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GAMBATTE at Vanport Mosaic

Airs at: Tue, 05/28/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae talks with activist, choreographer and dancer Chisao Hata who debuts a performance piece called GAMBATTE: An American Legacy at the Vanport Mosaic Festival which currently has events throughout Portland and runs through June 5th. GAMBATTE, a Japanese phrase that ... Read more

Animation and Community

Airs at: Thu, 05/23/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Whitman at the Whitsell is the name of an animation and poetry celebration honoring the 200th birthday of American poet Walt Whitman.  Producer Marilyn Zornado has organized a gathering of Northwest-based artists, including Devon Damonte, Teresa Drilling, Deanna Morse... Read more

Excerpts from "The Comedians" by Kilph Nesteroff, part 2

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/21/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
We continue with more readings from the book by Kilph Nesteroff, "The Comedians; Drunks, Thieves Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy" This month we cover the rise of Las Vegas and the change that comedy went through in the late 1950's with the work of Lenny Bru... Read more

APA Heritage Month (rebroadcast)

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
  It's still May and it's still Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! We thought we would replay our APA Heritage Month episode from last year. While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been somewhat controversial among members of Pacifi... Read more

APA Heritage Month (rebroadcast)

Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! It's still May and it's still Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! We thought we would replay our APA Heritage Month episode from last year. While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been som... Read more

Heather McCoy Show 05/16/2019

Airs at: Thu, 05/16/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  The Heather McCoy Show
Heather talks to Timothy Devevi, the author of the book Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism, which covers the most prolific time period of the gonzo journalists career and how Hunter saw the unique threat to American Democr... Read more

Peter Bagge - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 05/09/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended online-only conversation, we hear many more rollicking stories about Peter Bagge gained fame as the "grunge cartoonist" during the alt-comics boom of the 1990's, launching such titles as Hate, Neat Stuff, Apocalypse Nerd, and Sweatshop.  He took over... Read more

Apologies and Manifestos: Conversations with Eve Ensler and Roman Montero

Airs at: Fri, 05/10/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  In the first half-hour, Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues speaks with John Shuck about her latest book (to be released May 14th), The Apology.  Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically ... Read more

Peter Bagge

Airs at: Thu, 05/09/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Peter Bagge gained fame as the "grunge cartoonist" during the alt-comics boom of the 1990's, launching such titles as Hate, Neat Stuff, Apocalypse Nerd, and Sweatshop.  He took over the editor's desk at Robert Crumb's anthology series Weirdo, and later became the resi... Read more

Organizing from Below

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Aaron Brenner discuss some lessons from the past and present for reviving labor militancy and revolts from below. Aaron Brenner is a labor historian and organizer for the Food and Commercial Workers Union. They discuss the importance of history, and labo... Read more