Film

Yes, Superman is an Immigrant

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
When "Superman", the latest film adaptation of our iconic superhero, was released earlier this year, right-wing commentators maligned it for being too politicized. In response, Andrew Slack and Jose Antonio Vargas published a piece, which appeared in the Hollywood Report... Read more

Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 01/23/2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Once Upon a Time
Judith Barrington’s most recent book is Virginia’s Apple: Collected Memoirs (OSU Press, 2024). Heer previous memoir: Lifesaving: A Memoir was the winner of the Lambda Book Award and a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Memoirs included in ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 19, 2026

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  The Reverend Martin Luther King once said: "We may have all come on different ships, but now we're in the same boat." Were he alive, MLK would have been the first to condemn the state terror campaign currently inflicted on our immigrant communities. Surely he would ha... Read more

Beginnings 2026

Airs at: Thu, 01/08/2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for Jonesy
This is our first show of the new year, and I’d like to ring in 2026 doing something I started for our first show in 2025. It’s an audio retrospective of last year’s interviews on Jonesy. Which I call Beginnings, for the beginning of the new year and the fact we’re playi... Read more

Judith Arcana, 1943-2025, a Lifelong Troublemaker

The left community lost one of its stalwarts on winter solstice of 2025. Judith Arcana was a writer, poet, teacher and feminist activist. She is most well known for being one of the Janes, a pre-Roe, underground collective in Chicago that provided 11,000 illegal, but saf... Read more

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 12/25/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Over half a century ago, the UPA animation studio was a haven for misfit geniuses struggling to create relevant cartoon films in the face of political and cultural repression.  Gambling the future of the company on an hourlong television special featuring their most p... Read more

Once Upon A Time

Airs at: Fri, 01/09/2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for Once Upon a Time
David Rutiezer, the grandchild of Jewish immigrants, was raised in Illinois and Massachusetts, and lives in Portland, Oregon. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Rainier Writing Workshop and a TESL certificate from Concordia University. David’s poems have been p... Read more

A special Film at 11 for Friday 3 Jan., 2025, with Foster Hirsch on his new book about '50s Hollywood

Airs at: Fri, 01/03/2025 at 10:30am - Wed, 12/03/2025 at 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Foster Hirsch joins us to discuss his new book, Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, The Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher – Television, from Knopf. Read more

Today on Film at 11, two films and three shows, 2 Dec., 2026

Airs at: Fri, 01/02/2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Today, Jeff Godsil relives Eastwood's Unforgiven, Britta Gordon surveys the mysteries of Trenque Lauquen, and Mona Bowen discusses Swirl, Plu3ribus, Wake  Up Dead Man, The Last Frontier, and Blue Moon. Read more

Heather Buckley Explains the Producer's Fight

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2026 at 12:00am - 2:00am
Produced for The Ghost of Hollywood
  Heather Buckley sits down with Ragan & Poxy to discuss her work on movies such as Sacrifice Game and The Ranger. She also provides insight into her work and ongoing career as a film producer.       Read more