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Holiday stories from Portland Story Theater's Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Jonesy
In the spirit of the holiday season, we're re-airing one of our favorite Jonesy episodes, which originally ran on December 23, 2021, the Eve of Christmas Eve. Our guests are master storytellers Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard.  Lynne and Lawrence are the founders of Portla... Read more

The Path to Inner Peace

Airs at: Sun, 12/11/2022 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
Have you ever wondered about how the concept of karma operates? Subhash Jain is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at The University of Iowa. He was born in India into a family that practiced Jainism, and he continued to do so after ... Read more

Walk in Light

Airs at: Sun, 11/27/2022 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
Sandra Ingerman is an award winning author of twelve books, including Soul Retrieval, Medicine for the Earth,  The Book of Ceremony and the book explored on Pathways, Walking in Light: The Everyday Empowerment of a Shamanic Life.  Sandra is the presenter of eight audio pro... Read more

Chris Abani, author of Smoking the Bible (part 1 of 2)

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
From poet, essayist, novelist, Igbo priest and humanitarian Chris Abani, comes his latest collection of poems Smoking The Bible, an elegy to his dear brother and an exploration of love, loss, exile and rebirth. Part 1 of 2. Read more

Mother of Color

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Dawn Jones Redstone is a filmmaker who believes in mentoring creative people from underrepresented communities.  Her short films, including Sista in the Brotherhood and We Have Our Ways, have tackled pressing social issues while offering opportunities for women of color ... Read more

Mary Helen Stefaniak, author of The World of Pondside and The Six-Minute Memoir

Airs at: Thu, 10/20/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
Halloween is just around the corner, so we have a double treat for you on today's episode. Mary Helen Stefaniak is here to talk about her two new books: The World of Pondside, a rollicking, cyber mystery set in a retirement home, and The Six-Minute Memoir: Fifty-Five Short ... Read more

Neil Cochrane, author of The Story of the Hundred Promises

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Neil Cochrane, author of the new novel The Story of the Hundred Promises, from Forest Avenue Press. Neil is a queer, trans author and artist. He writes speculative fiction and fantasy that centers queer characters overcoming obstacles and buil... Read more

THE VANQUISHERS by Kalynn Bayron

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Everybody knows vampires have been vanquished, right?  Welllll, maybe no..... Twelve-year-old Malika “Boog” Wilson and her best friends have grown up idolizing The Vanquishers, a group of masked vampire hunters who wiped out the last hoard of the undead decades ago. For ki... Read more

Revolutionary Mothering and Reproductive Justice

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2022 at 7:30pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Making Contact
  In today's episode, Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs tells the birth story of the book she co-edited with China Martens and Mai'a Williams, 'Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines', and gives context to the book with stories of the Reproductive Justice Movement. Descr... Read more

Choose Wisely, Your Words Matter

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for Encouragementology
  On this show, we are flipping on our internal filters and giving ourselves ample time and space to consider our words and consider them wisely because our words matter! You've heard it before, there is life and death in your words. Research shows the average person speak... Read more