Women

The Gap: Interview with Sisters of the Road and Talkin' Term Limits

Airs at: Fri, 08/11/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea interview Sisters of the Road Executive Director Kat Mahoney and Communications and Fundraising Director Justice Hager. We talk about their organization's work, how it fits into the local landscape, and what other non-profits ... Read more

Goddess Obscura - 8/14/2023

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Venus Vibes
  This week's Featured Goddesses:  Glitoris - Four women from Canberra, Australia (Keven 007, Malcolm, Mickey, and Andrew). Glitoris is a sonic force that challenges the status quo with raw punk power, a danceable beat, and a knack for infusing humor and politics into the... Read more

Pomegranate

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews Pomegranate, by Helen Elaine Lee, a rich book on so many levels. Written though the eyes of Ranita Atwater, a woman just released from four years of imprisonment for opioid possession, the book leaps forward to her assiduous efforts to regain parental ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 14, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 08/14/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Bomb: Last week was the 77th anniversary of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The explosion... Read more

Dian Greenwood, author of About the Carleton Sisters

Airs at: Thu, 08/10/2023 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Dian Greenwood, author of the new novel About the Carleton Sisters from She Writes Press. After studying both writing and counseling psychology in San Francisco, Dian now lives and writes here in Portland, and works as a family therapist. Whic... Read more

The Gap: Indictment-o-rama, Get it in Writing, and the National News comes a-calling!

Airs at: Fri, 08/04/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea round up the news, national and local for ya. First, Indictment-O-Rama! Trump, Guiliani, and... Lizzo? Then, a class action lawsuit from the KMart Fire, accusations by the former OLCC director that La Mota bought his firing, p... Read more

Kent Ford and the "The Portland Black Panthers"

Airs at: Thu, 08/03/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  Portland is  widely regarded as a liberal bastion, and yet the 2010 census found it to be “America’s whitest major city.” Longstanding racial tensions led to the formation of a local branch of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s.  Based in the city’s Albina Distric... Read more

The Gap: Thousands and Thousands of Micro-irrationalities

Airs at: Fri, 07/28/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea hit you with a news! roundup! First, the DOJ is suing Texas over an illegal "floating border" in the Rio Grande. It's basically a drowning device. Just when you think Abbott won't go lower, he starts digging. Then, on to the l... Read more

Goddess Obscura - 7/24/2023

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2023 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Venus Vibes
  Our Featured Goddesses this week:  Lida Husik - multi-instrumentalist born in Washington, D.C., now resides in Portland. Lida released 11 brilliant albums since 1991, and is working on a new record with her band "The Incarnations". We'll play a few selected tracks from ... Read more

The Gap: Charter Change Meddling Interview with Robin Ye and The Best and Worst of Portland

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea interview Robin Ye, one of the former charter commissioners in Portland that brought you Measure 26-228.  If you’re someone who follows City Hall politics, this week has been a real rollercoaster. Last fall, voters passed rema... Read more