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THE BIKE SHOP SHOW!!!

Airs at: Wed, 01/04/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Bike Show
We all have our favorite things, and for a seasoned cyclist a favorite shop is definitely a thing.  But what is it exactly that makes it one's favorite? Is it smoking hot deals, great mechanics, awesome gear, friendly and understanding staff?  On Wednesday January 4th we w... Read more

Before I Do

Airs at: Wed, 12/28/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Recovery Zone
  Recovery Zone is off today, instead we present this special Radiozine program: In her first book, Before I Do, leading gay rights attorney Elizabeth F. Schwartz spells out the range of practical considerations couples should address before tying the knot. She explores t... Read more

Feminists Watch Holiday Things

Airs at: Fri, 12/23/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Bread and Roses
From Jingle Barack to the "Fresh Off the Boat" and Chinese Santa, we take our feminist look at some holiday classics and newer media about Christmas, Hannukah, and holiday themes in general. Wrapping up with the new song actively modeling an anti-violence stance, "Baby It'... Read more

Wendy Doniger, Redeeming the Kamasutra

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
The Kamasutra brings to mind (and to Google searches) erotic and exotic sexual positions.   OK, it is that.  But it is much more.  It is about the art of living.   Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of ... Read more

Queer Politics and Survival: present, past, and....?

Airs at: Tue, 12/13/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Preference
Snapshots of queer struggles for dignity and safety, in America: We'll hear a series of audio pieces by Jason T. Ingram, a Portland area artist and musician who stared down religious conservatism in the harshest possible way - by attending gay conversion therapy, in the Sou... Read more

Sue Monk Kidd, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
Sue Monk Kidd has written several novels including The Secret Life of Bees, The Mermaid Chair, and The Invention of Wings.   Before the novels was the story of Sue Monk Kidd’s own journey, the Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman’s Journey from Christian Tradition to th... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Bread and Roses
  Join us for a conversation with Leslie Gregory, founder of Right To Health,  a non-profit focusing on preventative health management. They provide health outreach, education, and empowerment to people concerned and/or affected by stress-related risks associated with raci... Read more

Unchaste Readers Live In Studio

Airs at: Fri, 11/11/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Bread and Roses
Host Pamela Santos welcomes back Jenny Forrester from Unchaste Readers, as well as Mari Shepard-Glenn & Ijeoma Oluo Read more

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Charles Brownstein is the Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a non-profit advocacy organization which recently moved its headquarters from New York to Portland.  The CBLDF provides aid to artists and publishers facing legal threats such as censorshi... Read more

Timely & Now on Nov. 4 (Standing Rock, #CripTheVote & Latino Vote)

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Bread and Roses
Host Pamela Santos talks to Jack Malstrom (Rose City Native Radio), Ruth Parra (Tonalli), Alice Wong (#CripTheVote).   Please see below for the transcript of Alice Wong's audio essay on #CripTheVote:   Hoo whee! I just mailed my absentee ballot yesterday. It took me a... Read more