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Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 05/09/2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
Casey Lowe, also known by some as their artist name kc lo, is a Portland, Oregon based artist whose mediums include mixed media drawing, painting, and poetry. Their visual subjects include expressive figure, self-portraiture, minimal line work, and a queer aesthetic and ... Read more

Nancy Townsley, author of the new novel Sunshine Girl

Airs at: Thu, 05/08/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's show, we welcome Nancy Townsley, author of the new novel Sunshine Girl from Heliotrope Books. Nancy’s work has appeared in Newsweek, Hippocampus, The Big Smoke, Nailed magazine, the Timberline Review, Elephant Journal, and several anthologies. Sunshine Girl is... Read more

Nina Paley - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Animator Nina Paley is one of the most independent of filmmakers.  Her two feature films, Sita Sings the Blues and Seder Masochism, tackle patriarchal themes in religious narratives, and reimagine them from a feminist point of view. A fierce advocate of copyright abo... Read more

The Youth Collective Takes On Nature

Airs at: Wed, 04/23/2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
The Youth Collective talks poisonous animals, the best trees, blue-ringed octopi, St Teresa Marso, Steve Irwin, and, of course, Ric "Nature Boy" Flair. This is all rounded out with some nature-themed music sets and nature sounds. Read more

Beating Back Big Coal

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In the wake of the Trump administration’s attempts to revive Big Coal, we rerun a 2018 dialogue between Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement about John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan. The interview aired in the wake of the 2018 West Virginia Teachers strike, during which... Read more

Budget Cuts, Portland Police and the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
A discussion with Portland's union rank-and-file. Kristian Williams, author of "Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America" and forthcoming "Policing the Progressive City" about Portland, leads the discussion.   The cops are worried about Portland City Council. The... Read more

Elaine Pagels, author of Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's show, we welcome Elaine Pagels, author of the new book Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus from Doubleday. Elaine is the Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Her previous books include Why Religion? ... Read more

Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life

Airs at: Thu, 04/17/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Dan Nadel is an author and curator whose books include It’s Life As a I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940-1980; The Collected Hairy Who Publications; and the recently published Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life, which follows the career and personal life of undergro... Read more

Full Interview | Tracy Molina Discusses Protest Arrests, Police Mistreatment, and the Dangerous State of the County Jail

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
  Tracy Molina, also known as Cozca, is a veteran and activist who has faced arrest at numerous protest actions in Portland dating back to 2018. In this interview, she discusses some of those incidents and the actions of police and prosecutors, including violent arrest ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 21, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Assault on the Environment: One of the first executive orders issued by Trump in January was a Whitehouse paper titled "Unleashing American Energy." It promises to restore Am... Read more