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The Firesign Theatre "Live at the Magic Mushroom", Part 1

Airs at: Thu, 02/24/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30pm

Produced for: Jonesy

On today's episode, we welcome David Ossman and Philip Proctor of the legendary comedy group the Firesign Theatre, and Firesign archivist Taylor Jessen to talk about their latest release “The Firesign Theatre Live at the Magic Mushroom". And we are truly in three places at ... Read more

Aurora Josephson adds to the interview with her late father Gregory Grenon

Airs at: Tue, 02/22/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

We rebroadcast and update Aurora Josephson's interview with her father the artist Gregory Grenon from October 2021, in light of his recent passing. There will be a memorial exhibition of his life’s work this April at the Schnitzer Museum on Yeon. Jordan Schnitzer Family Fo... Read more

South of the Slot by Jack London

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2022 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/22/2022 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

Tonight, Fortunato reads a short story set in San Francisco in the days before the great 1906 earthquake, "South of the Slot" by america's greatest writer Jack London. UC Berkeley sociology professor Freddie Drummon has published a number of well receaved books about condit... Read more

Wider Window Poetry with Stephanie Adams-Santos

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Wider Window Poetry

Music for a cold day.

Airs at: Mon, 02/21/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

The Sampler returns with more music. Read more

Elizabeth McCracken, from Boston to Austin

Airs at: Thu, 02/17/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Fiction writer and memoirist Elizabeth McCracken joins us to discuss her latest short story collection, The Souvenir Museum (which is long-listed for the National Book Award in fiction), as well as her novels and thoughts about good writing. Whether writing nonfiction abou... Read more

Buscando America on 02/15/22

Airs at: Tue, 02/15/2022 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

Art by Bemma Akyeampong. Programa musical dedicado al Black History Month con temas de la Orchestra Baobab, Amadou y Mariam, Afrocubism, Manu Dibango y más. Read more

Film at 11 takes on an impossible mission this week at 10:30 am, Friday, February 25

Airs at: Fri, 02/25/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

Today we take a look at no less than three recent Criterion Collection films, Hirokazu Kore-eda's 1998 After Life, Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind, with Rock Hudson and Dorothy Malone, and The Celebration, Thomas Vintenberg's quasi-dogme epic, each one a variation on fa... Read more