Talking Earth

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Airs at: Mon, 03/09/2026 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Airs at: Mon, 02/16/2026 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2026 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Hosted by:

Barbara LaMorticella, Dan Raphael, Benjamin Fisher

Produced by:

KBOO

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For over 40 years Talking Earth has provided the most interesting poets and writers in Portland and elsewhere, reading and talking about their work. Founded by Walt Curtis and Barbara LaMorticella, the show is now hosted by Benjamin Fisher and dan raphael.

Tonight's featured readers are Emmett Wheatfall, Eric Fair-Layman and Diego Giovanni.

Topic tags:

Poetry

Streams:

KBOO Stream 1

Program status:

Current

Talking Earth: Featuring Tiel Ansari

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Tiel Ansari, host of the monthly KBOO poetry show “Wider Window Poetry,” is on the other side of the KBOO microphone as she reads her own poetry and talks with host Barbara LaMorticella on KBOO’s Talking Earth. Born in the US of an African-American father and Chinese mot... Read more

Talking Earth on 08/10/20

Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Talking Earth on 07/20/20

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Talking Earth on 07/13/20

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Talking Earth on 06/15/20

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Talking Earth on 06/08/20

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Talking Earth featuring Nancy Dear

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

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Hello, dear listeners , on Monday, May 18th, we have a performance by Portland’s majestic bubblegum unicorn of poetry, Nancy Dear! Accompanied by her mighty purse dog, Bru , Nancy reads several of her poems ; the magic of Nancy’s poetry is that when she reads poems abou... Read more