Arts and Culture

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Musical Grooves For A Winter's Day

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortunato presents a selection of music to round out your afternoon. Featuring Marvin Gaye, Esperanza Spalding, Issic Hayes, Grover Washigton Jr, Jimmy Cliff, Lee Morgan, Carmen McRae, Mel Brown, and more. Read more

María Sabina: Mazatec Mushroom Velada, 1955

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for A Different Nature
Recorded by R. Gordon Wasson June 29-30, 1955 in Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico, and published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. in 1974 as four records with clothed book, and four cassette tapes with book. Another record edition of one record was produced by Folkways... Read more

Cai Emmons' posthumous novel The Bells with her husband Paul Calandrino

Airs at: Thu, 01/22/2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Jonesy
I had the great pleasure of interviewing Eugene-based writer Cai Emmons five times for KBOO, before she ended her life, through Oregon’s Death With Dignity program, in January 2023. Cai was diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS in early 2021, at the age of 70. It’s a debilitat... Read more

Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 01/23/2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Once Upon a Time
Judith Barrington’s most recent book is Virginia’s Apple: Collected Memoirs (OSU Press, 2024). Heer previous memoir: Lifesaving: A Memoir was the winner of the Lambda Book Award and a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Memoirs included in ... Read more

Derf - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  In this 75% longer conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf, we dive deeper into Derf's origins as a student journalist; his immersion in Ohio's underground music scene, which inspired the book Punk Rock and Trailer Parks; and his popular alternative comic The... Read more

Buscando America on 01/13/26

Airs at: Tue, 01/13/2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
Escucha lo que pasó en la Vigilia We Protect Us en Terry Shrunk Plaza.  Read more

Portland Japanese Garden

Airs at: Tue, 01/13/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews curator Carolyn Supinka about the show Designing Nature, which is on now at Portland Japanese Garden through February 23, 2026. The show explains the six distinct styles of Japanese gardens that deve... Read more

The Weather Outside is Frightful

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortuno linesup 2 hours of music to for grownups. Dancing Allowed Read more

It's Winter In America

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Tune in after the MLK Special for an all music program hosted by Fortunato. Featured artists include Marvin Gaye, George Benson, Carmen McCrae, Monty Alexander, Esperanza Spalding, Issac Hayes, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Cliff, Mel Brown, and more. Read more

The Monday Sampler Returns for a Winter Afternnoon

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Settle in as host Fortunato presents 2 hours of music for grownups. Featuring, among others, a great line up of guitarists including  Grant Green, John Scofield, Santana, Martin Sewell, Hank Marvin, David Grissome and Kurt Rosenwinkle. Among the featured vocalists will b... Read more