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The Best Days Are Ahead: Andrea Borsuk

Airs at: Tue, 08/08/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
  Eric Bartels speaks to Andrea Borsuk about her work, what drives her, how it's evolved and how all of us have it in our DNA to be creative.   Andrea Borsuk is a painter whose work explores notions of journey, time and destiny. She holds an MFA from Columbia University an... Read more

KBOO News Interview - Jerry Chrisman of Tesla City Stories

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
We're fortunate here in Portland to have such a vibrant community of live storytelling and radio theater. There's Willamette Radio Workshop, Portland Story Theater, Back Fence PDX, the Mystery Box Show, Mortified, and The Moth, just to name a few. One of the most intriguin... Read more

Sex, Sex Work, and the City; and the Prexy lashes out at trans people.

Airs at: Tue, 08/08/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Preference
    This week, I'll be talking with local sex worker activist and frequent Preference guest Red. We'll discuss how sex, sex work, sociality, and safety play out in urban environments. The starting points for our conversation: our own experiences, and Samuel Delany's essay... Read more

Dealing With Emotional Difficulties

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2017 at 11:00am - Sun, 08/13/2017 at 11:00am
Produced for This Is How We See It
Tune in as we talk to Dr. April Jackson James about how to deal with emotional difficulties and how to remove the negative stigma of mental illness. Read more

Clackamas Rep + Off The Rails

Airs at: Tue, 08/08/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
  Dmae presents two productions that mark personal milestones for their theatres. First up, we talk with Cyndy Smith-English, executive director of Clackamas Repertory Theatre which is presenting Irving Berlin's The Melody Lingers On!  The musical runs through Aug. 27th wi... Read more

Danny Goldberg, In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
During one year, 1967, it seemed possible that the world could be transformed by peace, love, and meditation. The assassinations, violence, and polarization of 1968 hadn’t happened, and the hippies were exploring spirituality and social justice.   Danny Goldberg takes us b... Read more

The Largest Cannabis Reform Protestival on Earth

Airs at: Sun, 08/06/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
Seattle Hempfest will be held August 18, 19, and 20 in Washington state along the Puget Sound, so this week we talk with Hempfest Executive Director Vivian McPeak. Hempfest Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 08/06/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz previews music of Nefesh Mountain, who will be performing at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center on August 10. Read more

Sean The Bus Driver Plugged In on 08/04/17

Airs at: Fri, 08/04/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 08/05/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Plugged In

A Radio Geekly: Episode 12 - Comics! Part 2

Airs at: Fri, 08/04/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for A Radio Geekly
Join us Friday at 11am as we debrief our experience of the Portland Zine Symposium, chat more about comics with our in-studio guests, aaaannd *fingers crossed* get an "exclusive" insight to the Star Trek convention, happening this weekend in Las Vegas!    Read more