Arts and Culture

Lusophone ports of Africa

Airs at: Fri, 12/10/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Boogie Pachanguero

Ola!! Some of the danciest tunes on earth are coming from Africa and it's time to catch them in the Portuguese language. A little bit of kuduro, afrobeat, kizomba, tarraxinha, and morna is gonna lead us into the night dancing, as the portuguese vocabulary mixes with th... Read more

the Return of the Fantastic Four

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

As winter gets closer, Fortunato and DK take a look back 60 years ago this month when the third issue of the Fantastic Four comic book appeared on newsstands. Today, will feature a radio adaptation of this issue's story, The Menace of the Miracle Man. It's should be lots of... Read more

Kristen Radtke on American Loneliness

Airs at: Thu, 12/09/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Kristen Radtke is the author of two graphic non-fiction books: Imagine Wanting Only This and Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. She’s also been the Art Director and Deputy Publisher at the magazine The Believer and a writer whose work has appeared in The Ne... Read more

Dispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin

Airs at: Thu, 12/09/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Jonesy

Today on Jonesy, we we pay tribute to arguably Oregon’s greatest writer, Ursula K. Le Guin. I’m sure Ken Kesey would have loved to arm wrestle her for the title, but I think he’d lose. Ursula was not only a brilliant and prolific author, but an activist for the environment ... Read more

Buscando America on 12/07/21

Airs at: Tue, 12/07/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

En el programa de esta semana escucharás un reporte del curso de las caravanas que han salido de Tapachula y ya han cruzado tres estados en un reporte de Pueblo Sin Fronteras. Hablamos sobre el informe “Broken Promises: Limits of Biden's Executive Order on Private Prisons... Read more

Racing to the Holidays with Film at 11, for Friday, December 17th, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 12/17/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

This week we are joined by Stephen Hood to discuss Nightmare Alley, then Jeff Godsil gets to the bottom of Polanski's Bitter Moon, while Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time considers the Marvel TV series Hawkeye, and in the book corner, a new monograph onVisconti's Rocco and H... Read more

Film at 11 gives in to the holidays this week, Friday, 24 December, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 12/24/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

Stephen Hood joins us to discuss Matrix: Resurrections, Jeff Godsil gets to the bottom of Ben-Hur, Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time considers High Sierra, now out on the Criterion Collection, and in the book corner, a new edition of a monograph on The Matrix. ––––––––... Read more

More Alternatives to Xmas this week on Film at 11, December 10, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 12/10/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

This week we discuss the new Steven Spielberg version of West Side Story, with actor and coach Kurt Conroyd, while Jeff Godsil considers Brigitte Bardot in ... And God Created Woman, then Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time on F.P. 1 Doesn't Answer, features Conrad Veidt as t... Read more

cartoonist Shannon Wheeler

Airs at: Tue, 12/07/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday December 7, 2021, Joseph Gallivan interviews cartoonist Shannon Wheeler about Forbidden Love, his show of cartoons submitted to the New Yorker magazine. Wheeler talks about the single panel gag joke, the value of waking up at night to jot down a joke, what it’s l... Read more