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Gratitude to the Earth Kills the Carbon-Heavy Gods

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2022 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Earth Riot Radio
  How do we start actions over? Start by living in the present tense, that vivid moving thing. In consumer society, which imitates the old religions and fascism, we are distracted away from what we are doing now. Our present tense life is an infinite source and is where th... Read more

Portland Book Festival 2022 Preview

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
It’s been a long, hellishly hot and smoky summer here in Portland. But it seems like fall has finally arrived. Along with the rain and cooler temperatures, we look forward, as we do every year, to the big holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Sukkot – and a few che... Read more

A Different Nature: Coda

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature: Coda
UN PEUX PLUS DE RADIO Or: The Return of the Velvet Gentleman.   Ce soir on mettra en vedette la musique du doux excentrique, M. Erik Satie. Les Embryons Desséchés, Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire, Trois Sonneries de la Rose-Croix, Aperçus Désagréables, et plus. Écoute, L... Read more

Can't Translate the Wildness

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2022 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Earth Riot Radio
  We can't catch up with the Earth, no matter how hard we try. Numbers, tech and human efforts to defeat the catastrophes we invented are no match for the energy of the Earth. With Saint Barbara Erenreich and The Stop Shopping Choir  Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D... Read more

A Cartoon Arts Museum in the Pacific Northwest

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  San Francisco has one, New York has one, Brussels has one, and now Portland may be home to a cartoon arts museum, if a group of academics, activists and industry artists get their way. Dr Mike Rosen, Sean Wynn, Michael Ring, and Katie Pryde are four of the board members... Read more

Neil Cochrane, author of The Story of the Hundred Promises

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Neil Cochrane, author of the new novel The Story of the Hundred Promises, from Forest Avenue Press. Neil is a queer, trans author and artist. He writes speculative fiction and fantasy that centers queer characters overcoming obstacles and buil... Read more

The Monday Sampler on 10/03/22

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
In honor of the World Series we present the famous baseball comedy routine by Abbott and Costello, "Who's On First ?" in the second hour of today's music filled show. Featured will bew Chick Coreao, Herbie Hancock, Roseanne Cash, Johnny Rivers,  Dexter Gordon, Judy Canova a... Read more

The Strange Intelligence

Airs at: Thu, 09/29/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Earth Riot Radio
  We demand that our storms and floods and fires be explained properly! The news and the experts seem to assume these events as inanimate events, as if nature had a mechanical breakdown. In the age of AI, UFOs and quantum physics, we are still clinging to our human centri... Read more

Earth Riot Radio

  Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of humanity’s most urgent issue — the planet’s Sixth Extinction. Made by “Earth-loving urban activists” from The Church of Stop Shopping, this podcast educates, inspires and ... Read more

Leanne Grabel's Brontosaurus

Airs at: Thu, 09/22/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Leanne Grabel is an Portland-based author, illustrator, and poet who has also run a café and performance space and taught in public schools and treatment centers.  She’s written books and produced spoken-word shows, including The Lighter Side of Chronic Depression and An... Read more