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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

Spires That In The Sunset Rise

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Tonight on A Different Nature we explore the fascinating sounds of SPIRES THAT IN THE SUNSET RISE. From their bandcamp page: Since 2001, Spires That in the Sunset Rise have been unsettling and thrilling audiences with their brand of sonic alchemy. Described by Jack Rose as... Read more

Book Mole: Lilac Girls

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Lilac Girls, by Martha Hall Kelley; it’s a historically based novel about three women during World War II, one Polish, one German, and the other American. It focuses on Ravensbruck, the Nazi concentration camp for women. Read more

FAKE NEWS and RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2017 at 11:15pm - 11:30pm
Produced for:  Open Air
  If you think that Russia's fake news invasion of our election was a first, guess again... Russia Disinformation Expert, Vera Zakem tell us: - How fake new originates and goes viral - Who's behind fake news and what these adversaries gain -  How we can prevent becoming ... Read more

Stephen Hanks on The Albina Jazz Festival

Airs at: Wed, 04/26/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Stephen is truly passionate about history. In 2013 he published the Akee Tree about his family’s history and genealogy. A few years ago, he started researching the local stories of early Portland African American pioneers, and created walking tours to share with the publ... Read more

The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People by Judith Orloff, MD

Airs at: Sun, 04/16/2017 at 9:45pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Open Air
  What's the difference between having empathy and being an empath?  “Empathy means our heart goes out to another person in joy or pain,” says Dr. Judith Orloff, MD “But empaths actually feel others’ emotions and physical symptoms in their own bodies, without the usual def... 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

Hot Off The Press...

Airs at: Sat, 04/15/2017 at 1:15pm - Sun, 04/23/2017 at 1:15pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Session's DOJ could possibly roll back Obama era agreements with local law enforcement agencies.  Should parents be notified of children's birth control decisions?  Momma June's weight loss surgery.  Tune in as we discuss these topics and more.    Read more

Embracing Comic Tragedy

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Mary Astor’s biggest role was Brigid O’Shaughnessy.  Brigid was the love interest of Sam Spade played by Humphrey Bogart in the film, the Maltese Falcon.  But Mary Astor is most famous for what happened off screen and was recorded in her diary.   Caricaturist Edward Sorel b... Read more

The Ada Decades

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this edition of Radiozine Dan Johnson talks to author Paula Martinac about her novel The Ada Decades. A girl from a Carolina mill family isn't supposed to strive for a career, but Ada Shook graduates from college on a scholarship and lands a plum job as a school libr... Read more