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Old Mole Variety Hour for January 20, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 01/20/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg hosts this Martin Luther King Day episode of the Mole, featuring the following segments: Whites Would Not Like the Real MLK: Our Well-Read Red, Patricia Kullberg, reads excerpts from an article by Michael Harriot in which he argues that the real Martin Lu... Read more

The Fort Showalter Blues

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Birdsong is a man perpetually out of place. He’s at once too Black and not Black enough. His skin is too dark and his hair too kinky. But he is also teased for talking like a White man. He’s at once color blind and acutely aware of color in a way that penetrates to his ... Read more

Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 01/10/2025 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
Maura Doherty thought she knew what life would hold for her. Born one of seven children in an Irish Catholic family in the Bronx, NY, Maura followed her dream of becoming a Catholic Sister. She thought that devoting her life to God and the service of others was her calling.... Read more

New Beginnings

Airs at: Wed, 01/22/2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
The Underground takes a look forward and discusses new beginnings to kick off 2025! Read more

Beginnings 2025

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
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 ... Read more

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 12/26/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Over half a century ago, the UPA animation studio was a haven for misfit geniuses struggling to create relevant cartoon films in the face of political and cultural repression.  Gambling the future of the company on an hourlong television special featuring their most popu... Read more

A Tree of My Own with Nui Wilson, Frances Lu Pai Ippolito, and Gigi Little

Airs at: Thu, 12/26/2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
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... Read more

Thom Bray returns as Dickens in “A Christmas Carol: A Victorian Reading”

Airs at: Thu, 12/19/2024 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
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,... Read more

The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/17/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Once again we present our holiday special, featuring the humorous and alarming adventures of Father Christmas and his friend The North Polar Bear. Writtenby JRR Tolkien as treats for his children at Christmas. The stories would appear, in an envelope either found with the p... Read more

"Once Upon A Time"

Airs at: Fri, 12/20/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
Christopher Luna is a poet, collage artist, editor, writing coach and teacher who served as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Clark County from 2013-2017. Luna has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and is the co-founder, with Toni Lumbrazo Luna, of Pr... Read more