Talking Earth

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Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Barbara LaMorticella, Walt Curtis, Dan Raphael
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Every 2nd and 3rd Monday of the month from 10:00pm to 11:00pm. 

 

Poetry, spoken arts, prose

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Talking Earth: Kurt Schweigman Special, the Director's Cut

Airs at: Mon, 08/21/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth is airing the complete World Poetry Day special featuring the poetry of Oglala/Sicangu Lakota poet Kurt Schweigman.  Portland poetry fans may remember him as Luke Warm Water.  Host Patrick Bocarde talks with Kurt about his change back to h... Read more

Talking Earth with Walt Curtis.

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth is a repeat of Walt Curtis' show from July 2022.  In it, host Walt Curtis and board-op Patrick Bocarde read poetry from Baudelaire and Wallace Stevens, among others. Read more

Talking Earth: Thomas, Petersen, Poncy and McLean

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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This episode of The Talking Earth, on KBOO 90.7 features poets Paulann Petersen and Stephen Thomas, as well as novelists Duane Poncy and Patricia McLean. Host dan raphael will also read a couple poems by others.  Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita, is the author ... Read more

Talking Earth: July 10, 2023 with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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On Tonight's edition of Talking Earth, host Walt Curtis talks about his birthday on July 4th, while board-op Patrick Bocarde reads a bunch of poems about his work experiences, as well as accusing Bruce Springsteen of ripping off his life for the hit song "Dancing in the Dar... Read more

Talking Earth with Kevin Sampsell and Chrys Tobey: June 19, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 06/19/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features local writers Kevin Sampsell and Chrys Tobey.  Kevin Sampsell discusses his recent book of collage and poetry, I Made an Accident, while Chrys Tobey reads poems from her book a woman is a woman is a woman is a woman from 2017 as w... Read more

Talking Earth with Walt Curtis: June 12, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features host Walt Curtis and board-op Patrick Bocarde discussing the merits of the Rose Festival, its history in Portland, as well as the 1970 rock festival Vortex 1 and the events surround in it, as well as that free festival's place in ... Read more

Talking Earth: Minto, Cowley and Brings Plenty, May 15, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 05/15/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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This episode of The Talking Earth on KBOO, hosted by dan raphael, features local poets Nashtashia Minto, Trevino Brings Plenty and Ulric Cowley. Dan will also read poems by Alice Notley and Rita Dove.  Nastashia Minto is the author of Naked: The Rhythm and Groove of It. The... Read more

Talking Earth: April 17, 2023 with poets Julia Gaskill and Stephen Meads

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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On tonight's edition of Talking Earth, local poets Julia Gaskill and Stephen Meads discuss the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam, the history of poetry slam nationals, poetry readings in Portland past, present and future, as well as reading their own poetry.  The Bigfoot Regiona... Read more

Talking Earth: April 10, 2023 with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features an expanded edition of the World Poetry Day Special from Walt Curtis at its core.  Of course, there is not much else to say about this show since the audio arrived from an alternate dimension; the ending, where board-op Patrick Bo... Read more

World Poetry Special: Part 2, with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 10:30pm - 11:00pm
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Join us in the second half of Talking Earth's World Poetry Day Special, host Walt Curtis and board-op Patrick Bocarde read poetry from Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Appollonaire, Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Paul Celan among others, many in their original languages.  Filmaker Sabrina Gui... Read more