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Vigil Harbor by Julia Glass

Airs at: Thu, 05/19/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
On today's episode, our guest is Julia Glass, author of the new novel Vigil Harbor from Pantheon. Vigil Harbor is a rich, complex delve into the lives of one community in the near future wrestling with climate disaster, pandemics, domestic terrorism, and family dissolution... Read more

Lloyd Kaufman - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 05/12/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended conversation with Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, we feature 50% more fun. For the past half-century, thousands of film industry crew members and actors have learned the ropes working for Lloyd and his fiercely independent New York studio.... Read more

Lloyd Kaufman

Airs at: Thu, 05/12/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Thousands of film industry crew members and actors have learned the ropes working for Lloyd Kaufman and his independent studio Troma Entertainment.  The low-budget movies that Lloyd has directed and produced include Class of Nuke ‘em High, Sergeant Kabukiman, and four di... Read more

The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
On today's episode, our guest is Sara A. Mueller, author of the new novel The Bone Orchard from Tor Books. The Bone Orchard is speculative fiction about a world of politics and murder in a meticulously created world of intrigue and brutality. According to Buzzfeed magazine... Read more

18 - A Screenwriter's Story with Gary L. Goldman

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  The Ghost of Hollywood
  Screenwriter and Producer, Gary L. Goldman, sits down with Poxy and Ragan to revisit his work on films such as Big Trouble in Little China, Total Recall, and Minority Report. Gary discusses his early days working with Director, Louis Malle, and Producer, Larry Gordon, at... Read more

More Stories of the Railroads

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2022 at 11:00pm - Tue, 04/19/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight we represent a classic tale of the sexes. A young woman is not surprised to learn that her new husband is a Train Fanatic. Who uses their honeymoon to visit his favorite lines. And he and his friends from work have constructed a large model railroad layout in one of... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 18, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  A Pace College student in a gas mask "smells" a magnolia blossom in City Hall Park on Earth Day, April 22, 1970, in New York. Image via Flickr Patricia Kullberg hosts this Earth Day special on the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Indigenous Visions: This... Read more

Meet Ishmael

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Want to have a deeper and better understanding of earth and where it's headed? No better place to start than with a talk with the gorilla, Ishmael, also the name of the novel, reviewed today by Book Mole, Larry Bowlden. It’s a brilliant exploration of history, the philosoph... Read more

Laura Stanfill, author of Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary

Airs at: Thu, 04/14/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30pm
Produced for:  Jonesy
Today on Jonesy, we welcome Laura Stanfill, author of the debut novel Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary, from Lanternfish Press. Laura is the founder of Forest Avenue Press, a Portland-based indie publisher now in its tenth year. Laura's own writing has appeared in Sho... Read more

More Adventures with The Fantastic Four

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
As snow covers the rose city the Sampler returns with lots of music and comic books. Featuring Lalah Hathaway, Clark Terry, Earth, Wind & Fire, Charles Lloyd, Jessica Willams, King Curtis and many others. Also, in the first hour we present a radio adaptation of The Fantasti... Read more