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Carol Lay - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Carol Lay has been creating comics — both alternative and mainstream — since the 1980’s.  She’s a writer, illustrator, painter, and animator whose work ranges from surrealist canvases to Wonder Woman story arcs.  Her weekly comic Story Minute ran in newspapers for twenty... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood 8/28/20

Airs at: Fri, 08/28/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
We have a very special Mr. Jones's Neighborhood for you today, mainly because there's very little of Mr. Jones himself in this episode. After a brief rant intro, host Ken Jones (no relation) hands things over to Kent Russell and Karen Russell to talk about Kent's new book I... Read more

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/18/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
tonight we present a radio adaptation of George Stewart's great science fiction novel "Earth Abides". The story of the few survivors of a world wide plague that has wipedout practically all of mankind. What are the effects of the disappearnce of humans for both the natural ... Read more

The Lady Eve starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
This show is really it! We're back with another presentation on Shut In Theater. This week Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland star in a radio adaptation of the Preston Sturges 1941 comedy "The Lady Eve". A father daughter team of card sharks plan to take advantage of the soci... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 10, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Insurgency and its Future: Mole bill Resnick talks to Emory Mort Portland activist and our street historian, who has been to over 50 BLM Protests over the last two months, and you c... Read more

Another World is Possible

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond revisits a dystopian novel published 35 years ago and set in our year 2020. Would we have acted any differently if we’d taken the author’s warnings seriously? The novel is Goodman 2020 by Fred Pfeil, an Oregonian for some of the time he was writing it. This wil... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 08/02/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Stories by Sholem Aleichem and others performed by the Jewish Theatre Collaborative. Read more

Book Mole: The Vanishing Half

Airs at: Mon, 07/27/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg reads Larry Bowlden’s review of The Vanishing Half  by Brit Bennett. The novel is about twin African American girls who are pale as any white person. One marries a man who is described as blue-black, the other decides to pass as white. A story of race, ... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood 7/24/20

Airs at: Fri, 07/24/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Since it's summer, there's no better time for a summer rerun. And it's a good one! Our guest today is the legendary audio theater producer, director, and writer Dirk Maggs. We had the privilege of talking with Dirk last year on the now defunct Holy Crowley Hour, a monthly K... Read more

Lynda Barry on Making Comics

Airs at: Thu, 07/23/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Lynda Barry calls herself "an accidental professor," but she began her career as an accidental cartoonist in the 1970's, when Evergreen State College classmate Matt Groening published her comics in the school paper without her knowledge.  Barry's weekly strip Ernie Pook'... Read more