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The Great Offshore Grounds

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Local author Vanessa Veselka has written a wonderful novel, The Great Offshore Grounds, full of insights into class and gender, and beautifully written. Patricia Kullberg presents excerpts from the novel as Norm Diamond reviews it. Read more

Chat GPT for Writers: An interview with E. S. O. Martin

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2023 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  The Imaginary Possible
  In this episode of "The Imaginary Possible," host Suzanne LaGrande looks at how Chat GPT works, the pros and the cons of information personalization. She then speaks with Emanuella Martin (E.S.O. Martin), a writer with extensive experience as a journalist, editor, and pu... Read more

Special Halloween Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Music to help you get set for Trick or Treaters. Also today, a rebroadcast of one of our favorite scary radio dramas, The House In CyprusCanyon. Robert Taylor and Cathy Lewis star as a young couple whoive bought a new house. First there's the locked closet that has no key. ... Read more

Previewing the 2023 Portland Book Festival with Amanda Bullock

Airs at: Thu, 10/26/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
As the temperatures drop here in Portland, the leaves turn color, and the rain starts falling, it’s a sure sign Autumn has arrived. A good time to pause the social media doom scrolling and sit down with a few books you’ve been wanting to read. It’s also a sure sign the Port... Read more

Halloween We Dare You To Listen In The Dark Special

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/17/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
To night a chilling story by Robert E. Howard, set in the Gothic South. Two young men on a vacation seek shelter in what they think is an abandoned old mansion. Only to find something evil and murdrous hiding in the dusty, cobweb filled hallways. Comsidered by many to be on... Read more

Signe Baumane

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Independent animator Signe Baumane has directed multiple short films and two feature films, Rocks in My Pockets and My Love Affair With Marriage.  Now touring the Pacific Northwest, My Love Affair With Marriage follows the misadventures of Zelma, whose 23-year quest for ... Read more

William T. Vollmann on his new two-volume collection Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome William T. Vollmann, author of Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness, a new two-volume collection of his visual art, including photographs, drawings, prints, and paintings, from 1980 to 2022, published by Unnamed Press and Rare Bird Books. In... Read more

Season III Finale - Succession with Pat Capone

Airs at: Fri, 10/13/2023 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
  Cinematographer, Pat Capone, discusses his career behind the camera, and his latest work as the Director of Photography for the hit series, Succession.       Read more

"Black Book Talk" Sampler

Airs at: Thu, 10/05/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
We're featuring portions of ....a 2003 interview with internationally-recognized novelist Ernest J. Gaines regarding A Lesson Before Dying. .... a 2008 chat with then-newcomer Felicia Pride about her collection of essays The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greates... Read more

Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson

Airs at: Thu, 09/28/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In 2013, award-winning political cartoonist Matt Bors founded the website The Nib, dedicated to comics journalism.  After a decade of publishing non-fiction comics from around the globe, Matt is saying goodbye to The Nib. S.W. Conser talks with Matt about the history of ... Read more