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Andrea Stolowitz & Berlin Diary

Airs at: Tue, 04/18/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Susannah Mars talks with Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz. Her play Berlin Diary  produced by Hand2Mouth Theatre just opened at Coho Theatre. She's also just been selected as the Lacroute Playwright-in-Residence at Artists Repertory Theatre for the next... Read more

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

Airs at: Tue, 04/11/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae welcomes back NY Times best-selling author Lisa See who has just released her new book The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. Lisa See spends a couple of years researching and writing her books. Since Dmae spoke with her in 2014, the author has been researching the Akha, an... Read more

Black Book Talk on 04/06/17

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
The Power of a Rose - An interview with Portland author Mario DePriest regarding his new book, The Power of a Rose. Subtitled "Man-to-Man on Women, Romance and Communication," this is a primer for men who want to improve their relationships with the opposite sex.  DePriest,... Read more

Sade Beasley Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Sade' Beasley is a light skinned African American woman who has created art her entire life.  As an adult, her pieces exclusively show every shade and mood of black women and not coincidentally, of herself.  But her portraits aren't the only thing she creates.  Besides aimi... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 04/07/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
You know that creaky kind of voice that gets cis women lots of criticism, even fired from jobs? Linguist and Speech-language pathologist Jeff Conn brings us a pro-feminist argument about vocal fry (aka creaky voice). Is it a voice disorder? Is it part of a dialect or accent... Read more

Two World Premieres

Airs at: Tue, 04/04/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae talks with director Rose Riordan about the world premiere play Lauren Weedman Doesn’t Live Here Anymore at Portland Center Stage at the Armory through April 30th. Always personal and funny, Weedman turns life's pain into memorable stories and this time songs as she ... Read more

And the winner is . . .

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday! After all Sixty-Four songs (culled from nearly 300) duked it out tournament style over the past few weeks, last night we crowned her signature song which so bravely illuminated the horrors of lynchings, our SAD, SAD Champion, the Ultimate... Read more

Lighthouse Lessons

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 10:00pm - Fri, 03/31/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Lighthouse Sessions
  Lighthouse Lessons is the media-production arm of Lighthouse Art Collective, a community which exists to empower artists and neighbors to to engage with each other and the greater civic arena to facilitate growth, equality, abundance, and fortitude through access to the ... Read more

Gaby Moreno: Live on KBOO!

Airs at: Wed, 03/29/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Intersections Radio
  Since moving to Los Angeles from her native Guatemala, singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno has achieved remarkable success as a musician. She has been nominated for an Emmy and won a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist. She has released four albums, toured with singers Tracy Chap... Read more

Laverne Cox: Transgender Visibility

Airs at: Tue, 03/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The LGBTQ, lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer community have made significant strides in recent years in achieving legal recognition and protection. But some of the gains are being rolled back. The Trump administration revoked federal guidelines specifying th... Read more