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Women of Color Navigating Motherhood: Celeste Ng & Shanthi Sekaran

Airs at: Wed, 11/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Sarika Mehta talks to two powerful writers about the intersections of parenting, gender and race.  Both Celeste Ng and Shanthi Sekaran write about the weight and potential of motherhood. Celeste Ng was a recipient of a Pushcart Prize in 2012 for her story Girls, At Pla... Read more

Contact Zones: Samuel Eisen-Meyers

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  Samuel Eisen-Meyers is a oil painter, songwriter and performer born and raised in Portland, OR. His upcoming show, “Contact Zones” presents two new series of large and small scale paintings. Paragon Gallery Opening Artists reception Wednesday, Nov 22, 4-7pm Special Event... Read more

Fantastic Negrito and The Last Days of Oakland

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  In the last three years, Fantastic Negrito, an Oakland-based black roots revivalist has gone from busking at bus stops to winning a Grammy and touring internationally. Hes done this by creating a unique sound -- melodic hooks, primal blues-rock chords, clever lyricism, a... Read more

The Pentagon, Hollywood, Climate Change, and An Appeal for Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Professor of Philosophy at Columbia, Phillip Kitcher, talks with host John Shuck about how if human beings hope to survive the looming climate catastrophes, we will need to talk it out, one to one, in families, neighborhoods, and social gatherings. The power of grassroot... Read more

Shaping a Future: Life After Prison - Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On Sunday, October 29th 2017 nine individuals told their stories in a performance titled: Shaping a Future: Life After Prison. The performance was a culmination of  writing workshops sponsored by the Regional Arts and Culture Council. The project conceived of and organized ... Read more

PCS + PSP

Airs at: Tue, 11/28/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Join Dmae for this membership drive edition.  We'll feature Portland Center Stage's two holidays shows with director Brandon Wooley of A Christmas Memory and Winter Song and actor Lauren Modica of Twist Your Dickens.  Then we'll hear from Michael Mendelson, artistic dire... Read more

Nobuko Miyamoto on creating Asian American resistance music

Airs at: Fri, 11/24/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
This month's theme is about resistance and we're talking to artist and activist A'misa Chiu and musician and member of Yellow Pearl, Nobuko Miyamoto about her music and activism! Yellow Pearl was the first band to use the term "Asian American" to describe their identity and... Read more

The Underground:DECEIPT

Airs at: Wed, 11/22/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
  Deciept and Lies and Trechery vox pop on lies, Nyrten has a song about lyring, it bums us out Read more

The Night Run Of The Overland by Elmore Elliot Peake

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/21/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight, stories set in the Golden Age Of American Railroading. Featuring our 3D Radio Players in The Night Run Of The Overland. A look at the Railway Guides and an episode of the rare, classic rail road drama The Green Valley Line Read more

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Movie Moles Joe and Jan discuss the meanings for current viewers of the representations of family, gender, and capitalism in the 1947 holiday movie Miracle on 34th Street.  image via wikimediacommons   Read more