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Buscando America on 12/24/19

Airs at: Tue, 12/24/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Programa navideño transmitiendo desde la ciudad de México donde hablamos con Maggie Loredo de la organización ODA Otros Dreams en Acción sobre los balances del 2019 para la comunidad de los que crecieron en los Estados Unidos y ahora se encuentran en México debido a la depo... Read more

Red-Nosed Reindeer

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Denise Morris review the Rankin-Bass stop-motion animated Christmas story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Originally aired on NBC in 1964, the GE-sponsored classic tells the story of two misfits and their eventual acceptance by Santa and his elves. But a dee... Read more

Ava of the Gaia

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with attorney and author Grace Nosek about her Ava of the Gaia trilogy--a hopeful climate fantasy series featuring a young female heroine. Nosek is a founding member of the University of British Columbia Climate Hub and carries out research on how to confro... Read more

Reading by Judith Arcana

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetry and Everything
If you’ve been listening to “Poetry and Everything” regularly, or even now&then, you know that the past several months have included shows with various formats (that is, not what had been the standard in the first three years of the show). This one, too, is different, in bo... Read more

Raina Telgemeier

Airs at: Thu, 12/26/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Raina Telgemeier has become a rock star among school-age readers, with her graphic memoirs Smile and Guts and her interactive how-to book Share Your Smile.  Scholastic Books launched the Graphix imprint based on Raina's comics adaptations of Ann M. Martin's Baby-Sitters ... Read more

BTTE Episode 277: Year-End Special

Airs at: Sun, 12/22/2019 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Back To The Egg
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The Father Christmas Letters presented by Katherine Dunn

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Once again The Sampler presents our annual holiday special The Father Christmas Letters, written by J.R.R. Tolkien and read to us by Katherine Dunn. Also some seasonal and non seasonal music.  Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 12/22/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz interviews Portland Jewish singer/songwriter/educator Beth Hamon about her latest album, The Watchman's Chair, which dropped Dec. 10. Also on today's show: music for Chanukah! Read more

Gamelan Wahyu/Agents of Ecco/Breath Live on KBOO FM

Airs at: Fri, 12/27/2019 at 10:00pm - Sat, 12/28/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Gamelan Wahyu Dari Langit is the only Balinese Gamelan that calls it's home Portland, Oregon. The fast-paced, percussive style of Belaganjur (aka marching Gamelan) is rhythmically layered, metallically hypnotic, raucously defining a sonic ritual space. A lighter, smaller, m... Read more

Lavish T

Airs at: Thu, 12/19/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Express Yo'self
On this episode, Ji interviews the Portland based artist Lavish T about his rapping career. Lavish T can be supported on instagram @_tvhjpvmps. In addition to interviewing him, Ji gives a shoutout to all of the talented artists that were on her show this year. The Express Y... Read more