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I don't need it, I don't want it, and you cheated me out of it

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetic License
  Spoken word. Music.  Playlist: Jayne Cortez: Find Your Own Voice Frank O'Hara: Having a Coke With You Laurie Anderson: The Beginning of Memory 2 John Giorno: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Anne Sexton: Music Swims Back to Me David Henderson: Ruckus Poem (part 1) - mu... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood

Airs at: Fri, 06/30/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
It's the 5th Friday of the month, and the 30th anniversary of Portland's Waterfront Blues Festival. Which can only mean one thing... another episode of Mr. Jones's Neighborhood, the children's show for reluctant adults. Host Ken Jones (no relation) welcomes Ty Curtis and Je... Read more

New experimental releases

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Tonight on A Different Nature we delve into new releases...  Our first feature album will be Felicia Atkinson's latest work, "Hand in Hand," which combines electronics and vocals for something very strange and surreal. In the words of the record label: This record is meant ... Read more

Walkaway by Cory Doctorow

Airs at: Thu, 06/15/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
In this special hour-long episode, host Ken Jones talks with Cory Doctorow, author of the new science-fiction novel Walkaway. In addition to his role as sci-fi novelist, Cory’s a technology activist, journalist, and blogger. His work includes the non-fiction book Informatio... Read more

DI Squared: Episode 1, A Black Wine Maker

Airs at: Tue, 05/30/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
DI Squared stands for "Dream it, Do it."  It's a series about people in Portland who've started their own companies.  Each week we feature three elements: A profile of an entrepreneur, someone who's actually started a business and made it successful. A featured resource... Read more

Sounds Unsound early June

Airs at: Sun, 06/11/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
A show of mostly new music, an adventure into sounds and noises.. Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour, Or Two

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 10:00pm - Tue, 05/30/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
On tonight’s special Memorial Day show, we focus on two favorite things of our men and women in uniform, any uniform -- Sex and Cannabis. To help get things started, we invited Portland-based sex educator, storyteller, producer, and podcaster Amory Jane to talk about cannab... Read more

Radio Lost and Found for 05/25/17

Airs at: Thu, 05/25/2017 at 10:00pm - Fri, 05/26/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radio Lost and Found
Brand new stuff from Hiram Maxim, Scifi Sol, maybe some Nurse With Wound leftovers from Monday's massive NWW throwdown on A Different Nature and more! I hope you can be there. Read more

Interview with Tiel Aisha Ansari

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetry and Everything
Tiel Aisha Ansari is a data analyst ... and Sufi. Her work has been featured by Fault Lines Poetry, Windfall, KBOO and Prairie Home Companion among others. Her books include Knocking from Inside and High-Voltage Lines. She is currently president of the Oregon Poetry Associa... Read more

Tristian Spillman

Airs at: Fri, 02/15/2013 at 12:15am - 2:30am
Tristian, like so many hard-working comics around town, also has family obligations. The stand-up, now in his tenth year of making audiences laugh, has three kids, two of whom he home schools. Read more