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Metalwood Salvage

Airs at: Tue, 12/26/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  Eric Bartels speaks with Eric Bohne, the owner of Metalwood Salvage in NE Portland. Metalwood Salvage intercepts usable and unique metal and wood from the scrap industry.  In addition to selling materials, they also build one-of-a-kind furniture, fixtures and eclectic ar... Read more

Yuletide Clip Show!

Airs at: Mon, 12/25/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
  Yule is the classic name for a set of traditional observations of the Solstice. We cherish the joys and release the sorrows of the past year, and reflect on how they've shaped who we are, here and now. We look forward, rooted in this present moment, with intention, to wh... Read more

The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/19/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
It's that time once again when we present our annual holiday special featuring the Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R Tolkien, presented by Katherine Dunn as Red Ryder. We first recorded these shows back in 1980 and have been representing them every year since Gremlin Time h... Read more

The Divine Feminine and Jesus's Secret Revelations to His Brother

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Jann Aldredge-Clanton didn't start out as a reformer. When she was a pre-teen, she almost starved herself to death trying to fit into the culture's feminine mold. In high school she felt inadequate because she never won a beauty crown, even though she graduated at the to... Read more

Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani

Airs at: Mon, 12/18/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Sarika Mehta talks to Nidhi Chanani about her celebrated graphic novel Pashmina Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom le... Read more

The MOST wonderful time of the year, STAR WARS!

Airs at: Fri, 12/15/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
The MOST wonderful time of the year, when a brand new STAR WARS movie drops! We'll be celebrating all things Star Wars! Music, Games and more . . . .     Facebook Event for this Broadcast: https://www.facebook.com/events/1537134973022683/     Read more

When You Never Said Goodbye by Meg Kearney

Airs at: Thu, 12/14/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Meg Kearney, author of the new book When You Never Said Goodbye, a novel in poems and journal entries. When You Never Said Goodbye is the final book in a trilogy following the teen years of Lizzie McLane, an adopted daughter searching for her birth... Read more

Gabrielle Bell - Everything Is Flammable

Airs at: Thu, 12/14/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Words and Pictures kicks off its fifteenth season on the air at the Wordstock Literary Festival, where we're joined by graphic novelist Gabrielle Bell.  Best known for her diary comics Lucky and The Voyeurs, Gabrielle has also teamed up with filmmaker Michel Gondry to cr... Read more

The Ninth Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews the new novel by Alice McDermott “The Ninth Hour.” Spanning the twentieth century, The Ninth Hour is the story of a widow and her daughter and the nuns who serve their Irish-American community in Brooklyn. Photo by Julius Wilcox - Brooklyn Museum Read more

Monday Sampler bonus: Kevin McDonald and David Koff interview

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Monday Sampler host Fortunato welcomes Kevin McDonald of The Kids in the Hall and David Koff, artistic director of Fake Radio, as they talk about their live on-stage version of "It's A Wonderful Life". The kind folks at Fake Radio, who have been performing this show annuall... Read more