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This is a Black Spatial Imaginary: Sharita Towne

Airs at: Tue, 10/03/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  As an artist, Sharita Towne’s interests lie in unpacking the inherited struggles of past burdens and in affording collective catharsis. Through collaboration, stereo-photography, printmaking, video, and community art projects, she’s worked at memorials in Germany; in the... Read more

Combined Culture Radio- Episode 10

Airs at: Wed, 10/11/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Combined Culture Radio
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Drug Addiction

Airs at: Sat, 09/30/2017 at 8:00pm - Sun, 10/08/2017 at 8:00pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
In this episode we talk with Tasha and Wendy two former drug addicts about what their life was like addicted to crack cocaine and what it cost them. Read more

Charlie vs Goliath

Airs at: Thu, 09/28/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  For this special membership-drive edition of The Film Show, we're joined by Charlie Hardy — onetime priest and senatorial candidate — and filmmaker Reed Lindsay.  Charlie's quixotic fight against big money in politics is immortalized in Reed's documentary Charlie vs Goli... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Airs at: Fri, 09/29/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
It's the 5th Friday of the month, and time once again for another episode of Mr. Jones's Neighborhood, the children's show for reluctant adults. Host Ken Jones (no relation) welcomes Sam Mowry of Willamette Radio Workshop and John Barber, producer of the Re-Imagined Radio p... Read more

La Victrola!

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Inspired to continue our celebration of "La Victrola" A Large Scale Art Nouveau Gramophone that was a 2017 Burning Man Honorarium Installation with music from early 1900s along with interviews with the artists who had brought their amazing vision to life out on the playa. ... Read more

Gremlin Time

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/19/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
With the change of the seasons we present two stories of the uncanny by Charles G. Finney and Ray Bradbury. First, from the author of The Circus of Dr Lao, a story about a peaceful suburb terrioized by a mysterious, large dog entitled The Black Retriever. And read to us by ... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 09/17/2017 at 4:30pm - Sun, 09/24/2017 at 4:30pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Prayers for Hurricane Harvey victims!  Syphilis has made a comeback in the US.  Trump pardons Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio who was sentenced to serve time in jail for racially profiling Latino's.  Should a person's past matter in a new relationship?  Join us as we discuss the... Read more

Fun Home at Portland Center Stage

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Guest host Susannah Mars of Artslandia chats with Rick Lewis, resident music director at Portland Center Stage about Portland Center Stage at The Armory’s season opener, Fun Home – September 16 – October 22, 2017 on the U.S. Bank Main Stage. Fun Home is a winner of five Ton... Read more

Afterglow

Airs at: Thu, 10/26/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “What is a dog if not god? In Afterglow, Eileen Myles steps up to the challenge for writers to function as prophets. Ghostwritten in part by deceased pit bull Rosie, this ‘dog memoir’ explores—among other things—geometry, gender, mortality, evil, aging, and plaids. Myles... Read more