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The Overstory

Airs at: Thu, 10/31/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  The Overstory, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of—and paean to—the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers’s twelfth novel ... Read more

Grand Union

Airs at: Thu, 11/21/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable voice to mine the fraught and complex experience of l... Read more

Meech Rhodes

Airs at: Thu, 10/17/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Express Yo'self
On this episode, Ji interviewed rapper Meech Rhodes about his rapping career in addition to his newly released EP entitled “History in the Making (H.I.T'M)”. His EP can be found on sound cloud, apple music, spotify, google play, youtube and Pandora. Meech Rhodes can be supp... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews painters Mark Flores and William E Jones about Perverted By Language

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday October 15, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews painters Mark Flores and William E Jones about their collaborative show called Perverted By Language, on now at Private Places studio until November 8. The L.A.-based artists talk about their painting and ... Read more

Featured Radio Drama: The House In Cypress Canyon, starring Robert Taylor

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
More music and talk on the Sampler today with Fortunato and DK Holm. For October, we'll be featuring some scary radio dramas. First off, "The House In Cypress Canyon" starring Robert Taylor. Something is not right in the new house a couple has moved into in Cypress Canyon. ... Read more

A Clockwork Orange

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features  A Clockwork Orange, a stage adaptation with music of Anthony Burgess' own 1962 dystopian satirical novel of juvenile delinquency.  She'll talk with artistic director Cassie Greer and associate artist Joey Copsey  of Hillsboro's Bag&Baggage Productions abou... Read more

It Takes A Village To Learn ft. Erica Fuller

Airs at: Sat, 10/12/2019 at 9:00am - Thu, 10/31/2019 at 9:15am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
NEW EPISODE ALERT Ok y’all, here’s the deal. We’ve been working our ASSES off for this podcast that we love so dearly, but it’s mostly BTS shit that not many see or hear. Well aren’t your ears in for a fuckin treat because we are FINALLY releasing new content!!!! We’re rele... Read more

Escape Reality

Airs at: Thu, 10/10/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Comics artist Jared Souza teams up with local writers and actors to create an absurdist sketch comedy show. Read more

Buscando America on 10/08/19

Airs at: Tue, 10/08/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En Ecuador Lenin Moreno anunció una serie de medidas y decretos conocidos como el paquetazo verde, lo cual desató un paro nacional. En esta emisión hablamos con el activista ambiental Paul Jarrin miembro del Colectivo guardianes del agua en Cuenca. En krónikas de viaje  un ... Read more

Fermentation Festival Organizers share food and the road to Stinkfest

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
  The 10th annual Portland Fermentation Festival comes to town this Thursday, October 10th. Festival organizers (and self-proclaimed "Stinkfest Queens") Liz Crain, Heidi Nestler, and Claudia Lucero talk with us live in-studio about the fermentation process, creating a fest... Read more