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Author Veronica Faye, Gemini Jones: My Past Came Knocking-The Savannah Wooten Case

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Veronica Faye discusses her latest book, Gemini Jones: My Past Came Knocking – The Savannah Wooten Case.   The novel’s lead character, Gemini Jones, is a successful African-American attorney who manages a high-profile career while keeping her bipolar disorder in chec... Read more

Local Documentarians

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Film Show
Oregon documentarians continue to make waves both here at home and on the international stage.  Today Natalie Butto talks with Sarah Henderson and Erich Lyttle, the directors behind the feature film We Grew Wings.  Arriving on the festival circuit on the 40th anniversary of... Read more

New Jazz Releases, July 24, 2012

John Abercrombie            Within A Song                    ECM Joe Alterman                Give Me the Simple Life            Miles High Laila Biali                Live In Concert                self prod Brian Bromberg            Bromberg Plays Hendrix            Artist... Read more

Homer Davenport Centennial Commemoration

Airs at: Thu, 07/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Political cartoonist, sportsman, world traveler, and gadfly Homer Davenport has been called "Oregon's first media superstar" and "the last casualty of the Titanic."  In the centennial year of his death, historian and author Gus Frederick invites host S.W. Conser to Silverto... Read more

A Season of Lear

Airs at: Tue, 07/10/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
More summer Shakespeare coverage with Portland Shakespeare Project's Season of Lear shows. Dmae talks with artistic director Michael Mendelson and playwright C.S. Whitcomb about their collaboration of a new Lear adaptation to run in repertory with Shakespeare's King Lear. ... Read more

Portland Queer Music Festival featured on Out Loud Radio

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tonight we feature music from the upcoming Portland Queer Music Festival. Our first music break is from Play/Start titled 'The Alibi' We welcome Samuel, the Mastermind behind the festival, to the show and he shares all the important details of this upcoming event. The Portlan... Read more

New Jazz Releases, June 28, 2012

KBOO Jazz Tracking    6/28/12 Andy Baker/Steve Million            Mood Point            Jazzum Records Actis Dato                    Sin Fronteras            Leo Steve Daay                    Strewn w/Pebbles        Leo Todd Clouser                    Entre/Garage Jazz  ... Read more

Interview with Mark Baumgarten, author of Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Erin Yanke interviews Mark Baumgarten, author of the book Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music. Mark will be reading in Portland July 12th, 7:30pm, at Powells Books on Burnside. The reading and book signing will be followed by a K Records tribut... Read more

Women in Film and Outdoor Screenings

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Film Show
Jenn Chavez asks Andrea Leoncavallo and Jackie Weissman of the Portland chapter of Women in Film about the programs and resources available to independent filmmakers.  And S.W. Conser talks with the Northwest Film Center's Thomas Phillipson and Flicks on the Bricks' Theresa... Read more

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco: Web-only special content

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Best-selling author and foreign correspondent Chris Hedges and comics journalist Joe Sacco tell more stories of their collaboration on the book Days of Destuction, Days of Revolt, as well as their adventures reporting from trouble spots both at home and abroad. Original br... Read more