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The Long Con

Airs at: Thu, 08/09/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Comics conventions are hotbeds of community-building for all flavors of fandom.  But in The Long Con, an apocalyptic event turns convention-goers into an unlikely band of survivors.  Co-writer Ben Coleman and illustrator Emilee Denich join us and share the true-life tale... Read more

"The Best Books I Ever Read," Patricia Heard Hopson

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  Patricia Heard Hopson, retired Portland Public Schools librarian discusses favorite books with Emma Jackson Ford.   Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Julie Whipple

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines Flight 173, in an empty lot near the corner of Portland’s Northeast 157th Avenue and East Burnside, just about 9 miles from where we are now in our KBOO studios. Our News In Depth guest Julie Whipple not ... Read more

Changing Shakespeare

Airs at: Tue, 07/31/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae talks with three artistic directors who represent three companies working at diversity and changing Shakespeare offerings during the summer. We'll hear from Asae Dean of Salt and Sage Productions, Paul Susi of Portland Actors Ensemble and Jennifer Lanier of OPS Fest... Read more

Buscando America on 07/24/18

Airs at: Tue, 07/24/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Jose Luis Santillán nos comparte las palabras de Daniel, Carla, Mariel y Sara integrantes del Comité Ciudadano en Defensa del Parque Nacional Nevado de Toluca, un mensaje de lucha por la defensa de la tierra, los bosques, el agua…Arlyn Frank en cabina , ella es una excelent... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/24/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
Welcome to the Holy Crowley Hour, brought to you this month by the National Rifle Association. At the NRA, our mission is to protect your 2nd Amendment right to kill pretty much anyone who isn’t white, Christian, and barely literate. The NRA, where our motto is, and always ... Read more

Certain American States

Airs at: Thu, 08/16/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  One of Granta’s Best Young American novelists, Catherine Lacey, the Whiting Award-winning author of The Answers, showcases her literary style in short fiction with Certain American States, a collection of stories about ordinary people seeking—and failing to find—the extr... Read more

Be With

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Forrest Gander’s first book of poems since his Pulitzer finalist Core Samples from the World: a startling look through loss, grief, and regret into the exquisite nature of intimacy "Utterly naked and bereft, elegies, apologies, could-have-beens, Gander grieves and wonde... Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 14: Dealing with Alzheimer's Disease

Airs at: Tue, 07/17/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
  Dr. Allison Lindauer, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at OHSU Alison Lindauer is a nationally-certified gerontological nurse practitioner with a PhD. In gerontological nursing. As an assistant professor at OHSU's Layton Aging and ... Read more

Retired...or Rewired:? Episode 18: The MIT AgeLab

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
18.  The Future of Aging   Julie Miller is a Research Associate at the MITAgeLab and a Lecturer at Northeastern University. She is a gerontologicalsocial worker by training and studied at The University of California, Berkeley, and at Northeastern University in Boston. Jul... Read more