Arts/Culture

2025 Pickathon is almost here

Produced for:  KBOO
Big Names and Local Bands are ready to slay at 2025 Pickathon Big-name bands at Portland’s most unique  music festival, 2025 Pickathon, include Portugal. The Man, Taj Mahal, Ocie Elliott, Julien Baker & Torres, and Haley Heynderickx.  But Pickathon (July 31–Aug. 3 at Pen... Read more

Songs of the Lacandon Jungle

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2026 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Beautiful songs mostly a cappella recorded in 1975 as field recordings. Read more

All My Greatest Teachers Showed Me Love

Airs at: Wed, 04/01/2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Andee sings a song from her show Rhythm and Autism and shares about how her life started after moving to Portland and turning 50.   You can find Andee at https://rhythmandautism.com   As always please feel free to reach out to Xan for counseling services at https://for... Read more

Antonio Deras: Ahora y Aquí; Vistas Fijas; Jose Luis Fernandez Ledesma: Motivos para Perderse; Tratado de Insectos de Metamorfosis Perfectas

Airs at: Fri, 03/27/2026 at 10:00pm - Sat, 03/28/2026 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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Film at 11 welcomes Kareem Alston-Rosales, Executive Director of the Film 4 Good Fund, for Friday, 27 March, 2026

Airs at: Fri, 03/27/2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Film at 11 welcomes  Kareem Alston-Rosales, Executive Director of  the Film 4 Good Fund, to discuss the non-profits goals for independent cinema.    Link: https://www.film4good.org/       Read more

Neuro Emergent: North Pole Studio and the Autism Gender Gap

Airs at: Wed, 03/25/2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Neuro Emergent
In this episode: NEURODIVERSITY NEWS 1. BAFTA backlash hits Tourette’s community https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2n9709g0go https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/bafta-alan-cumming-apology-john-davidson-n-word-1236677734/ 2. The great autism schism https://www.wcbu.org/np... Read more

John Waters Turns 80

Airs at: Thu, 03/26/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  John Waters is a legendary filmmaker, author, and raconteur whose books include Shock Value, Crackpot, and Liarmouth and whose films include Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living, Hairspray, and Serial Mom.  Currently, he's touring behind his one-man show Going to Extremes... Read more

Will Eisner - rerun

Airs at: Tue, 03/24/2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 11:30am, there is a rerun of Joseph Gallivan's interview with Mike Rosen about The Spirit of Will Eisner, a retrospective on now at the Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts in the Pearl District. Rosen, who is the chair of the museum which opene... Read more

Karen Russell, author of The Antidote (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 03/26/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
While Jonesy himself recovers from hip surgery, it’s a good time to replay one of my favorite interviews from last year, with one of my very favorite guests, Karen Russell. We talked about her latest novel The Antidote, which was named a 2025 National Book Award finalist... Read more

Digital Rhythm Revolution

Every 5th Sunday from 7:00 PM to 8:00PM Nifty G. curates an hour of electronic audio exploration.     This program exists to expand the mind by sharing various forms of electronic music.  This time it's Ambient, Down-Tempo, and Trip-Hop.  There's a time for everythin... Read more