Science/Technology

The Digital Divide for September 2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
John Shirley, He writes fiction that is uniquely his own -- but it has been labeled as science fiction, cyberpunk, noir, horror, post modern literature, erotica, magic realism, dark fiction, suspense, fantasy, and more.  He's a television and film writer; lyricist for bands... Read more

Field Recordings, Sound Design, and Sacred Geometry

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
Coming up this Saturday from midnight to 3 AM, Threshold Shift will be experimenting with perception, sound and 432 Hz. Check out the link to get a sneak peek at part of the show transcript... Read more

Sound, Design and Sacred Geometry

Airs at: Sat, 08/31/2019 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
[Show Transcript] Hello and welcome back to Threshold Shift where we give the mic to nature and amplify Earth. I had the opportunity in April to work at the HearSay Audio Arts Festival in Kilfinane, Ireland and, while we’re still working on gathering sounds from those four... Read more

PMS: Hormone Roller Coaster or Cultural Phenomenon?

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2019 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Before we tackle "monster periods", is seems appropriate to discuss the thing that comes before your period: premenstrual syndrome, or PMS. In this episode, Miriam the Midwife discusses the medical approach to PMS, and also explains why we might need to reexamine PMS using ... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour on 7/22/19

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/23/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
Welcome to the hot summer nights edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, the radio show that comes with its own air conditioning. Our guests tonight are Emma Brown and Sean Abplanalp of the Portland-based podcast Husk. Dmitri Ivanovic is missing, and only Emma and Sean know where... Read more

Chernobyl: Nuclear Drama on HBO

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Laurie Mercier and Frann Michel discuss the HBO miniseries Chernobyl and some responses to it.  While there has been widespread praise for the aesthetics and emotional impact of the drama, and many appreciate its allegorical message about  climate catastrophe, ... Read more

Race After Technology

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste interview Ruha Benjamin, author of Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code​ (2019) Polity.   "From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can rein... Read more

Rain in Case of Emergency

Airs at: Sat, 06/29/2019 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
And good evening Portland you're listening to KBOO 90.7 FM, and K282BH Philomath 104.3 FM, K220HR 91.9FM Hood River. I hope you're having a good night and good Pride and cheers to those heading out to Popmob tomorrow to continue dancing for the resistance. I hope you have f... Read more

Massimo Mazzucco and American Moon

Airs at: Fri, 06/14/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
As the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 approaches, the nagging question remains: Did it really happen? Were the images seen by hundreds of millions on live television actually from the moon or from a NASA simulator? Italian film-maker, Massimo Mazzucco, in one of the most com... Read more

The Digital Divide June 2019: George Dyson Turing's Cathedral

Airs at: Fri, 06/14/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
In this encore episode of The Digital Divide, host Rabia Yeaman speaks with author George Dyson about his book "Turing’s Cathedral" a the story of how the most constructive and most destructive of twentieth-century inventions—the digital computer and the hydrogen bomb—emerg... Read more