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Early Sept 2019

Airs at: Sun, 09/15/2019 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Sounds Unsound
Tune in for new sounds, new releases, experimental noise, avantgarde rock, mutant pop, and more,. Read more

New Music

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2019 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for A Different Nature
Another A Different Nature where we explore some recent releases of experimental music. Hosted by Rolf.   Read more

The Scene That Became Cities: What Burning Man Philosophy Can Teach Us . . .

  Caveat Magister in conversation by Shawn Levy at Powell's Books 8/8/2019 about his new book "The Scene That Became Cities: What Burning Man Philosophy Can Teach Us . . . "   https://www.powells.com/book/the-scene-that-became-cities-9781623173692/1-1 Synopses & Reviews ... Read more

Buscando America on 08/20/19

Airs at: Tue, 08/20/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for Buscando America
En cabina Mare Advertencia Lyrica y Valentina Peralta hablan de su gira De Norte a Sur  la cual inicia con UNITY: una noche de Hip Hop Feminista Latinx en Portland. Esta gira continúa por Fresno , Santa María  Santa Ana,  Seattle, Tucson,  Nogales y Hermosillo. Escucha un ... Read more

Radio Lost & Found for 08/22/19

Airs at: Thu, 08/22/2019 at 10:00pm - Fri, 08/23/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for Radio Lost and Found
I'm back in the saddle after a month of vacation, making room for other DJ's live guests, etc. I've got lots of new and old sounds for your trembling ear-bulbs: selections from the infamous Nurse With Wound List, new music by Negativland, Pharmakon, and more! Hope you can... Read more

Excerpts from The Grand Banks Cafe by George Simenon

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/20/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
Tonight, we follow the suggestion of Raymond Chandler, that a good detective novel can be enjoyed even if the ending is missing. So, we will read the first two chapeters of George Simenon's Inspector Maigret mystery "The Grand Banks Cafe". An old school friend of Maigret's,... Read more

Woodstock 50th Anniversary Special

Airs at: Fri, 08/16/2019 at 10:00pm - Sat, 08/17/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for Plugged In
A fond listen back to often overlooked, underplayed and only recently released segments of the Woodstock Music & Arts Exposition, one of the first and greatest multi-day music festival/tribal gatherings ever produced by humankind, and a shining example of what we can accomp... Read more

Express Yo'self

Express Yo'self, hosted by the original Ji, features talented spoken word artists, rappers, poets and singers from around the Portland metropolitan area. Not only do the guest of the show write their own lyrical pieces, but Ji is also a singer, song writer, poet and spoken ... Read more

Izzy Is Real and Jess

Airs at: Thu, 08/15/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Express Yo'self
On this episode, Ji interviews spoken word artist Izzy Is Real about his spoken word career and his newly released EP entitled “Reverse Introversion”. His EP can be found on Itunes, Google Play, Youtube, Tidal and Spotify. He can be supported on instagram @izzy_is_real. In ... Read more

Celebrating Grace Paley

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Poetry and Everything
Tonight, Ken Jones and Judith Arcana are celebrating Grace Paley's life and work, reading her writing on the radio.  Ken's often heard on KBOO; he writes, produces and performs on comedy shows, does author interviews on "Between the Covers," and co-anchors the Monday PM new... Read more