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26 - The Simpsons with Al Jean

Airs at: Fri, 06/09/2023 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
  Comedic writer, Al Jean, visits with Ragan & Poxy to discuss his work writing for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Alf, & his career as a Writer & Producer for the sitcom, The Simpsons.         Read more

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee on 05/21/23

Airs at: Sun, 05/21/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee
  Music for the moment and considering concepts of grounding while wishing a happy birthday to Sondra "Blinky" Williams, Rayven Channelle, Leo Sayer, Fats Waller, Mattias Bärjed, and Kevin Shields. Read more

Joshua James Amberson, author of Staring Contest: Essays About Eyes

Airs at: Thu, 05/25/2023 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Joshua James Amberson, author of the new book Staring Contest: Essays About Eyes, from Portland’s Perfect Day Publishing. Joshua’s writing includes the novel How to Forget Almost Everything, a series of chapbooks from Two Plum Press, and the l... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 22, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Julian Ankney hosts this week’s show and brings audio from the April 21st and 22nd virtual WSU conference on “Native Sovereignty, Decolonization, Divestment, Reparations, and Environmental Justice: Constructing Coalitions at the Intersections,” interwoven with music from... Read more

Mourning, resilience, and resistance: The Story of the Celilo Wy’am

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Celilo Wyam activist Lana Jack reads from her short memoir, which appears in the Spring edition of Oregon Humanities. Jack recounts stories of growing up fishing with her father and sisters on the Columbia River and speaks to the stakes in the Celilo Wy-am struggle for fede... Read more

Black-Indigenous Solidarity

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Kent Ford, co-founder of the Portland chapter of the Black Panthers, and activist-scholars Sky Wilson, and Danica Brown, enrolled Choctaw of the Watonlak Oshi “White Crane'' clan, discuss solidarity and intersecting struggles against racism, colonialism, and police violence... Read more

River Sing Me Home

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews, River Sing Me Home, a novel as beautiful as its title. Says the author Eleanor Shearer, “This is a story that does not shy away from the brutality of slavery, but that ultimately still has something uplifting at its heart.”  The emancipation... Read more

Atomic Days

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south central Washington no longer produces plutonium for nuclear bombs. But its lethal legacy remains.  In his new book, Atomic Days:  The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America, author Joshua Frank digs into the history of this ... Read more

AV Geeks

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Skip Elsheimer has filled up a ten-bedroom house in his hometown of Raleigh with his collection of 30,000 16mm films, which he screens online for viewers every weekday.  His channel, AV Geeks, celebrates all the earnestness and weirdness of 20th-century educational and i... Read more

Monthly guest Jacqueline Keeler

Airs at: Wed, 05/10/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    We welcome back Jacqueline Keeler to her old second Wednesday spot as monthly guest/co-host.  Keeler is a Portland-based Native American writer and activist, enrolled in the Navajo Nation and of Yankton Dakota descent, who co-founded Eradicating Offensive Native Masco... Read more