Poetry

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Interview with Toni Partington and Christopher Luna

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetry and Everything
Chris and Toni co-host Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic, the series he established in 2004. Together they founded Printed Matter Vancouver, a small press and editing service.  Not only are there two of them, working together on those projects, but each of them does (notably) more... Read more

Rip City Basement - Von Gage x Poetic Justice

Airs at: Sat, 04/08/2017 at 10:00pm - Sun, 04/09/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Rip City Basement
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Uhuru Sasa Talent Show 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On March 14, 2017 the Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club held its annual Talent Show inside the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.  Tonight you’ll hear rap, acoustic, and original work performed by the men at OSP.     Uhuru Sasa, which means ‘Freedom Now’ in Swahili, is a Club by an... Read more

Lighthouse Lessons

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 10:00pm - Fri, 03/31/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Lighthouse Sessions
  Lighthouse Lessons is the media-production arm of Lighthouse Art Collective, a community which exists to empower artists and neighbors to to engage with each other and the greater civic arena to facilitate growth, equality, abundance, and fortitude through access to the ... Read more

The State of Hip-Hop in 2017

Airs at: Wed, 03/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Nolan, Nicholas and Desiree take a look at the state of Hip-Hop music in 2017. with guests Shaida Akbarian and Grand Skeme. Later in the program, a roundtable critique of recent topics in corporate media, followed by updates on Project Censored stories with Alicia Huarta... Read more

Poet Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Probably best known for having performed her poetry at the opening of the United Nations Climate Summit in New York in 2014, activist and artist Jetñil-Kijiner talks here with Desiree about poetry for the people, the impact of US imperialism and climate change on her hom... Read more

"High Hopes" by Pink Floyd (Round 8, Match #4 of March Sadness)

  "HIGH HOPES" by Pink Floyd Album: The Division Bell Year: 1994   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jMlFXouPk8 --- LYRICS --- Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young In a world of magnets and miracles Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boun... Read more

Interview with Susan Moore

Airs at: Mon, 03/27/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetry and Everything
Susan Moore is the author of two chapbooks from Dancing Girl Press:  She Preferred to Read the Knives and How to Live Forever. Her work has appeared in Filter, New York Quarterly, Quick Fiction and elsewhere. Susan edited the online poetry magazine Caffeine Destiny for 13 y... Read more

Rip City Basement - Jonny Cool

Airs at: Sat, 03/11/2017 at 10:00pm - Sun, 03/12/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Rip City Basement
Jonathan Sanders aka Jonny Cool StarGazer is a Multidisciplinary artist and musician born and raised in NE Portland Oregon. 'Cool' raises the frequencies through his unique style of music, art and good vibrations. Publicly recognized as a music producer and artist, Jonny Co... Read more

Humberto Alvarez as Guest and Music

Airs at: Fri, 02/24/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/25/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
   This Friday on La Ruleta we will have as guest Humberto Alvarez MUSIC PRODUCER.COMPOSER, SOUND HEALER, PERFORMING ARTIST, POET, TEACHER AND SONIC MEDITATION GUIDE. Doing Sound Therapy since 2002. More than 30 years of musical career. He will join us on a phone conversa... Read more