Arts/Culture

Positively Revolting on 05/07/09

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Ani welcomes back long time activist, author and professor Robert Jensen, to Positively Revolting Talk Radio. In Jensen's latest book, All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice, he argues that in a world racked with political, economic, cultural... Read more

Between the Covers on 4/22/09

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2009 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ed Goldberg interviews Geraldine Brooks about her latest novel, People of the Book, an imagined history of an ancient Hebrew prayer book. Geraldine Brooks is author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning and internationally bestselling novel March, a retelling of Louisa May Alc... Read more

Reese Erlich Interview

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

Reese Erlich began his career in journalism in the 1960s as an investigative reporter for the magazine Ramparts. He works regularly as a radio and print journalist, and is also an author. His most recent book Dateline Havana: The Real Story of US Policy and the Future of C... Read more

Between the Covers on 4/08/09

Airs at: Wed, 04/08/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ed Goldberg interviews Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Lark and Termite, a novel of a sad death and a magical child in a West Virginia family. Jayne Anne Phillips was born and raised in West Virginia. Her first book of stories, Black Tickets, published in 1979 when she ... Read more

The Underground: SUPERPOWERS

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: The Underground

Tonight The Youth Collective discusses SUPER POWERS! We discuss Superpowers that haven’t been invented yet, Real humans with real Superpowers, and how the world is politically structured now with only one superpower. For more information about the Youth Collective, contact ... Read more

Between the Covers on 3/25/09

Airs at: Wed, 03/25/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Yiyun Li, author of "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" and "The Vagrants," her debut novel, which is set in China in the late 1970s. It deals with human frailty and courage. CD-1339 Read more

Theater and Healing: A Conversation with PassinArt Theater Company

Airs at: Wed, 03/25/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

The play's the thing. Theater offers reflections of reality but can it serve as a specific tool in tackling problems? Jo Ann and Dave talk with members of PassinArt: A Theater Company about their production of "A Sunbeam" by award-winning playwright John Henry. This unique ... Read more

Annie Leibovitz Talks about Her Work

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Jim Schumock interviews Annie Leibovitz about her book "Annie Leibovitz at Work." Leibovitz talks about her work, which spans a period beginning with Richard Nixon's resignation and ends with Barack Obama's Presidential campaign. She talks to Jim about the Rolling Ston... Read more

Don Hertzfeldt on Words & Pictures

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Hosts S.W. Conser and Bill Dodge sit down with Don Hertzfeldt, award-winning filmmaker and co-founder (along with Mike Judge) of the touring festival The Animation Show. A young animator who embraces the pre-digital tools and techniques of the previous century, Don plunges ... Read more

Chris Coleman unveils Portland Center Stage season and talks "Earnest"

Airs at: Tue, 02/24/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts talks with Chris Coleman, artistic director of Portland Center Stage for the last nine years. Coleman tells us what he’s most proud of, where PCS is headed and unveils the new season. He also talks about Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” and d... Read more