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Previewing Portland Youth Philharmonic's 100th Season Opening Concert with David Hattner and Nolan Tu

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
It’s fall here in Portland, traditionally the beginning of the holiday season, and this year we have even one more reason to celebrate. It’s the 100th birthday of Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest-running youth orchestra, and certainly the first to turn 100! D... Read more

Roz Chast

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The New Yorker’s David Remnick said of bestselling author and cartoonist Roz Chast: “She’s got a very recognizable style of squiggly lines and neurotic characters.” Roz's work has appeared in The Village Voice, The National Lampoon, Scientific American, Mother Jones, an... Read more

Your Difference Is Your Strength

Airs at: Sun, 11/12/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Kris Ferraro is an author, International Energy Coach, teacher, speaker and author of the new book Your Difference Is Your Strength. She is the creator of Spiritual Freedom Techniques—a process combining spiritual practices and principles with energy balancing—in order to e... Read more

Soul Jar: Thirty-one Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we celebrate the launch of the new anthology Soul Jar: Thirty-One Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors, from Forest Avenue Press. Our guests are the collection’s editor, Annie Carl, and two of those 31 contributors – Ellis Bray and Simon Quinn. The 31 ... Read more

Stormy Day Spampler Featuring Ida Lapino and Ronald Coleman in Daphne Du Maurie's Rebecca

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
For a rainy portland afternoon let's settle in a warm drink, a classic radio mystery drama and some music.  Featured today will be a reairing of the Lux Radio Theater's adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 film production of the best selling novel by Daphne du Maurier "Reb... Read more

Film at 11 returns to normal with some reviews of recent films, for Friday, 1 December 2023

Airs at: Fri, 12/01/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Film at 11 returns to normal with some reviews of recent films, for Friday, 1 December 2023: • Matthew of KBOO's story book program looks at Hollywood in the Fifties • Our Los Angeles correspondent contemplates Straight Time   Read more

Heather Watkins

Airs at: Tue, 11/07/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Heather Watkins about her show Elemental Things which is on now at PDX Contemporary Art through Nov. 28. Watkins talks about turning line drawings into sculptures, her method of pouring ink on paper then cu... Read more

A reprise of our WHITE ZOMBIE episode for Friday, 3 November, 2023

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week we reprise our popular  deeper dive into the 1932 horror film, White Zombie, which Matthew reviewed earlier. Read more

Oil For Kisses 33 - Spreadin' The Hardcore Reality: NYHC and related urban filth

Airs at: Sat, 11/04/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Oil For Kisses
A history of NYHC in it's many different facets (OG, tuff stuff, anarcho, post HC, screamy stuff, newfangled loft punx, artcore) from 1981 to the present, as well as a handful of thrash and death metal bands embodying the spirit of gritty NYC brutality. Read more

Understanding How AI works: An Interview with Leila Kaneda

This Thursday at 9am don't miss episode #2 of The Imaginary Possible. host Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Machine Learning Engineer Leila Kaneda. Among other things Suzanne and Leila discuss: What Machine Learning Is Some common misconceptions people have about AI Data Bi... Read more