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Old Mole Variety Hour for August 1, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Evicted: Ever get evicted? A lot of people have, especially in a period of rents skyrocketing and people clamoring for apartments, especially in Portland because landlords have had the... Read more

The Taste of Ginger

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews the 2021 novel by Mansi Shah, entitled The Taste of Ginger. It’s a lovely novel about an Indian family who brings their children to the US for greater opportunities, but then wants them both to successfully assimilate and yet remain true to I... Read more

20 - Season II Finale with Miss Ketty Lester

Airs at: Fri, 09/02/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
  Join Us for episode 20 as Poxy & Ragan sit down with the legendary Miss Ketty Lester to discuss her acting & singing career! Well known for her 1962 hit single, ‘Love Letters’, Ketty would go on to star in movies such as Up Tight, Blacula, House Party III, & Uptown Satur... Read more

Lidia Yuknavitch, author of Thrust

Airs at: Thu, 07/28/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Lidia Yuknavitch, author of the new novel Thrust from Riverhead Books. Lidia’s the nationally bestselling author of the novels The Book of Joan, The Small Backs of Children, and Dora: A Headcase, the memoir The Chronology of Water, and the non... Read more

Michael Kupperman, author of All the Answers: A Graphic Memoir

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
It's summer here on Jonesy and that means a summer rerun or two. On today's show, we set the Wayback Machine for June 2019 and my interview with Michael Kupperman, author of All the Answers: A Graphic Memoir from Simon & Schuster’s Gallery 13. And, in the interview, we go b... Read more

Independent Stop-Motion Animators

Airs at: Thu, 07/14/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Portland is an international hub for stop-motion animation, and Jerold Howard and Suzanne Moulton are two of the most innovative artists in the field. Suzanne is a filmmaker, artist, and educator.  She’s worked with Tim Burton on Frankenweenie and Henry Selick on Corali... Read more

Round-table: Hosts' Summer Favorites

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
History, humor, romance:  These and other genres make the recommended list.  Sit back, relax, sip whatever you like and ENJOY............1           Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 4, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this July 4 episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Despair: Disappointed? Disgruntled? Depressed? Demoralized? Despairing? By the Supreme Court decisions? By Trump remaining a viable candidate in 2024? By the police regaining pu... Read more

Breaking Clean

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Breaking Clean, a memoir by Judy Blunt. The book offers a set of stories as snapshots that form the life of a Montana ranch-woman and her struggles to get an education and to write while raising three children. Read more

Big Game in the Pacific Northwest

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2022 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/21/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Col. Sebastion "Tiger Jack" Moran, called "the second most dangerious man in Europe" travels to the Pacific Northwest as part of an unusual hunt.  Read more