Spoken Arts

Interview with Toni Partington and Christopher Luna

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Poetry and Everything

Chris and Toni co-host Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic, the series he established in 2004. Together they founded Printed Matter Vancouver, a small press and editing service. Not only are there two of them, working together on those projects, but each of them does (notably) more... Read more

Gremlin Time

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/18/2017 at 12:00pm

Produced for: Gremlin Time

Tonight, the second most dangerous man in Europe, Col Sebastian (Tiger Jack) Moran travels to the base of Mr Rainier to hunt a legendary ape-man; believed to be a cousin of those believed to inhabit Nepal. But the Colonel finds more than he bargained for in this short stor... Read more

Paul Watson and Lawrence Howard discuss Ice Ghosts

Airs at: Thu, 04/13/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

On today’s show, our guest is Paul Watson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ice Ghosts: the Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition, in conversation with Lawrence Howard, co-founder of Portland Story Theater, and writer/performer for their Armchair Adventurers series. I... Read more

Rip City Basement - Von Gage x Poetic Justice

Airs at: Sat, 04/08/2017 at 10:00pm - Sun, 04/09/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Rip City Basement

Uhuru Sasa Talent Show 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

On March 14, 2017 the Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club held its annual Talent Show inside the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. Tonight you’ll hear rap, acoustic, and original work performed by the men at OSP. Uhuru Sasa, which means ‘Freedom Now’ in Swahili, is a Club by an... Read more

And the winner is . . .

Produced for: The Sacred Circle "TEMENOS"

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday! After all Sixty-Four songs (culled from nearly 300) duked it out tournament style over the past few weeks, last night we crowned her signature song which so bravely illuminated the horrors of lynchings, our SAD, SAD Champion, the Ultimate... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Airs at: Fri, 03/31/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Tune in for the premiere episode of Mr. Jones's Neighborhood, the children's show for reluctant adults. Host Ken Jones (no relation) welcomes Noah Mickens, artistic director of the Umbrella Festival of Circus and Comedy; Los Angeles-based dancing juggler Alex Bistrevsky; an... Read more

Sharon Lacy

Airs at: Sat, 10/30/2010 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: Funny You Should Say That

In this interview with Sharon Lacy, she tells how she began her work life as a television newscaster in Washington and later become a classroom teacher. Then she made a midlife decision to go onstage as a stand-up comic based in Portland. Now in her 60's, she has carved ou... Read more