Arts and Culture

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Putin's Russia - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 03/13/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  As Vladimir Putin flexes his geopolitical muscles at the start of a second Trump term, we revisit our March 2022 conversation with British comics artist Darryl Cunningham, author of Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator. In this hour-long special, Darryl tracks the ris... Read more

Night In the City Has Its Own Groove

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Lot's of solid rythums this afternoon as well as a story from the darkest part of the human mind. This afternoon's radio drama comes from the early 1950's. Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone, a reporter who covers the Night Beat. Today's story centers around a series of fir... Read more

In memory of Susan DeFreitas

Airs at: Thu, 03/13/2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today’s show, we celebrate the life of Susan DeFreitas, who passed away two weeks ago at her home in Santa Fe, at the way-too-young age of 47. Susan was a much-loved member of the Portland writing community. All of us here, who felt blessed to know her, are heartbroken. ... Read more

La Hora M

Airs at: Sat, 03/08/2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
La Hora M, especial poético musical para la programación anual del Día Internacional de la Mujer. Read more

LOVE, RITA

Airs at: Thu, 03/06/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
In Love, Rita Bridgett M. Davis tells the story of her beloved older sister Rita, a vivacious woman who attended Fisk University at age sixteen, and went on to become a car test driver, an amateur belly dancer, an MBA, and later a popular special ed teacher.  In doing so, s... Read more

Film Is Dead - Long Live Film - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this 50% longer conversation with documentarian and media studies professor Peter Flynn, we dive deeper into the world of amateur film collectors, whose avocation has made them outlaws to the major movie studios and heroes to lovers of analog cinema.  Peter's latest p... Read more

We preview Portland Youth Philharmonic's Spring 2025 concert with David Hattner

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2025 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
For a centenarian plus one, Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra, still has a spring in its step. PYP continues its historic 101st season with a concert titled Spring Sunrise, taking place this Saturday, March 1st at Portland’s Arlene Schni... Read more

Curtain #20

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2025 at 3:00am - 5:30am
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Film Is Dead - Long Live Film

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Peter Flynn is a documentarian and professor of media studies whose films include The Dying of the Light, a profile of the last generation of career projectionists.  His latest project, Film Is Dead. Long Live Film! dives into the world of amateur film collectors, whose ... Read more

Karen Russell, author of The Antidote

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Karen Russell, author of the new novel The Antidote from Knopf. The Antidote is Karen’s sixth book of fiction, following the story collections Orange World, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, the novel... Read more