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  Three hours. Father-Son Co-Hosts. Bob Wills. Spade Cooley. Patsy Montana. Kenny Chesney. Lorrie Morgan. Luke Bryan. Neil Young. Poco — plus tracks from dozens of other well-known and less-known country performers. In Hour Two — a musical set dedicated to the magic wat... Read more

A follow-up to last month's comparison of the music I/we were immersed in 30 years ago vs now and how they compare. Enjoy! Read more

Ben joins  again for a survey of the franchise's "Bond girls" Read more

In this episode: the State Dept. labels the International Criminal Court a national security threat; strains in the US-Korea alliance; and a summit of authoritarian leaders in Beijing; plus other news. Read more

Portland is blessed with an incredible literary community. Could be for a wealth of reasons -- our independent book stores, the perfect-for-reading weather, the world-class coffee, and annual traditions like the Portland Book Festival. All attractive for those engaged in... Read more

As attempts to ignore, refute, or even remove African-Americans' contributions to the American record, we at "Black Book Talk" continue to affirm Black history and culture as expressed through our literature.  To this end, we rebroadcast our November 2021 conversation ... Read more

I would love to invite the public to my open studio event as part of the Portland Open Studios Tour in October. The second and third weekends, the 11th, 12th and 18th and 19th, artists all over the Portland Metro area open their creative studios for the public to come an... Read more

We live in troubled times and music can be a soothing balm as well as providing apt social commentary. I love train songs, so the program starts with some classics performed by Portland blues greats along with some scratchy old recordings that date back to 1929. Woody ... Read more

On this edition of Century of Lies: Broken No More. International Overdose Awareness Day was August 31. The organization Broken No More held a news conference August 27 to lift up the voices of families who’ve lost loved ones to the toxic unregulated drug supply and to dr... Read more

Late Night Reggae Selections including some New Arrivals & plenty of Foundation Discomix & Dubwise✨ **Live & Direct**Mixxed to the Maxx** Read more