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Film at 11 offers a repeat of one of its most popular episodes for Friday, 21 January 2022

Airs at: Fri, 01/21/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Today we repeat one of the most popular recent episodes of Film at 11: KBOO's Matthew, and professor Lisa Neville of Cortland University in New York State join our host DKH in a 30-minute dissection of Alfred Hitchcock's paean to small town America in Shadow of a Doubt, cle... Read more

A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays by Marc Bookman

Airs at: Thu, 01/20/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy." -- Martin Luther King On today's episode, we welcome Marc Bookman, author of the new book A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays from T... Read more

Tribute to Stan Lee and The Fantastic Four

Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight we will present a pair of radio dramas adapted from the pages of The Greatest Comic Magazine in the World which first issues appeared on newsstands 60 years ago this year. It is also the 100th birthday of Stan Lee who along with illustrator Jack Kirby created this a... Read more

More Mid-Winter Fun

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Another Monday afternoon and time for The Sampler.  Fortunato hosts. So tune in for music and surprises. Also, another radio adventure with the Fantastic Four. This week they become "Prisoners of The Puppetmaster". Stan Lee narrates this radio drama adapted from issue #8 of... Read more

Stan Lee 100th Birthday Special

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/18/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
In honor of the 100th Birthday of Stan Lee, the creator of Marvel Comics, and the 60th Anniversary of the appearance of The Fantastic Four, we present a dramatic radio adaptation of Issues #16 & #17 of the The World's Greatest Comic Magazine. Produced in 1968, and narrated ... Read more

Only in Oregon - the Political Cartoons of Jesse Springer

Airs at: Thu, 01/13/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Only in Oregon: 26 Years of Oregon Political Cartoons is the new collection from cartoonist and graphic designer Jesse Springer, who’s been chronicling the unique foibles of statewide politics for over a quarter of a century from his drawing board in Eugene. Jesse joins... Read more

A year in Pachanguero - Año nuevo, Boogie nuevo

Airs at: Fri, 01/14/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Boogie Pachanguero
  Welcome back folks! A little recap of all the goodness in music we have experienced in the past year. From the experimental Chinese vibes to the smooth Pacifico marimba rhythms, it was trip across the width and length of the globe. We have some new gems to uncover and b... Read more

John Neff: Garage-rocker, Motown session musician, Maui DJ, recording studio guru to Steely Dan and David Lynch

Airs at: Thu, 01/13/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome John Neff, Portland resident recently retired from a very long, productive, and fascinating career in music and recording. John started playing guitar at the age of 10 while growing up in Pontiac, Michigan. He formed The Ascots at 14, writing ... Read more

More Adventures of the Fantastic Four

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
The Sampler returns for another chilly Monday afternoon as we continue with our recognition of not only the 6oth aniversary of the first appearance of The Fantastic Four and the begining of Marvel Comics, but also Stan Lee's 100th birthday ! Today we present a radio adaptat... Read more

Keeping up with media, this week's Film at 11 for 14 January 2022

Airs at: Fri, 01/14/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Mike Russell joins us to discuss two new books in the British Film Institute's Film Classics series, one on Star Wars, the other on The Empire Strikes Back, geared to the latest Star Wars series The Book of Boba Fett. In addition, Jeff Godsil looks at the career of Sylvia S... Read more