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Roscoe, Leo and George

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2019 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
ADN presents new compositions and improvisations by Roscoe Mitchell (sax and flute), Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), and George Lewis (trombone, electronics).  Though all these gentlemen have been in the jazz scene for forty years or more, they are alive and still blowing the r... Read more

Woodstock 50 Year Retrospective Part 3

Airs at: Fri, 08/16/2019 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Woodstock 50 Year Retrospective Part 2

Airs at: Fri, 08/16/2019 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm
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Obon celebration

Airs at: Fri, 08/16/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Join Producers Tabitha and Sara as we are joined by guest Jenna Yokoyama to talk about Obon, a holiday that has been celebrated in Japan for hundreds of years and celebrated in America since the first Japanese immigrants arrived. What does it mean to the Japanese-American c... Read more

Woodstock 50 Year Retrospective Part 1

Airs at: Fri, 08/16/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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Express Yo'self

Express Yo'self, hosted by the original Ji, features talented spoken word artists, rappers, poets and singers from around the Portland metropolitan area. Not only do the guest of the show write their own lyrical pieces, but Ji is also a singer, song writer, poet and spoken ... Read more

Izzy Is Real and Jess

Airs at: Thu, 08/15/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Express Yo'self
On this episode, Ji interviews spoken word artist Izzy Is Real about his spoken word career and his newly released EP entitled “Reverse Introversion”. His EP can be found on Itunes, Google Play, Youtube, Tidal and Spotify. He can be supported on instagram @izzy_is_real. In ... Read more

Move 9 Speak, Yellow Finch Tree Sitters, and Pansy Fest//ACAB 2019

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 08/02/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
Move call for support for Delbert Orr Africa First we have a couple of shorter segments. Respectively, you hear the voices of Janine Phillips Africa, Janet Holloway Africa and Eddie Goodman Africa of the Move 9, a political and religious group that follows the teachings of ... Read more

Celebrating Grace Paley

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetry and Everything
Tonight, Ken Jones and Judith Arcana are celebrating Grace Paley's life and work, reading her writing on the radio.  Ken's often heard on KBOO; he writes, produces and performs on comedy shows, does author interviews on "Between the Covers," and co-anchors the Monday PM new... Read more

Buscando America on 08/13/19

Airs at: Tue, 08/13/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En NOMADXS conoce a José Emanuel Zitlalpopoca Tecuapacho  fundador de Culture Club una marca de ropa de promueve la cultura y la historia Mexicana prehispánica en los Estados Unidos. En Krónikas de Viaje conoce a Feral una banda chilena de la region fría de Valdivia  que  p... Read more