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Spring Is On Its way

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Cherry trees blossum against the grey skys of Portland as Fortunato presents music for a Monday afternoon. Read more

Armando Rosas y La Camerata Rupestre: Tocata, Fuga y Apañón, Real de Catorce: Tiempos Obscuros, Vox Populi: Angel Fugaz, Bailando con Los Mustang's

Airs at: Fri, 03/25/2022 at 10:00pm - Sat, 03/26/2022 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

Film at 11 tracks down lost souls this week, at 10:30 am, Friday, 1 April

Airs at: Fri, 04/01/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

This week Mona Bowen takes delight in Sandra Bullock in the new The Lost City, while Jeff Godsil reflects on the H. G. Wells adaptation Island of Lost Souls. And in the book corner, a new critique of the work of the Coen Brothers, The Whole Durn Human Comedy: Life Accordin... Read more

Chaotic Dischord - The Interview

Produced for: Life During Wartime

Tune in as Wolfman and Matt C return to the studio. Laura C spins jams from the remote studio. Wolfman also sits down with Chaotic Dischord for an interview. For the first time, Ransid and Ampex tell their side of the story. They also discuss the reformation, Steve A... Read more

Music for Silent Movies

Airs at: Thu, 03/24/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

"There's nothing silent about.. silent films," says Dean Lemire. Dean and a crew of Portland-area musicians and tinkerers are on a mission to preserve and showcase the classic pipe organs that originally provided soundtracks to silent films. Through Pipe Organ Pictures... Read more

Buscando America on 03/22/22

Airs at: Tue, 03/22/2022 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

En este programa escucharás Sangre Violeta, una charla sobre violencia intrafeminista con la escritora y perfomancera Diana Junyent. También escucharás a Guillermo Gomez-Peña artista del performance, escritor y activista contra todas las fronteras durante su visita al Po... Read more

Max Nemtsov, Russian translator of Gravity's Rainbow

Airs at: Thu, 03/24/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30pm

Produced for: Jonesy

Jonesy himself has been under the weather for about a week and a half. It's not COVID, fortunately, but it's still somewhat of a mystery illness. While Jonesy undergoes a few medical tests, we decided to take some unpaid sick time and re-air an interview we did for KBOO's B... Read more

More Music for a Wet and Grey Monday

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

One would think it was just another grey and rainy day in Portland. But the cloudy sky only makes the new bloosums on the cherry trees stand out all the better. Fortunato got his bus pass out and made his way down to the studio with another hand made radio show. Starting wi... Read more