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Craig Thompson returns to Words and Pictures

Airs at: Thu, 05/10/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
Craig Thompson took the comics world by storm in 2003 with his epic graphic memoir Blankets, a poignant recollection of young love and lost innocence, and cemented his literary reputation with 2011's Habibi. Now, Craig has re-issued his 2004 sketchbook travelogue Carnet de ... Read more

From the "Black Book Talk" Vault: Poet Kwame Alexander

Airs at: Thu, 12/03/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
We reprise Emma Jackson Ford’s May, 2018 interview with poet Kwame Alexander and his musical accompanist, guitarist Randy Preston.  The interview focusses on Rebound, the follow-up to his Newbery medal-winning middle-grade novel, The Crossover. Alexander is a poet, educato... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Airs at: Fri, 03/30/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
It took three months, but the first episode of Mr. Jones's Neighborhood for 2018 has finally arrived. What took us so long? We're not at liberty to say, other than Bob Mueller can be a stickler for detail. In any case, we think it's worth the wait. Our guests today are two ... Read more

SuperButch!

Airs at: Thu, 04/12/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Portland alt-comics heavyweights Barry Deutsch (Hereville) and Becky Hawkins (French Toast Comix) have teamed up to create SuperButch, the adventures of a lesbian superhero and the citizens whose lives she transforms.  Set in the 1940's when many gay Americans led double... Read more

Exeunt Portlandia

Airs at: Thu, 03/22/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Film Show
  To commemorate the final season of Portlandia, IFC's love/hate letter to Portland, we welcome three of the show's guiding talents.  Emmy-nominated series producer David Cress has been a creative force in Portland for over twenty years and has helped promote Oregon as a d... Read more

Creating the Isle of Dogs - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Fri, 03/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  In this extended conversation with Portland animator Paul Harrod, we hear more about his adventures working with filmmaker Wes Anderson, as well as the likes of Lily Tomlin, Eddie Murphy, and Larry Wilmore. During a recent trip to the Burning Man arts festival, Paul answ... Read more

Creating the Isle of Dogs

Airs at: Fri, 03/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Portland animator Paul Harrod has built sets for Pee-Wee's Playhouse, sculpted California Raisins for Will Vinton, and directed episodes of the breakthrough animated TV series The PJs. During a recent trip to the Burning Man arts festival, Paul answered a call from film... Read more

Gail Noonan, the Laughing Feminist - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  In this extended conversation with animator Gail Noonan, S.W. Conser asks about the early artistic adventures with the Winnipeg Film Group that helped spark Gail's four-decade-long career in the world of Canadian independent film and led to her recent retrospective at Po... Read more

Press**Watch: News you're not supposed to know

Airs at: Thu, 02/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Presswatch
Today we'll be looking at some of the great accomplishments of USA society, like soreading anthrax through beetles that children are likely to handle, conducting interrogations purely for the sake of terror, villages in order to save them, dropping out of the wimpiest possi... Read more

Animator Gail Noonan

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Gail Noonan's short films celebrate human relations and the natural world with a sweeping range of artistic techniques, from collage to stop-motion animation.  Her work cuts against the grain with humor and heart, tackling themes of justice and liberation, poetry and sex... Read more