Arts/Culture

Making Contact

Making Contact produces media that analyses critical issues and showcases grassroots solutions in order to inform and inspire audiences to action. This is a weekly show committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. Showcasing voices and p... Read more

Adam Levin, author of Bubblegum

Airs at: Thu, 08/11/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Jonesy

It’s summer and Jonesy himself is no where to be found. Off climbing mountains in Tibet, or, more likely, flushing top-secret documents down the toilet. So we’ll be re-airing an interview I did for Between the Covers, back in May 2020, the early days of the pandemic, wit... Read more

Orpheus PDX Opera

Airs at: Thu, 08/11/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Orpheus PDX is the newest opera company in the Pacific Northwest, bringing together talent from around the world with the intention of making opera more accessible and intimate. Their inaugural season opened in August 2022 with the Monteverdi opera L’Orfeo, and conti... Read more

Double Bill: His Girl Friday & Bold Venture

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2022 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/16/2022 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

An all-star line up tonight on the bedtime radio show for grown-ups. First, Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell recreating their film roles from the 1940 Howard Hawks comedy His Girl Friday. Ace reporter Hildy Johnson, Russell, wants to quit the newspaper business and get m... Read more

Synthesizing and sampling

Airs at: Fri, 08/12/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Boogie Pachanguero

Pachangueros, time to wiggle it up! The instrument up on deck is purely digital in nature and repetitive by design. We’re going to be playing with drum synthesizers and audio sample loops. These tools are going to get the party going, across all the genres and dancefloor... Read more

Land Art in Portland

Airs at: Tue, 08/09/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews artists Merridawn Duckler and Alice Christine Walker about Sighted Land, a land art show at an undisclosed location in North Portland. Duckler talks about her love of the great land art works of the west and how she ... Read more

Talking Earth: Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2022 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Talking Earth

On tonight's edition of Talking Earth host Walt Curtis and board-op Patrick Bocarde read and discuss the works of Edward Abbey, Ken Kesey and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and how their novels and poetry inspired and connect with the environmental movements of the 20th and 21st... Read more

Mid Summer Delight

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Summer has sat down next to us and has ordered drinks all around. Fortunato host a slection of music to highlight a lovely afternoon. Featured on today's show are Dave Brubeck, Sonny Stitt, Dainah Washington, Sarah Nimitz, Kenny Barron and many more. Also some classic Bo... Read more