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Boogie Pachanguero - Lenguas ecuatoriales

Airs at: Fri, 09/10/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Boogie Pachanguero
Saludos mi gente!! Tonight, on our dancing trip, we are in tribute to the roots of our dancing tropical rhythms. In particular, we are in the south american regions along the Equator, to raise the languages of all who are the roots of our musical identities. They may be sti... Read more

Y2K Bugs To Electronic Rust

Airs at: Thu, 09/16/2021 at 3:00am - 4:30am
Produced for:  The Last Hour
Listen to 90 minutes of some of Thomas James' favorite electronic music artists that recorded music between 1998-2002 and still create music today and have recorded between 2018 and 2021. Artist List: Amon Tobin, THYS, Noordpool Orchestra, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Sleepne... Read more

Venice VR '21

Airs at: Tue, 09/07/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Amy Dotson about Venice Virtual Reality Expanded ‘21, which is a sampling of VR entries to this year’s Venice Biennial Film Festival.   Dotson is the Curator of Film & New Media at the Portland Art Museum a... Read more

More Fall Mood Films at Film at 11, for 10 September, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 09/10/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Britta Gordon starts off commenting on Pablo Larrain's Neruda, from 2016 on Kanopy, and Jeff Godsil takes another look at Godard's Contempt, and Natalie Lasko in conversation about two series of Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder films on the Criterion Channel in September. Read more

Buscando America on 08/31/21

Airs at: Tue, 08/31/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este episodio escucharás una conversación con Trixia Trix Larix,  artista, pintora, albañila, madre, viajera, compartiendo sobre su trabajo en Haití ayudando a personas víctimas del terremoto en 2010. El sábado 28 de agosto, cientos de migrantes, la mayoría haitianos, pa... Read more

Third Eye Bookstore

Airs at: Thu, 09/02/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Charles Hannah and his wife Michelle Lewis are the co-owners of Third Eye Books, Portland's only Black-owned bookstore.  Charles shares what motivated the couple to open a bookstore at a time when independent stores are challenged by mega-sellers like Amazon.  He expresses ... Read more

Wider Window Poetry, Selected Poets

Airs at: Mon, 09/06/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Readings by Richard Blanco, Lawson Inada, Amanda Gorman and others Read more

Intisar Abioto

Airs at: Tue, 08/31/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Intisar Abioto about her family’s residency at Building 5 in Northwest Portland. Abioto talks about her photo portraits of Black people which hang in the large warehouse space, printed on transluce... Read more

Cosa Nostra, Los Monjes en el Politécnico, Adopta un Árbol

Airs at: Fri, 08/27/2021 at 10:00pm - Sat, 08/28/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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Mr. Jones's Neighborhood - My Friend Lyssa

Airs at: Fri, 08/27/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
On today's show, we return to our roots here on Mr. Jones's Neighborhood -- radio theater, more specifically radio comedy. Radio has a long tradition of comedy, from the Golden Age of Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Fibber McGee & Molly, Burns & Allen, and Lum n' Abner, to Stan Fre... Read more