Talking Earth

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Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2026 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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For over 40 years Talking Earth has provided the most interesting poets and writers in Portland and elsewhere, reading and talking about their work. Founded by Walt Curtis and Barbara LaMorticella, the show is now hosted by Michael Van Kleeck and dan raphael.

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Talking Earth on 12/15/25--Penton, Sparling and raphael

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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This program features Jonathan Penton, from New Orleans, Julie Sparling from Camas, and Portland's own dan raphael, who is also the host. Jonathan Penton founded the online journal Unlikely Stories in 1998, and still runs it as Editor-in-Chief. He is the Technical Directo... Read more

Talking Earth on 12/08/25--Baldwin, Gaines and Perin

Airs at: Mon, 12/08/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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This show, hosted by dan raphael, features Portland writers Joshua Gaines, Rich Perin and Brittany Baldwin. Joshua Gaines is a former Air Force Captain who earned his Writing MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Joshua's work has been published in The Io... Read more

Talking Earth on 11/17/25--Terwilliger, Fair-Layman, Eiford Schroeder

Airs at: Mon, 11/17/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Kelly Terwilliger is the author of three previous collections of poetry, A Glimpse of Oranges; Riddle, Fish Hook, Thorn, Key, and Night Maps. She reads tonight from Endnotes, which comes out 2/6/26,  where she combines poetry, prose, and visual art to explore unexpected ... Read more

Talking Earth on 11/10/25--Shugrue, Hollander, Lohmann

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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This is a re-broadcast and post of Talking Earth from 10/15/23, featuring Jim Shugrue, Andrea Hollander and Sam Lohmann Read more

Talking Earth--Prinzmetal, Weddle, Miller on 10/20/25

Airs at: Mon, 10/20/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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John miller, recently back from a pilgrimage in Spain, is the author of Andes, which he’s reading from here, and Olympic, both from the Poetry Box. His poems have appeared in Opening the Gate, Black Heron, Third Wednesday and others. He is a founder of Portland Ars Poeti... Read more

Talking Earth--Rutiezer, Shaner, Aveningo Sanders on 10/13/25

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Talking Earth on 09/15/25

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Talking Earth on 09/08/25

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Talking Earth 8/18/25--Koeneke, Miller and G

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Former Portland resident. Sabine Milller grew up in a family that diagrammed sentences and played Scrabble at the dinner table She’s written three chapbooks: Circumference of Mercy (Mountains and Rivers Press), Branch to Finch (Ornithopter Press), and Cairns (Half Daymoo... Read more

Talking Earth on 08/11/25

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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