Fiction

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Women's History Month

Produced for:  The Underground
For the March episode The Underground is taking a look at women, feminism, and sexual health. The episode includes discussions of women who have changed the world through their art and accomplishments (including Patti Smith, Nina Simone, Odette Siko, and Joni Mitchell) a... Read more

An Algerian Gangster, A Beautiful Woman, A Pirate Treasure and The Third Man

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Bringing the Thrills for Another Week, Fortunato has dug out an episode of the 1951 radio series The Lives Of Harry Lime. Inspired by the movie The Third Man,.starring Orson Welles as Harry Lime. In debt to a violent gangster, Harry is forced into a treasure hunt in Nort... Read more

After The Thin Man

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2025 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/18/2025 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight the Lux Radio Theater's presentation of After The Thin Man with Myrna loy recreating their roles from MGM's first sequel to their popular release The Thin Man. Returning to San Francisco, after spending Christmas in Manhattan, find their house filled with self-in... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 17, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Hosted by Desiree Hellegers, this episode features segments on Teaching Palestine, Food Justice, Health and Trans Fiction: Teaching Palestine:  In their Introduction to Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices, the editors begin by noting the silencing they routine... Read more

Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 03/14/2025 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
I'm Maya—a bisexual author, coder and tech jj journalist at Intel. I live in a floating home on the Columbia river with my husband of 34 years, am a member of the Raging Grannies, and I publish local authors under the Lingua Ink imprint. Though I was happily juggling my ... Read more

Night In the City Has Its Own Groove

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Lot's of solid rythums this afternoon as well as a story from the darkest part of the human mind. This afternoon's radio drama comes from the early 1950's. Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone, a reporter who covers the Night Beat. Today's story centers around a series of ... Read more

In memory of Susan DeFreitas

Airs at: Thu, 03/13/2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today’s show, we celebrate the life of Susan DeFreitas, who passed away two weeks ago at her home in Santa Fe, at the way-too-young age of 47. Susan was a much-loved member of the Portland writing community. All of us here, who felt blessed to know her, are heartbroke... Read more

Karen Russell, author of The Antidote

Airs at: Thu, 02/27/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Karen Russell, author of the new novel The Antidote from Knopf. The Antidote is Karen’s sixth book of fiction, following the story collections Orange World, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, the no... Read more

Hard Boiled Radio Drama

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Featured on today's show will be a radio drama starring Jack Webb and Raymond Burr from 1949. Pat has his shirts mixed up at the laundry and it leads to murder. Also lots of music. Featuring Louie Jordan, Sergio Mendes, Ray Bryant, Dave Brubeck, Yusef latif, The New Iber... Read more

What's Cuckoo?

Airs at: Mon, 03/17/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel considers some ideas of the new head of HHS, and recommends the horror novels Manhunt (2022) and Cuckoo (2024) by trans writer Gretchen Felker-Martin.    Fair use image: cover of Gretchen Felker-Martin's novel Cuckoo. Image of a bird's nest seen from ab... Read more