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KBOO News In Depth: Portland Book Festival 2019

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
For many of us here in Portland, the colder, wetter days of Fall mark the start of perfect reading weather. And there’s no better way to kick off the season than the city’s biggest literary event of the year, the Portland Book Festival. The annual Festival, organized by th... Read more

A Talk with Joshua Wright of Liberation Literacy

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join host Isabelle Sinclair for a discussion with Joshua Wright of Liberation Literacy, who, while still incarcerated in Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI), helped found their inside/out reading group in 2016. Joshua has also worked with numerous other organizat... Read more

Meech Rhodes

Airs at: Thu, 10/17/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Express Yo'self
On this episode, Ji interviewed rapper Meech Rhodes about his rapping career in addition to his newly released EP entitled “History in the Making (H.I.T'M)”. His EP can be found on sound cloud, apple music, spotify, google play, youtube and Pandora. Meech Rhodes can be supp... Read more

Oglala Lakota poet & water protector Mark Tilsen

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Mark Tilsen, an Oglala Lakota poet educator from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and Water Protector on the front lines of fighting the oil pipelines. Tilsen reads from his recently published book of poetry, "It Aint Over Until We're Smoking Cigar... Read more

A tribute to Janice Gould

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
Janice Gould was a Native American poet, teacher, editor, musician & activist, who died on June 28, 2019. Tonight Mimi Wheatwind, Janice’s spouse, joins Soapstone Board Members Ruth Gundle & Kathleen Worley, & Kristan Aspen & Janna MacAuslan, Janice’s partners in the musica... Read more

LIVE! From The 3rd Annual SNEAKER WEEK:BLOOM Beauty Collective Fashion Show!

Airs at: Tue, 10/15/2019 at 9:00am - Thu, 10/31/2019 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
VVP had the stellar opportunity to interview and kick it with some of the greats here in pdx at the @sneakerweekpdx fashion show by @bloombeautycollective. Don’t sleep on these interviews now!!!! We have stunning artist and educator @latoya.lovely , the visionary himself @... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 14, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 10/14/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier talks Murtaza Hussein about the military and climate change. Bill Resnick talks with Brenna Bell of BARK. Roben reads David Finkel on Betraying the Kurds. Jan Haaken talks with Mark Tilsen, an Oglala Lakota Poet Eduator and Water Protector from the Pine... Read more

Trevino Brings Plenty

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Trevino Brings Plenty. Extra poems by Lawrence Lacambra Ypil.   Trevino L. Brings Plenty is a poet and musician who lives, works, and writes in Portland, OR. He is singer/songwriter/guitarist for the musical ensemble Ballads of Larry Drake. He has read/performed his work a... Read more

Talking Earth: September 16th, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
Tonight's Talking Earth will be  hosted by Sophia and Amanda Helstrom-White. As they are moving to Las Vegas, this will be their last live show (Although they will have plenty more to come for you all!) Our readers for this night will be Alana Kansaku-Sarmiento Joshua Bake... Read more

Cetzforthesoul and Jcetz

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Express Yo'self
On this episode, Ji interviews spoken word artists Cetzforthesoul and Jcetz, two brothers, about their spoken word journeys. Their music and poetry can be found on SoundCloud by searching for "cetzforthesouls" or "jcetz". Cetzforthesoul can be supported on instagram and twi... Read more