Spoken Arts

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Late January 2023

Airs at: Sun, 01/22/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
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Early Jan 2023

Airs at: Sun, 01/08/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
New and different sounds for a new year Read more

A Different Nature: Tellus Audio Magazine Cassette Series

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
From Wikipedia: Launched from the Lower East Side, Manhattan in 1983 as a subscription only bimonthly publication, the Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine utilized the audio cassette medium to distribute no wave downtown music and audio art and was in activity for the ten years... Read more

Interminacy (John Cage text-sound special)

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature: Coda
You'll recall that John Cage shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die (“five to the heart, saving one bullet for the Buddah”). This anecdote and dozens more, equally non-existent, can be heard on the world premiere of INTERMINACY, the new text-sound piece written by Tom Dj... Read more

Radio Lost & Found Xmas Eve Eve Special

Airs at: Thu, 12/22/2022 at 10:00pm - Fri, 12/23/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radio Lost and Found
I play two hours of Xmas songs for the better part of two hours. I promise not to play Lovely Christmas Time once. Read more

Willamette Radio Workshop presents "A Radio Christmas Carol"

Airs at: Thu, 12/22/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Jonesy
It’s Thursday, December 22nd, just two eves away from Christmas Eve, and we’ve been in somewhat of a quandary as to how to celebrate on today’s show. I think the classic story for this time of year is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, first published on December 19th 1843... Read more

Talking Earth: Book Stab 1

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
Tonight's edition of Talking Earth is the inaugural edition of Book Stab, where host Patrick Bocarde discusses the merits and mostly demerits of novels and poetry with guests.  Tonight's guest is Ceylon Anderson.  Mr Anderson was co-producer and co-writer of The Worriers, a... Read more

Talking Earth: December 12, 2022 with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
On tonight's edition of spoken word show Talking Earth, Walt pontificates a little about the holidays, and board-op Patrick Bocarde reads a passage from Slaughterhouse-Five, as well as poems about snow and cats.  Mr. Bocarde also reveals his favorite holiday music, in a ver... Read more

LET'S RAISE A GLASS TO IRA

Airs at: Tue, 12/06/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
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Holiday stories from Portland Story Theater's Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
In the spirit of the holiday season, we're re-airing one of our favorite Jonesy episodes, which originally ran on December 23, 2021, the Eve of Christmas Eve. Our guests are master storytellers Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard.  Lynne and Lawrence are the founders of Portla... Read more