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The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Oliver Sachs says if there is no memory, there is no person, no self. Suppose you remember everything but no one remembers you? You disappear, become invisible, within seconds or minutes of an encounter. Such is the setting for V.E Schwab’s fascinating tale, The Invisible L... Read more

Substitute programming

Airs at: Wed, 12/29/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
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Australia’s Queen of the Short Story

Airs at: Thu, 12/30/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Cate Kennedy, award-winning short story writer, poet, and novelist stops by to discuss the drive for stories, the mechanics of what makes them shine, and why we need them.  Author of the story collections Dark Roots and Like A House on Fire as well as the novel The World Be... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 27, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole. In his Intro, Norm comments on some of important events in history that we commemorate as this year ends: The Blair Mountain uprising of 1921, Arab Spring, and more. The show continues with the following segments: Climate... Read more

Damnation Spring

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
For generations, the Pacific Northwest has seen our forests and our labor exploited by wealthy outside interests who extract our wealth and then move on, leaving behind environmental destruction, unemployment, and struggling communities. Today on the Old Mole, writer and ph... Read more

15 - Kelley Baker is The Angry Filmmaker

Airs at: Fri, 02/18/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
  On this episode of The Ghost of Hollywood, Poxy and Ragan sit down with filmmaker Kelley Baker to talk about his books Road Dog and The Angry Filmmaker Survival Guides. They'll also discuss his work as a sound designer on movies such as Good Will Hunting and Finding Forr... Read more

Katherine Dunn reads the Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/21/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Once again we present our holiday favorite as Katherine Dunn, also know as Red Ryder, presents the Father Christmas Letters written for his children by J.R.R.TolKien. There will also be some surprises. Read more

It's Christmas Time Again !

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato has gotten that Artifical Xmas Tree, with the ten year warranty, out of the closet. He's reached up to that high shelf where those boxes of ornaments sits all year and has put together a Deck the Halls Holiday Special. Featuring Katherine Dunn reading some of the ... Read more

Christmas' Pasts'

Airs at: Tue, 12/21/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
It's 1999 - AGAIN !    Join "Halley", as she takes you back  to a show that was only ever heard LIVE  on KBOO, December 21st, 1999. (As a side note: This was well before  WE THREE KINGS PRODUCTIONS™ took over the VPP holiday shows) It's a Festive mix of music and comed... Read more

the Return of the Fantastic Four

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
As winter gets closer, Fortunato and DK take a look back 60 years ago this month when the third issue of the Fantastic Four comic book appeared on newsstands. Today, will feature a radio adaptation of this issue's story, The Menace of the Miracle Man. It's should be lots of... Read more