reynolds Gallery of Contemporary Art (RoCA), where they learn profess... Read more

"Mother," Traci Brimhall

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for The Occasion
The theme for May is "Mother," and this month's show features Traci Brimhall. Traci is the author of four collections of poetry: Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod (Copper Canyon Press), Saudade (Copper Canyon Press), Our Lady of the Ruins (W.W. Norton), and Rookery (S... Read more

Naftalina

Airs at: Fri, 05/22/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 05/23/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for La Ruleta

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood 5/22/20

Airs at: Fri, 05/22/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
On today's show, we welcome Ty Curtis, Oregon born-and-bred singer/songwriter/guitarist, to the neighborhood, coming to us all the way from his home in Austin, Texas. This is Ty's fourth guest appearance on the show, usually to preview the annual Portland Waterfront Blues F... Read more

Sean Scorvo Interview

Produced for Between Us
Sean Scorvo is a democrat running for the Oregon House District 23rd seat.  He talked with Don Merrill about how he finds the treatment of hispanic Americans reprehensible considering all they do for the American economy, why Gerrymandering is a sin democrats share with rep... Read more