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Not Your Granddad’s Library

Airs at: Fri, 04/06/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Valley Views

The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library is located in Corvallis, Oregon. The library's motto is "Bringing people and information together." It is part of a city-county system with branches in Alsea, Monroe, and Philomath as well as a bookmobile. On this show, Ashlee tal... Read more

The Triumph of Christianity: A Conversation with Bart Ehrman

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

This is the second part of series on Revisioning Christianity. Different scholars bring different views to help us understand the history of Christianity and its future. How did Christianity become empire’s religion? Was Christianity a hoax? Is it believable today? Does ... Read more

La Ruleta presents Tay and The Janglahdahs and Chonk!

Airs at: Fri, 04/13/2018 at 10:00pm - Sat, 04/14/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

Join Sean The Bus Driver as he takes you on yet another painted bus ride on a Friday night across time and space with live talent from Oakland, California, Tay and The Janglahdahs Tay and Gregg host a monthly event in Berkeley called Bay Area Arts Mixer on the Third Thursda... Read more

Bunkie Spills by Bradley K. Rosen

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with Bradley K. Rosen, author of the novel Bunkie Spills, which chronicles one very long and eventful day in the life of a group of Los Angeles teenagers in 1976. The book was selected as a Powell’s Bookstore Staff Top Five Pick for 2017. Bradley’s wor... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Airs at: Fri, 03/30/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

It took three months, but the first episode of Mr. Jones's Neighborhood for 2018 has finally arrived. What took us so long? We're not at liberty to say, other than Bob Mueller can be a stickler for detail. In any case, we think it's worth the wait. Our guests today are two ... Read more

The Misfit's Manifesto by Lidia Yuknavitch

Airs at: Thu, 03/29/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

A self-defined misfit makes a powerful case for not fitting in—for recognizing the beauty, and difficulty, in forging an original path. A misfit is a person who missed fitting in, a person who fits in badly, or this: a person who is poorly adapted to new situations and envi... Read more

Narrow River, Wide Sky by Jenny Forrester [abridged]

Airs at: Thu, 03/29/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

On the Colorado Plateau between slot canyons and rattlesnakes, Jenny Forrester grew up with her mother and brother in a single-wide trailer proudly displaying an American flag. Forrester’s powerfully eloquent story reveals a rural small town comprising God-fearing Republica... Read more

SuperButch!

Airs at: Thu, 04/12/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Portland alt-comics heavyweights Barry Deutsch (Hereville) and Becky Hawkins (French Toast Comix) have teamed up to create SuperButch, the adventures of a lesbian superhero and the citizens whose lives she transforms. Set in the 1940's when many gay Americans led double... Read more

Lizzie Borden Audio

Hear the trial that started it all with voice actors playing the parts of the characters involved in the crime. Starting with witness statements that led to Lizzie's Inquest Testimony, Preliminary and Superior Court Trials that resulted in an acquittal despite overwhel... Read more