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In Memoriam

Airs at: Mon, 03/02/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick remembers our old comrade Clayton Morgareidge, replaying two of his recent commentaries for the Mole: “Capitalism as Organized Narcissism” and “The Place of Art in a Green New Deal.” They both begin with a scathing critique of our current economic arrangements,... Read more

Weird Portland United

Airs at: Wed, 03/04/2020 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Good Vibes Only
Weird Portland United is a non-profit organization which envisions a Portland devoid of barriers where citizens feel free to take risks, find success through living to their full creative potential, and take pride in their unique way of doing things. WPU discovers, promote... Read more

Buscando America on 03/03/20

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión hablamos con Ivonne Ramírez autora de Ellas tienen Nombre,  un proyecto de monitoreo y mapeo que muestra los feminicidios en Ciudad Juárez de 1993 a la fecha. La performancera Rocío Boliver habla sobre su proyecto Entre la Vejez y la Menopausia. En la 2da ... Read more

Reinhardt's Garden

Airs at: Thu, 04/02/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “Jacov Reinhardt and his faithful assistant roam South America in a quixotic search for the essence of melancholy—an enterprise that makes Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo, their rough contemporary, come off as a levelheaded pragmatist. To follow Reinhardt, fueled by amounts... Read more

Weather

Airs at: Thu, 03/19/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “Novelists don’t need to dream the end of the world anymore—they need to wake up to it. Jenny Offill is one of today’s few essential voices, because she writes about essential things, in sentences so clipped and glittering it’s as if they are all cut from one diamond.”–J... Read more

My Red Heaven

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  "A superb evocation of a specific time and place—Berlin, 10 June 1927—that captures the intellectual ferment, the descent into decadence, and rise of Nazism during the Weimar Republic. With historically precise detailing and grimly gorgeous imagery, Lance Olsen portrays ... Read more

The Blacker the Berry the Sweeter the Juice

Airs at: Sat, 02/29/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
"This Irish tradition, which dates back to the 5th century, says it's appropriate for women to propose to their romantic partners on leap day, rather than waiting for their suitors to pop the question. The custom was started to help women who felt that their significant oth... Read more

Squirrels Know on 02/28/20

Airs at: Fri, 02/28/2020 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Squirrels Know
Let's talk about the issues of our time from my very well informed GenZ perspective. Pay attention, join us and you'll do great. Also! Listen in for some cool songs !!    :)   Read more

Presentación de El Queso Sagrado con Alex Eisenring

Airs at: Fri, 02/28/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/29/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
El Queso Sagrado (The Sacred Cheese), mythic band from the early 1970's, considered by many the first experimental progressive band from Mexico.  We had as guest founder Alex Eisenring, who presented these newly rescued recordings from 1974 to 1981, produced on his, and Car... Read more

Stew for Thought - Shirod Younker

Produced for:  Stew for Thought
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