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Art Talk Bus Stop

Airs: 4th Wednesday of every month, 11am–12pm Art Talk Bus Stop is a 1-hour, youth-centered podcast about how artists do their work and make a living. Each month we interview an artist, maker, or creative worker about their career path. Participating students learn to rese... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 17, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear: A dramatic reading of excerpts of Nikole Hannah-Jone's essay, "Our Democracy's Founding Ideals Were False When They Were Written; Black Americans Have Fought to Make Them True." Sharon Grant reads, Bill Resnick introduces. Boo... Read more

The Return of Paris Brewer Part Two:Live Keys and Strings

Airs at: Sun, 02/16/2020 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Interspace Radio
DJ Meta Hosts: Soulful Intimate Evening from one heart to all hearts. Paris returns to play a set of music on keys and strings.  Read more

La' Tevin Alexander

Airs at: Tue, 02/18/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features La’ Tevin Alexander, actor, director and artistic director of Confrontation Theatre, a  company he founded which is co-producing Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau with Portland Playhouse. The show, directed by Vanport Mosaic's Damaris Webb, runs February 19th... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 02/16/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz interviews Eric Stein from Beyond the Pale, a Toronto-based klezmer group currently on their first visit to the Pacific NW. BTP will be performing at The Old Church in Portland on Sunday, 2/16. More information can be found here.  Read more

"Johnny One Eye" by Damon Runyon

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/18/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Seeking shelter in an abandoned building, a wounded mobster on the run befriends a stray kitten and a little girl. Read more

Lâm Quãng presents "A Stand Up Tragedy," and sits down to discuss his experience as a Vietnamese refugee and the power of storytelling

Airs at: Fri, 02/14/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  In a twist on the tradition of “stand up comedy, ” Astoria-based artist and Vietnamese refugee Lâm Quãng is creating a new show. It’s entitled “A Stand Up tragedy, a fireside chat with Lâm Quãng.” KBOO’S Althea Billings spoke with Quãng about his upcoming fireside chat, ... Read more

Make Valentine’s Day Great Again

Airs at: Sat, 02/15/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
  Dateless again, but that's no biggie, join Lady Danger, in the lovely RIP CITY Hardcore, Pogo, Gogo, poetry, Hiphop, Radioplay, electronic stuff, missed connections and more..... Today isn't for love, it's for the revolution  US League of Women Voters 1920 : The League ... Read more

Vera Violet by Melissa Anne Peterson

Airs at: Thu, 02/13/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Our In Depth guest today, on this special Winter Membership Drive newscast, is Melissa Anne Peterson, author of the new novel Vera Violet from Counterpoint Press. Melissa grew up in the logging town of Shelton, Washington, and received her undergrad degree from The Evergre... Read more

Cleanness

Airs at: Thu, 02/20/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “Garth Greenwell, whose first book is a masterpiece, amazingly has written a second book that is also a masterpiece. The great enterprise that Joyce and Lawrence began—to write with utter literal candor about sex, grounding one’s moral life and philosophical insight in w... Read more