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Alex Custodio Special Guest

Airs at: Fri, 04/28/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 04/29/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Thia Friday evening we will have as special guest Alex Custodio, original voice and founding member of legendary Mexican Hard Rock Metal band "Exus".   With over 35 years of music career, Custodio has participated with many other bands and gigs in Mexico and the United Sta... Read more

AAPI Heritage Month Events

Airs at: Tue, 05/02/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
May is Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month and events are heating up all over Portland. Up first we'll talk with playwright Nandita Shenoy whose play Washer/Dryer gets its staged reading Oregon premiere by Theatre Diaspora. Shenoy created this play to present re... Read more

Ubu Hour May 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/02/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Tune in to the Ubu Mayday show...  Tonight on the Ubu Hour we bring you two radio plays by M Watson Dodge: THE GAME OF MOANS:  Tire Iron Lannicaine learns the truth: he is too short to ascend to the Great White Commode of the Kingdom of Moans in tonight's episode of "The G... Read more

Healing from narcissistic trauma...

Airs at: Thu, 04/27/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
We have been thinking about this for a while, and we decided that now is the right time to speak about narcissism and its effects.  Not only have we seen the effects of it in our own lives, but in many other places we did not expect.  It may seem as if this is a new(er) phe... Read more

The Underground: MUSIC

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
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Ep.4 Earth Soup

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2017 at 5:15am - 6:00am
Produced for:  Peace, Love and Soup
April 2017 -- This month it's all about sustainability!   On April 22nd, the world celebrated Earth Day. People everywhere were reminded to do their small part to defend the planet from climate change. Henceforth this episode is titled... Earth Soup!   We converse with M... Read more

Oregon Documentaries

Airs at: Thu, 04/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  A flurry of documentaries about Pacific Northwest newsmakers are making the rounds of film festivals and television shows, locally and around the country. The Reluctant Radical profiles climate activist Ken Ward, one of the Valve Turners in the campaign to shut down the... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Dawson Carr, about Francescuccio Ghissi’s St. John Altarpiece

Airs at: Tue, 04/25/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday April 25, 2015, Joseph Gallivan interviews Dawson Carr, about Francescuccio Ghissi’s St. John Altarpiece, which is on display at the Portland Art Museum through July 9, 2017. Exhibition curator Carr is the Janet and Richard Geary Curator of European Art at the m... Read more

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
No live music didn't keep the Sampler Crew,, Fortunato, Just Jess and PBK, from mixing up  so cool songs. But, we did get PBK to give us as full, as in "I can't eat another bite", account of the recent Pizza Day that was held around the Sunnyside of soggy town. The plan was... Read more

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
The Sampler Crew has a special Memeorial Day program in store for your listening pleasure. Live music today will be by Moonbeam Kelly.  Also, since he has the day off from work today, Joe Woods, the host of the Tiki Cha Cha Club will be joining us in the sutdio. And, anothe... Read more