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Book Mole: The Snow Child

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.   Read more

Julie Israel on "Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index"

Airs at: Thu, 08/03/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
  Host Bethany Grabow talks with Julie Israel, author of the new book Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index. It is the story of a teen girl struggling to look on the bright side while dealing with the loss of her charismatic older sister and navigating the perils of high school.... Read more

Gremlin Time presents "The Horror of the Mound" by Robert E. Howard

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/18/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
It's that time once again for the bedtime radio show for grownups. Tonight, a classic tale from the pages of Weird Tales Magazine, "The Horror of the Mound" by Robert E. Howard. Ex cattle drover Steve Brill is regretting his decision to take up farming in the hills of West ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 17, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this episode, which includes these segments: Bill Resnick talks with economist Mary King about irregular work schedules. Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Joe & Raisa share a profile of punk musician Poly Styrene Desiree He... Read more

When Dimple Met Rishi

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Intersections Radio
  Sandhya Menon is Young Adult romance writer, and one of the very very few South Asian American writers in the genre. Her debut novel, "When Dimple Met Rishi" follows the love story of two characters from Gujarati families in the Bay Area. Sarika and Sandhya talked about ... Read more

My Private Property

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
  "Mary Ruefle is, in this humble bookseller’s opinion, the best prose-writing poet in America. (And one of our best poets, too.) My Private Property, her latest collection of stories, essays, and asides, is as joyous and singular a book as you’ll read... "--Stephen Sparks... Read more

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Summer's here. So, pour out a cool drink and tune in the Sampler. Fortunato and PBK will be spinning some discs, and will welcome Portland's favorite clowns around town Olive and Dingo. Also more I Love a Mystery, with Jack, Doc and Reggie in chapter 12 of the Bury Your De... Read more

Movies at the Airport

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Film Show
  Visitors to Portland International Airport can now enjoy short films by Oregon-based directors, thanks to the new Micro-Cinema on Concourse C which features local programming 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  Hollywood Theatre Executive Director Doug Whyte brings us into... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 19, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick is our host for this edition of the Mole which includes these segments: 1. Tom Athanasiou talks with Bill Resnick about policies and movements necessary to deal with climate change. 2. Jovanka Beckles explains how the Richmond Progressive Alliance won in Rich... Read more

"Do Not Become Alarmed"

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
    The superb short fiction author, Maile Meloy, takes us on a luxury cruise ship down he coast of South America, pointing out the radical differences in  wealth between the ship’s passengers and crew. When the two American couples and their children go ashore for a day’... Read more