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Airs at: Sun, 10/15/2017 at 7:45pm - Sun, 10/22/2017 at 7:45pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Join us as I talk about all the new changes that have occurred in my life.  What does the 1st Amendment say?  Man kills wife and blames it on the medicine he was taking.  Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 16, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker hosts this episode, which features these segments: Bill Resnick interviews Bayla Ostrach about Catalonian independence from Spain  Movie Moles review Reds (1981) about the October 1917 Revolution Thom shares comments on Climate Change and Capitalism Listen ... Read more

The Saint James Show

Airs at: Fri, 11/17/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Maurice Harris is a visual artist and florist based out of California. His journey through the worlds of fashion, art, and design have garnered him recognition from Hollywood's elite. In this episode, he speaks about community, juicy couture, and how to properly use liqu... Read more

Joe Kye - Migrants

Airs at: Tue, 10/17/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae welcomes Violinist-looper/composer Joe Kye into her home studio for a personal concert and conversation with this talented musician. Joe Kye releases his new album, Migrants, and kick off his international tour at Alberta Abbey in Portland on October 27th at 7pm. (... Read more

The Case of Robyn Drown

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Emma Lugo speaks with film maker Mary Knight about her film about the case of Robyn Drown, a current inmate at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville.  The film screening will be held at the 2017 Women in Prison Conference in Portland on October 21 & 22nd.  ... Read more

Language Is Life, Land is Sacred

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellow Vincent Medina is a Chochenyo Ohlone Native American who is a part of a young generation working to revitalize the Chochenyo language for future generations. Making Contact's Community Storytelling Fellow Isabella Zizi is a ... Read more

Animator Kathy Zielinski

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this encore episode, we're joined by Kathy Zielinski, the pioneering artist and filmmaker who's been called "The Queen of Animated Villains" for helping bring to life such characters as Ursula the Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid and Jafar in Aladdin. Wbile visiting P... Read more

Interview with Tom Hogan

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetry and Everything
Tom Hogan, born and raised in the Portland area, has written five chapbooks of poetry, the first of which, Poems for the Journey, came out in 2001; the fifth, Cathedral Rock, was published in 2008.  His first full-length collection was The Promise of the Trail, in 2014, and... Read more

New Queer & Trans writing: talking with Tobi Hill-Meyer and Gabby Rivera

Airs at: Tue, 10/10/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll spend time with educator, activist, and writer Tobi Hill-Meyer. She's a founder of the Gender Justicve League, a transgender civil & human rights organization in Washington, as well as an author of two children's books... and her work includes sex worker rights, AIDS ... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Lynda Ater about her painting show Image Building at Blackfish Gallery

Airs at: Tue, 10/10/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday Oct. 10, 2017, Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Lynda Ater about her painting show Image Building at Blackfish Gallery through October 28, 2017. Ater will talk about her visions of microscopy and how cells and cancer cell suggested new forms which took on a li... Read more