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 heartbroken.
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For a centenarian plus one, Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest
running youth orchestra, still has a spring in its step. PYP continues its
historic 101st season with a concert titled Spring Sunrise, taking place this
Saturday, March 1st at Portland’s Arlene Schni...
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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 novel...
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On today's episode, we welcome Jeremy Braddock, author of the new book
Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy
Albums (University of California Press). Jeremy is a literary scholar and
cultural historian specializing in the history of mode...
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We’re joined live in the studio today by Gemma Whelan, Portland-based and
Irish-born writer, director, and educator. After leaving Ireland for the
U.S., Gemma settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she directed more
than 60 stage productions and was founding artistic ...
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On today's episode, we welcome Sarah Neidhardt, author of the memoir Twenty
Acres: A Seventies Childhood in the Woods, from The University of Arkansas
Press. The book recounts Sarah’s experience growing up as part of a
back-to-the land family in a small, isolated town in th...
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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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