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F Magazine - The Interview

Airs at: Wed, 03/16/2022 at 10:00pm - Thu, 03/17/2022 at 12:00am

Produced for: Life During Wartime

On this episode of Life During Wartime, Rose Lewis interviews Houston-based artist Adam Marnie of F Magazine about punk, poetry, and publishing. The Wolfman selects some tunes, and Matt C. plays a set of NW Hits with some bootlegs as well as a set of international dittie... Read more

The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

On today's episode, our guest is Willy Vlautin, Portland-based novelist and founding member of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines. We talk about hope, gentrification, trauma, and how songs become novels, as with his latest book -- The Night Always Comes. In the words of Ri... Read more

Music For Listeners

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Fortunato returns to the airwaves with more music to help you get through another Monday. Read more

Reggaeton y dance-beats.... past to the future and beyond

Airs at: Fri, 03/11/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Music That Moves You, Boogie Pachanguero

Goooooooood evening folks!!! Welcome to this lovely dancing marathon, courtesy of the radio station that makes your heart beat and your body swoon. Let's start it off with some reggaeton!!!!!! Reggaeton: a rhythm emerging from the Caribbean underground, mainstay of today'... Read more

The Firesign Theatre "Live at the Magic Mushroom", Part 2

Airs at: Tue, 03/15/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Jonesy

On this special Ides of March episode, we bring you Part 2 of our interview with David Ossman and Philip Proctor of the legendary comedy group the Firesign Theatre, and Firesign archivist Taylor Jessen. We're celebrating both the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC and ... Read more

Music for a Beautiful Monday

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Fortunato makes his way down to the studio to host another Monday Sampler. An all music show featuring the likes of Jazzmia Horn, Mose Allison, Yuesef Latiff, Grace Kelly and many others. Read more

Putin's Russia

Airs at: Thu, 03/10/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures, All Thrills No Frills: Volume 1

In this hour-long special, British comics artist Darryl Cunningham tackles the topics of economic and political corruption. His graphic non-fiction books include The Age of Selfishness, How to Fake a Moon Landing, Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich and Powerful, and mo... Read more

Jess T. Dugan

Airs at: Tue, 03/08/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday March 8, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews photographer Jess T. Dugan about their show To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults. This photo exhibition is at Portland State University through April ... Read more

Cinematic anniversaries are on hand in this week's Film at 11, for 25 March, 2022

Airs at: Fri, 03/25/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

This week on Film at 11, Jeff Godsil revisits Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy, while matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time looks a the recent Black Crab, a Swedish actioner that is as if Ingmar Bergman directed a Liam Neeson film, with some Hans Brinker thrown in. In our boo... Read more