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Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Barbara LaMorticella, Walt Curtis, Dan Raphael
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Every 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month from 10:00pm to 11:00pm. 

 

Poetry, spoken arts, prose

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Talking Earth: Judith Montgomery, Charity Yoro and Dion O'Reilly

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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This episode of KBOO's The Talking Earth, hosted by dan raphael, features poets Judith Montgomery, Charity Yoro and Dion O'Reilly. dan will also read poems by Jesse Bernstein and Howard McCord.  Judith H. Montgomery’s poems appear in the Gyroscope, Poet Lore, and Epiphany,... Read more

Talking Earth: Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam Festival Co-Founders

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features three of the co-founders of the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam Festival: Julia Gaskill, Stephen Meads and Jane Belinda. The Festival will happen in downtown Portland this coming June, with events at Powells and the downtown Multnoma... Read more

Talking Earth: Michael McDowell, Brittney Corrigan and Zaji Cox

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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On tonight's edition of Talking Earth, host dan raphael welcomes local writers Michael McDowell, Brittney Corrigan and Zaji Cox. dan will also read a couple poems by Elisa Gonzalez and Maggie Smith.  Michael McDowell has published two books of poetry, The Hundred-Year House... Read more

Talking Earth: Notes and Motes Live 2024, featuring Casey Bush

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features one and a half live sets of the jazz poetry outfit Notes and Motes, with Casey Bush on poetry, Michael Vlatkovich on trombone, Shao Way Wu on bass, and Chris Lee on percussion. Recorded live at Rose City Book Pub in February. The ... Read more

Talking Earth: Emily Ransdell, Brian S. Ellis, Dan Raphael

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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This month's featured poets are Emily Ransdell, Brian Stephen Ellis, and your host, dan raphael.  dan will probably read another poet or two.  Emily Ransdell is the author of One Finch Singing, winner of the 2022 Lewis Award from Concrete Wolf Press. Her work has appeared i... Read more

Talking Earth with RJ Equality Ingram

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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The February 12th edition of Talking Earth features RJ Equality Ingram reading from their book of poetry, 'The Autobiography of Nancy Drew', forthcoming from White Stag Publishing in February. Rj covers several topics in a discussion with host Patrick Bocarde, including can... Read more

Talking Earth: Ardizzone, Zegans and Nettifee

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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This episode of the Talking Earth, hosted by dan raphael, features sets from Dr. Mindy Nettifee, Tony Ardizzone and Marc Zegans. There's a bonus triptych from James Yeary, and dan will read some dianne seuss and Stephanie Burt. So much in just 58 minutes.  Tony Ardizonne i... Read more

Talking Earth: Christmas Vacation Wasted, January 8, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth allows listeners to discover what happens when host Patrick Bocarde lets his Christmas Vacation linger and doesn't book a guest: a monster reads an abbreviated poem, spoken word pieces emanate from a cd player, the late Walt Curtis discuss... Read more

Talking Earth: German, Beckett, Brehm

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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This week's Talking Earth features Portland poets John Brehm, Mimi German and Larry Beckett. dan raphael is your poetry DJ.  John Brehm is the author of four books of poetry: Sea of Faith, Help Is on the Way, No Day at the Beach, and most recently Dharma Talk. He’s also the... Read more

Talking Earth: A Melange

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's Talking Earth show is a melange.  In other words, a medley.  I just like the word Melange, and tonight's show will be a mix of guests Barbara LaMorticella reading a poem for late host Walt Curtis, and New Orleans musician and poet Dusty Santamaria talking with hos... Read more