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Election 2016 Special

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
The strangest election in memory is almost over. Everyone is sick of it. So why in the hell is the UBU HOUR airing an election special? That's right! It's the UBU HOUR 2016 ELECTION PRESENTATION, on the eve of the big election. Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour, Or Two

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2016 at 10:00pm - Tue, 11/01/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for The Holy Crowley Hour
It's the fifth Monday of the month. And Halloween. And another episode of The Holy Crowley Hour, or Two! How often does that happen? Only once every thousand years or so. We counted. So how do you celebrate such a momentous event, one that may never happen again in our lif... Read more

White Bird presents Reggie Wilson

Airs at: Tue, 11/01/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
  Dmae talks with Walter Jaffe and Paul King founders of White Bird Dance. The two dance producers will talk about White Bird's whole season and the upcoming performances by Reggie Wilson / Fist and Heel Performance Group coming to Portland November 17-19.  We'll talk with... Read more

Episode 5 - Anti Heros

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2015 at 5:00pm - Mon, 02/08/2016 at 5:15pm
Produced for The Staple
  Skateboarder and artist Chris Johanson in conversation with Skateboarder and poet Jeff Alessandrelli.  Music generously provided by Sunfoot.  Read more

Episode 6 - Agate Picking

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2015 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for The Staple
  On a walk through Forest Park, author Alexis Smith (Glaciers, Marrow Island) talks of loathing summer, the joy of running, and her family's history of agate picking. Music generously provided by Laura Gibson.  Read more

Episode 7 - Stepping Out

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2015 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for The Staple
Photographer Mercy McNab goes beyond her comfort zone to find herself.   Music provided generously by Toe.  Photo "Pink Roses" by Mercy McNab.  Read more

Episode 8 - Redemption

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2015 at 5:00pm
Produced for The Staple
Roy Smallwood was mourning the sudden loss of his parents, looking for comfort in heroin and falling deeper in despair. Then he stumbled upon something that saved his life. And everyone else calls it trivial.  Read more

Hot Topics!

Airs at: Sat, 10/29/2016 at 10:15am - Sat, 11/05/2016 at 10:15am
Produced for This Is How We See It
Early voting has started in North Carolina, Get Out and Vote!  Experts are now saying that Orange Juice may not be as good for you as we thought??  At one point in his life Jaden Smith thought he was a vampire?  "Birth Of A Nation" struggles at the box office.  Join us as w... Read more

Episode 9 - Excursions

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2016 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for The Staple
Piano music of Samual Barber carries us into the confined world of short story writer Jacob Aiello who is cooking the same lunch for himself again and again until magically we are transported to Paris and toward the source of his particular disorder.  Music provided genero... Read more

Episode 11 - Paper Wheel

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2016 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for The Staple
A short piece that turns the entire IPRC into a piece of moving origami, through audio! Produced in December of 2015, back when it felt like the IPRC might remain forever tucked away in it's location on SE Division, even as the city spun like a whirlwind. This episode was... Read more