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Holiday stories from Portland Story Theater's Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

Airs at: Thu, 12/23/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Jonesy
One of our favorite holiday traditions here on Jonesy is watching A Christmas Story, the 1983 movie directed by Bob Clark, who also directed Porky's (1981), another of our holiday favorites. A Christmas Story is based on the holiday memories of writer and radio monologuist... 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

Buscando America on 12/14/21

Airs at: Tue, 12/14/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Programa musical.  Read more

Wider Window Poetry with Ulrick Casimir

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
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Lusophone ports of Africa

Airs at: Fri, 12/10/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Boogie Pachanguero
  Ola!! Some of the danciest tunes on earth are coming from Africa and it's time to catch them in the Portuguese language. A little bit of kuduro, afrobeat, kizomba, tarraxinha, and morna is gonna lead us into the night dancing, as the portuguese vocabulary mixes with th... 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

Kristen Radtke on American Loneliness

Airs at: Thu, 12/09/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Kristen Radtke is the author of two graphic non-fiction books: Imagine Wanting Only This and Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. She’s also been the Art Director and Deputy Publisher at the magazine The Believer and a writer whose work has appeared in The Ne... Read more

Dispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin

Airs at: Thu, 12/09/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
Today on Jonesy, we we pay tribute to arguably Oregon’s greatest writer, Ursula K. Le Guin. I’m sure Ken Kesey would have loved to arm wrestle her for the title, but I think he’d lose. Ursula was not only a brilliant and prolific author, but an activist for the environment ... Read more

Buscando America on 12/07/21

Airs at: Tue, 12/07/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En el programa de esta semana escucharás un reporte del curso de las caravanas que han salido de Tapachula y ya han cruzado tres estados en un reporte de Pueblo Sin Fronteras. Hablamos sobre el informe  “Broken Promises: Limits of Biden's Executive Order on Private Prisons... Read more