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La Belle

Airs at: Tue, 12/20/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features the most ambitious Imago show in their theatre, La Belle, Lost in the World of the Automaton. We'll hear from Carol Triffle and Jerry Muoawad about their largest show more than three years in the making as their final bow at their theatre home in the Masoni... Read more

In The News...

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 11:15am - Sat, 12/10/2016 at 11:15am
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Join us as we discuss Donald Trump's 60 Minutes interview.  Omarosa says that she has been abandoned by family and friends because of her support for Donald Trump.  Will the President-Elect require Muslims to register in this country?  Tune in as we discuss these topics and... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Blind illustratrix Sabine Rear and artist with invisible disabilities Arianna Warner talk about crip identity, culture, and comics. Look at what it means to have art and culture about disability produced and archived by disability community. Read more

Radical Chorus Skillshare and Workshop: the songs!

Listen to recorded versions of the songs that you learned in the Radical Chorus Skillshare and Workshop. If you didn’t get to come to the workshop, here they are! The songs that were learned are The Day the Nazi Died - Chumbawamba The Pill - Loretta Lynn The Little Brown... Read more

Artist Behind Kwanzaa Stamp

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
The US Postal Service issued a Kwanzaa Forever stamp this year. The artist, Synthia Saint James, created the original Kwanzaa stamp in 1997. The colorful stamp art features a young African-American woman as the embodiment of Africa. She wears a lavender dress with a collar ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 28, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear: 1.  Mark Brenner of Labor Notes discusses the challenges for labor in the Trump years. 2.  Sheldon George talks with Jan Haaken about his book Trauma and Race: A Lacanian Study of African American Racial Identit... Read more

Book Review: "Enduring Love"

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Like McEwan, himself, the lead character in Enduring Love,  Joe Rose, wants to write about the death of anecdote and narrative in science. Joe is a research scientist who has turned to journalism to describe for general readers what is happening in science. But he is nostal... Read more

The Aftermath . . .

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
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Grappling with VP-elect Mike Pence's religious-based bigotry; and an interview with John Waters!

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be talking with Indiana queer activist JJ Gufreda about Mike Pence, Vice-President-elect, and his history of anti-LGBTQ legislation and actions as Indiana governor, and in the years prior to his taking office. There's a lengthy list of ways that Pence has found, to ma... Read more

Uhuru Sasa Poetry Share

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
The Uhuru Sasa cultural club at the Oregon State Penitentiary held its annual Poetry Share in October. This year’s theme was What Matters.  Host Karen James interviewed MC Harold Jones and the performers about their poetry.  Uhuru Sasa welcomes community volunteers to help ... Read more