Mimi Pond is an author, humorist, and award-winning cartoonist who’s
written for newspapers, magazines, and television shows such as Designing
Women and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. Her graphic novels include Over
Easy, The Customer Is Always Wrong, and most recently Do Admi...
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Featured tonight are Two Classic Radio Dramas. First aired in 1949, Edward G.
Robinson stars in this episode of the CBS Radio series Suspence adapted from
the film noir classic Night Has A Thousand Eyes. The original story, by
Cornell Woolrich, follows a young couple de...
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Fortunato presents a selection of music to round out your afternoon.
Featuring Marvin Gaye, Esperanza Spalding, Issic Hayes, Grover Washigton Jr,
Jimmy Cliff, Lee Morgan, Carmen McRae, Mel Brown, and more.
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In this month’s episode:
AUTISTIC BARBIE: After Mattel unveiled its first Autistic Barbie doll on Jan.
12, a psychologist asks, “Was Barbie Always Autistic?” Learn more in my
chat with Dr. Amy Marschall, author of Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy: What
Every Mental Heal...
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I had the great pleasure of interviewing Eugene-based writer Cai Emmons five
times for KBOO, before she ended her life, through Oregon’s Death With
Dignity program, in January 2023. Cai was diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS in
early 2021, at the age of 70. It’s a debilitat...
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In this 75% longer conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf, we
dive deeper into Derf's origins as a student journalist; his immersion in
Ohio's underground music scene, which inspired the book Punk Rock and
Trailer Parks; and his popular alternative comic The...
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On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews
curator Carolyn Supinka about the show Designing Nature, which is on now at
Portland Japanese Garden through February 23, 2026. The show explains the six
distinct styles of Japanese gardens that deve...
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Tune in after the MLK Special for an all music program hosted by Fortunato.
Featured artists include Marvin Gaye, George Benson, Carmen McCrae, Monty
Alexander, Esperanza Spalding, Issac Hayes, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Cliff, Mel
Brown, and more.
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