Poetry

María Sabina: Mazatec Mushroom Velada, 1955

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Recorded by R. Gordon Wasson June 29-30, 1955 in Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico, and published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. in 1974 as four records with clothed book, and four cassette tapes with book. Another record edition of one record was produced by Folkways... Read more

Queery Beloved Community

Airs at: Sat, 01/17/2026 at 10:00pm - Sun, 01/18/2026 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Queery
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Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 01/23/2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
Judith Barrington’s most recent book is Virginia’s Apple: Collected Memoirs (OSU Press, 2024). Heer previous memoir: Lifesaving: A Memoir was the winner of the Lambda Book Award and a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Memoirs included in ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 12, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Nuclear deceptions, domestic terrorism, and the poetry of the long struggle: Frann Michel hosts this episode featuring these segments:  Nuclear Bamboozles:   While the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 provided increased federal funding for n... Read more

Buscando America on 01/06/26

Airs at: Tue, 01/06/2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Programa musical con poemas y notas relevantes. Read more

Judith Arcana, 1943-2025, a Lifelong Troublemaker

The left community lost one of its stalwarts on winter solstice of 2025. Judith Arcana was a writer, poet, teacher and feminist activist. She is most well known for being one of the Janes, a pre-Roe, underground collective in Chicago that provided 11,000 illegal, but saf... Read more

Judith Arcana RIP

Airs at: Tue, 12/23/2025 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
On the Winter Solstice, Judith Arcana transitioned to the ancestors. She was the host of Poetry and Everything” for about three and a half years, and before that was a guest on many KBOO programs. Thanks to Ken Jones, Ani and Lynn, the youth of The Underground, Jodi Darb... Read more

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee on 12/21/25

Airs at: Sun, 12/21/2025 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee
Odin Woden Wodanaz and The Winter Solstice On this episode of Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee we’re considering the Germanic god of poetic fury and how parts of the Poetic Edda can be read as an allegory for the winter solstice.We also listen back to a few of the tracks released in ... Read more

Black As Folk 11/03/2025

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2025 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/04/2025 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Black As Folk
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Once Upon A Time

Airs at: Fri, 01/09/2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
David Rutiezer, the grandchild of Jewish immigrants, was raised in Illinois and Massachusetts, and lives in Portland, Oregon. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Rainier Writing Workshop and a TESL certificate from Concordia University. David’s poems have been p... Read more