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Women Talking

Airs at: Thu, 06/27/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
  “One of the first great novels of the year... In a narrative so sharp it could draw blood, Miriam Toews' Women Talking asks an immense, weighty question: How do women who have lived their entire lives in a society that severely limits their agency act when suddenly needi... Read more

Trans in the genre of Opera

Airs at: Tue, 05/07/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Transpositive PDX
Join host Jean Bryant May 7th at 6PM as she interviews composer Laura Kaminsky and co-librettist Kimberly Reed, creators of the trans-affirming chamber opera As One.  As One premiered in New York in 2014 and has since become the most performed chamber opera in north america... Read more

Transpositive PDX

Airs at: Tue, 05/07/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Transpositive PDX
Join host Jean Bryant Tuesday May 7th as she interviews composer Laura Kaminsky and co-librettist Kimberly Reed, creators of the trans-affirming chamber opera As One. As One has become the most performed chamber opera in north america since its New York premier in 2014.      Read more

A Yonsei/Sansei Conversation

Airs at: Fri, 05/03/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Friday, May 3 is being recognized as Asian and Pacific-Islander American Day on KBOO so Positively Revolting will be featuring a conversation between two Japanese Americans of different generations. Chisao is a local artist, activist, and community advocate who fought for t... Read more

Annual Exams and Pap Smears

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Why do we need annual exams? What does a Pap smear test for? Can you catch HPV from a toilet seat? Miriam the Midwife drops some knowledge about why annual exams are valuable, what to expect, how to understand Paps and HPV screening, and whether or not you need to trim your... Read more

Mother Winter

Airs at: Thu, 06/06/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
  The lyrical prose of Sophia Shalmiyev’s memoir, Mother Winter, splits open like layer after layer of an ornate matryoshka. With a mesmeric voice and scathing vulnerability, Shalmiyev peels her past down to its hollow core: the vacancy left by her absent mother. Across ti... Read more

Portland poet Nastashia Minto, author of "Naked"; and the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival

Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Preference
We'll be talking with Nastashia Minto, author of the new poetry collection, 'Naked': I never truly understood the beauty of another being until I began to find and love myself. Minto is a Georgia-born African American woman living and working in Portland. Reema Zaman call... Read more

It Takes A Village To Empower Each Other ft. Tessa May

Airs at: Sat, 04/13/2019 at 12:00am - Tue, 04/30/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for Village Vibes Podcast
This week, we're talking about Beyoncé, the complications of being humans, and the impact that Nipsey had, all from our own perspectives, as always. Our beautiful guest is the one and only @tessamay22 who is bringing all of the light and good energy into the studio!! She le... Read more

Sex Toys and Lubes!

Airs at: Tue, 04/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
How do I clean my sex toys?  I think my lube is giving me vaginal infections--what gives? What's the deal with weed lube? Sex educator Amory Jane, who is also the host of the "Sex on The Brain With Amory Jane" podcast, helps Miriam the Midwife answer these questions (and so... Read more

Magical Negro

Airs at: Thu, 05/30/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
  “Magical Negro is unsettlingly new: a book that incisively explores states of black womanhood with astonishing buoyancy and grief. I can’t stop thinking about the songs it sings, songs that feel inevitable and yet unvoiced, complex and yet urgent; poems that are steeped ... Read more