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APA Heritage Month (rebroadcast)

Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! It's still May and it's still Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! We thought we would replay our APA Heritage Month episode from last year. While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been somew... Read more

SF's Transgender Cultural District; and No Pride in Policing!

Airs at: Tue, 05/14/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Looking past our own shores: We'll be talking with Aria Sa'id, executive director for the Transgender Cultural District, in Compton. From her website: "Prior to her new role as Executive Director of the Compton’s Transgender Cultural District, Ms. Sa’id served as LGBT Poli... Read more

Occupy ICEPDX and Dani Summers

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers interviews Portland activists Sam and Alana about OccupyICEPDX and the late Dani Henri Sommerville, also known as Dani Summers, and Dani Som, a twenty year old musician/songwriter,  with OccupyICE/PDX, who died in February. Scroll down for a transcript of ... Read more

Portland's Lesbian Literature reading group.

Airs at: Tue, 04/30/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be talking with Elisa Saphier, owner of Portland's bookstore Another Read Through, and organizer of the monthly lesbian literature reading group.  Read more

This Way Out: Buttigieg blasts off and LGBTQ news

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Pete Buttigiegs U.S. presidential bid breaks into the big time; marriage equality debuts in Japans court system, while queer Taiwan couples make wedding plans, the European Lesbian Conference overcomes teargas-toting protesters in Ukraine, silent Russian activists are buste... Read more

Mo Welch on How to Die Alone

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Radiozine welcomes comedian and author Mo Welch to talk about her book "How To Die Alone." Mo will be in conversation with the founder of Portland’s Curious Comedy Theater, Stacey Hallal, at Powell’s City of Books on Mon, April 29 at 7:30pm. About "How To Die Alone" For e... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 29, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Mole celebrating May Day, International Workers Day, and we hear:  Laurie speaks with Lane Windham, who worked for twenty years in the labor movement and is now Associate Director of Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiativ... Read more

MYKU: My Portland by Meg Vogt

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Meg Vogt, author of the new book of photographs and poems MYKU: My Portland. “MYKU” is what Meg calls her variations on the haiku form, a poem in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. The book pairs Meg’s MYKU’s with photographs from her... Read more

Temper CA by Paul Skenazy

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Paul Skenazy, author of the new novel Temper CA, from Miami University Press. Paul’s essays, stories, and book reviews have appeared in a range of newspapers and magazines, and he’s published critical work on noir writers such as Dashiell Hammett,... Read more

Portland poet Nastashia Minto, author of "Naked"; and the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival

Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be talking with Nastashia Minto, author of the new poetry collection, 'Naked': I never truly understood the beauty of another being until I began to find and love myself. Minto is a Georgia-born African American woman living and working in Portland. Reema Zaman call... Read more