This is our first show of the new year, 2025, a year many of us are
approaching with some trepidation, if not outright dread. When I sat down to
plan the episode, I was feeling uninspired and rudderless, not knowing how to
continue, or even if I should continue. But in the ...
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On today's episode we welcome Nui Wilson, Frances Lu Pai Ippolito, and Gigi
Little, collaborators on the new picture book A Tree of My Own, from
Portland's Qlin Press.
Nui Wilson is the book’s author. She’s a Karen woman who was born and
raised in Western Thailand. She mov...
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For many of us, the holiday season means multiple viewings of Charles
Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” and there’s no shortage of films, and
stage productions, to choose from. We’re especially favored here in
Portland with a version that comes directly from Mr. Dickens himself,...
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Christmas is coming a little earlier than usual to Jonesy. A lot of us are
going through difficult times, and we can all use a little Christmas spirit.
What better way than our own holiday tradition, re-airing Willamette Radio
Workshop’s “A Radio Christmas Carol”, which I h...
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Thanksgiving’s coming up next week and that means the start of the holiday
season. Retail stores will have you thinking it started in July, but it
really only feels like Christmas when the networks start showing our favorite
holiday films -- “Miracle on 34th Street”, A Chri...
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On today's episode, we welcome Penny Allen, author of the new novel This
Rescue Thing. Penny is best known as a filmmaker, whose roots as a Portland
activist led to her writing, directing, and producing her first two
features: Property, a Sundance Festival prize winner, in ...
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Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra,
enters its second century this weekend. The opening concert for PYP’s
historic 101st season takes place this Saturday, November 9th at Portland’s
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
The program, conducted b...
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We lost our good friend Sam A. Mowry a few months ago. Sam was a towering
figure here in Portland, as an actor, both on stage and behind the
microphone, a director, and a giant of radio theater, especially in his role
as Artistic Director of the group he founded, Willamette...
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The annual Portland Book Festival is our city’s biggest literary event, and
one of the most popular on the entire West Coast. This year’s festival
takes place Saturday, November 2nd, just a few days away, and features
on-stage discussions with over 80 authors, pop-up readin...
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On today's show, we welcome Michael Keefe, author of the new novel All Her
Loved Ones, Encoded from Running Wild Press. Michael’s short fiction has
appeared in Tahoma Literary Review, Thin Air Magazine, Summerset Review,
among other journals. He’s also the Events Coordinato...
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