LIVE SHOW: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Air date 2: Saturday, May 31, 2008
MARC ACITO - hilarious writer of "How I Paid for College" discusses sequel "Attack of the Theater People" and talks about his "New Thing a Day"
SHELLEY MCLENDON - "Mortified" performer reads from her Jr. High School journal about her love of boys
QUASI - This trio has an incredibly large sound and talks about the secrets to their longevity
LIVE SHOW: Saturday, April 12, 2008
Air date 2: Saturday, April 26, 2008
URSULA K. LeGUIN - famed author discusses her new novel "Lavinia" and life as a Sci-FI writer with Portland author Karen Karbo
GRAND ARCHIVES - Rockin' Quintet from Seattle just back from their stint on the Craig Ferguson showEssayist Cole Gamble and
plus a report from SXSW from Music Curatrix Alicia J. Rose
LIVE SHOW: Saturday, April 12, 2008
Air date 2: Saturday, May 3, 2008
FREDERICK SHILLING - Founder of Dagoba Chocolates from Ashland
LAURA VEIRS - Enchanting and inventive singer/songwriter plays with her band The Saltbreakers
Members from Third Rail Reperatory Theater
LIVE SHOW: Saturday, March 15, 2008
Air date 1: Saturday, March 29, 2008
PANDER BROTHERS - Creators of film, music videos and graphic novels including
their newest "Accelerate." Interviewed by journalist David Walker
SOJOURN THEATRE - this amazing & adventurous theatre troup performed from "Throwing Bones,"- described as "a site-specific piece about health, mortality and faith."
Musical guest: AMELIA
LIVE SHOW: Saturday, March 15, 2008
Air date 1: Saturday, April 5, 2008
MARCH FOURTH MARCHING BAND - 30 piece marching band helped us celebrate our 4th Anniversary (in March)
CHUCK THOMPSON - Author of "Smile When You're Lying - Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer"
STACY BOLT - recaps her first year of motherhood in her usual inappropriate style
LIVE SHOW: Saturday, February 15, 2008
Air date 1: Saturday, February 23, 2008
HARRY RABINOWITZ -film score conductor for over 60 films, including Cold Mountain, The English Patient, The Remains of the Day and Howard's End.
DANIEL H. WILSON -our science go-to-guy expounding on the science of love.
Musical guest: THE EVERYBODYFIELDS from Tennessee
Air date 2: Saturday, March 1, 2008
DAVE NADELBERG - founder of the MORTIFIED series, which helps people take their childhood memories (journals, letters, death threats to friends) and turn them into entertainment for the masses.
EMIKO BADILLO - Mortified "performer"
Musical guest: CHINA FORBES from Pink Martini with her solo record
LIVE SHOW: Friday, December 14, 2007
Air date 1: Saturday, December 29, 2007
PETER YARROW - Writer of THE "Puff the Magic Dragon" leads the audience in a rousing rendition of the classic
CURT ELLIS - co-creator of the film King Corn, a story of "two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation." Find out about what inspired the film and learn that you have corn in your hair follicles
Musical guest: HOLCOMBE WALLER
Air date 2: Saturday, January 5, 2008
CHRIS WALLA - Guitarist and Producer for Death Cab for Cutie will discuss his self produced solo project and what if feels like to be a threat to Homeland Security.
PAUL COLLINS - Author and NPR Literary Historian with some thoughts about recycling calendars (and recycling time?
SCOTT POOLE - Our favorite poet will join us with some New Year's mirth.
*Note: Storm Large was our last minute stand-in musical guest as Chris Walla could not perform due to a case of the lost voice
LIVE SHOW: Saturday, November 10, 2007 - Wordstock Extravaganza
Air date: OPB -Saturday, November 24 - 2 hour special
Air date: WNYC - Monday, December 31 9pm-11pm
HARRY SHEARER (Spinal Tap, The Simpsons, Le Show) discussed some of his thoughts on politics and brought his new book, Not Enough Indians
PETER SAGAL, Playwright and host of NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! in conversation about his new series of essays, The Book of Vice
WESLEY STACE (aka John Wesley Harding) schooled the audience about ventriloquism and discussed his latest book, By George.
LAUREN WEEDMAN, actress, former Daily Show correspondent and now author with her new book, A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body
SHANE KOYCZAN, winner of the presitigious USA National Individual Poetry Slam
With special appearances by ALEXANDRA FULLER and STEVE ALMOND
Musical guests: WEINLAND, Seattle's CARRIE AKRE, JOHN WESLEY HARDING
LIVE SHOW: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2007
Air date 1: Saturday, October 27, 2007
Actor BRUCE CAMPBELL (Evil Dead, The Hudsucker Proxy, Bubba Ho-Tep) and
MIKE RICHARDSON from Dark Horse Comics discussed their collaboration on Bruce's film, "My Name is Bruce"
Journalist ADRIAN CHEN reported from Portland's Shanghai Tunnels
Musical guest: Viva Voce
Air date 2: Saturday, November 3
DANIEL H. WILSON, robotics engineer and author of Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future That Never Arrive
RICK HUDDLE, storyteller extraordinaire regales us with another personal tale
Musical guest: Loch Lomond
Live show: SEPTEMBER 15, 2007
Air date 1: September
29
Steve Almond - author of "Candyfreak" with his new book "Not That You Asked"
Sam Adams - Portland's dreamiest city commissioner chats with author Marc Acito about the latest developments at the innovative Milepost 5 artist's community.
Musical Guest: The Sort Ofs
Air date 2: October 6
Storm Large- portrays Sally Bowles in Portland Center Stage's production of Cabaret
Andi Zeisler- editor of BITCH MAGAZINE
Musical Guest: The Stars of Track and Field, interviewed by the Doug Fir Lounge's Alicia J. Rose
Live Show: AUGUST 17, 2007
Air date 1: August 25
Chelsea Cain - Bestselling author of the chilling thriller "Heartsick"
Stacy Bolt - essayist
Musical Guest: Nick Jaina
Air date 2: September 1
"Farmer" John Peterson - subject of the highly acclaimed documentary "The Real Dirt on Farmer John"
Andrew Dickson - performance artist/eBay powerseller/sellout
Musical Guests: Yard Dogs Road Show
JULY 20, 2007 (air dates: July 28 and August 4, 2007)
Jarrett Jack - point guard for the Portland Trailblazers interviewed by Oregonian Sportswriter Ryan White
Jason Graham-Nye - CEO of gDiapers - the revolutionary flushable diaper
Ann Terry Hill - 1957 Pendleton Rodeo Queen
Cole Gamble - Essayist
Musical Guests: Jesse Sykes and the Sweethereafter, The Shaky Hands
JUNE 22, 2007 (air dates: June 30 and July 7, 2007)
Bill Plympton - academy award nominated animator of squillions of shorts, full length features and live action features
Karen Karbo - author of "How to Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Katherine the Great"
The 3rd Floor - Portland's longest running sketch comedy troupe
Tanya Barham - Recess Fitness' exercise maven
Musical Guests: The Thermals and Rory Stitt
May 18, 2007 (air dates: May 26 and June 2, 2007)
Chuck Barris - author of "The Big Question," game show creator and (alleged) CIA hitman
Derek Sivers - founder of CD Baby interviewd by Gang of Four bassist/Culture Hound Dave Allen
Belinda Miller and Hova Najarian - hosts of Greasy Kids Stuff radio show
Rick Huddle - Storyteller
Musical Guests: Dolorean, Ashleigh Flynn and her All-Star Band
April 21, 2007 (air date: April 28,2007 - Special 2 hour show) - from the Liberty Theater in Astoria, Oregon
Matthew Stadler - author/Astoria historian
Monica Drake - author of "Clowngirl"
Scott Poole - Live Wire's traveling poet
A special report on the history of Vaudeville in Oregon by Marc Acito
Musical Guests: 3 Leg Torso , Laura Gibson
March 15, 2007 (air dates: March 31 and April 7, 2007)
Will Vinton - Claymation pioneer, graphic novelist, founder of Freewill Entertainment
Frank Warren - author, creator of PostSecret.com
Claudia Handler - poet
Stacy Bolt - essayist
Musical Guests: Kelly Joe Phelps, The Blow
February 15, 2007 (air dates: February 25 and March 3, 2007)
Damili Ayo - Artist, lecturer, author of "How to Rent a Negro"
Bill Foster - director of Northwest Film Center, Portland International Film Festival
Irene Taylor Brodsky - filmmaker, director of the documentary "Hear and Now"
The Heartless Heathers and Rose City Rollers - Portland's all-women roller derby
Improv All-Stars - Phil Incorvia, Nicholas Kessler and Darryl Olson
Musical Guests: Tony Starlight, Super XX Man, Foghorn String Band
January 19, 2007 (air dates: January 28 and February 3, 2007)
John Callahan - cartoonist, author and musician
Alex Steffan - editor of "Worldchanging: A Guide for the 21st Century"
Musical Guests: Everclear, Hillstomp
December 14, 2006 (air dates: December 24 and December 31, 2006)
Mike Richardson - author, producer, founder of Dark Horse Comics
Barbara Davilman & Ellis Weiner
- authors of "Yiddish with George and Laura"
Lee Medoff - House Spirits Distillery owner
Musical Guests: Storm Large & the Balls, Papa Mali
November 16, 2006 (air dates: November 26 and December 3, 2006)
Thom Hartmann - radio show host and author
Christopher Stowell - artistic director of Oregon Ballet Theatre
Adrian Chen - Willamette Week writer and essayist
Musical Guests: Dave Frishberg, Fernando, Nu Shooz
October 14 , 2006 (air dates: October 28 and November 4, 2006)
James Westby - Director of "Film Geek" and "The Auteur"
Lee Montgomery - author "The Things Between Us "
Dave Helfrey - creator of Baron Von Goolo's Museum of Horrors
Essayist/Humorist Stacy Bolt
Musical guests: Dirty Martini, Little Sue and Jen Bernard and the Murder Balladeers
September 14, 2006 - from City Park in Union, OR as part of Cycle Oregon (air date: September 30, 2006)
Jonathan Nicholas - founder of Cycle Oregon and Oregonian columnist
Scott Poole - Live Wire's traveling poet
Joe Kurmaskie - Metal Cowboy author "Momentum is Your Friend"
Musical guests: Alan Singley and Pants Machine and Too Loud Macleod
August 17, 2006 (air dates: August 26 and September 2, 2006)
Dangerous Writer Tom Spanbauer interviewed by Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale Chris Coleman - Portland Center Stage Artistic Director
Comedy duo Hoskins and Breen
Anthony Effinger - Live Wire's Man-about-town reports on Xtreme(ly) weird sports
Elizabeth Wayne - Documentary fillmmaker from TriHugger Productions
Musical guests: March Fourth Marching Band and Heroes and Villains
July 20, 2006 (air dates: July 29 and August 5, 2006)
Michael Showalter, Leo Allen and Euguene Mirman - comic giants
Maria Dahvana Headley - author "The Year of Yes"
Lawson Inada - Oregon Poet Laureate
Scott Poole - Live Wire Poet Laureate
Musical guests: Norfolk and Western and Darol Anger with Tony Furtado
June 16 , 2006 (air dates: June 24 and July 1, 2006)
Wade McCollum - actor/performer
Catherine Coulson - Oregon Shakespeare Festival actor and Twin Peaks Log lady
Karen Karbo - acclaimed author
Jackie Weissman - filmmaker "Rock N Roll Mamas"
Haiku Inferno -
poetic antics
Musical guests:
Kristin Hersh and The High Violets
May 18, 2006 (air date: May 27, 2006)
Peter Ames Carlin - author
"Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson"
Marc Acito - Author/humorist
Hillary Carlip - past Gong Show winner and author "Queen of the Oddballs"
Musical guests: Stephen Malkmus, Robbie Fulks with Danny Barnes and El Cuadro Solo Flamenco
April 22 , 2006 (air date: April 29, 2006)
Chuck Barris - game show creator, author and (alleged) CIA hitman
Taylor Mali - slam poet, writer, passionate proponent of teaching as a noble art form
Jessica Abel - graphic novelist/comic book writer, "Artbabe" series, "Life Sucks" and "La Perdida"
Steve Almond - author "Candy Freak" and "The Evil B.B. Chow" and "Which Brings Me to You," co-authored with Julianna Baggot
Essayist Stacy Bolt
Musical guests: Art Alexakis and The Minus 5
March 16 , 2006 (air date: March 31, 2006)
Michael Powell - owner of Powell’s Books
Whitney Otto - Author of "How to Make an American Quilt" and "Now You See Her"
Sojourn Theater - perfomance from "The War Project: 9 Acts of Determination"
Musical guests: M. Ward and the Dahoo Chorus
…and the owners of Saint Cupcake
February 15 , 2006 (air date: February 25, 2006)
Dan Savage - Author and columnist
Kaie Wellman - Author/writer/designer of Eat.Shop.Portland
Musical guests: Jen Bernard and Storm Large
December 14, 2005 (air date: December 24, 2005)
Gill Dennis - Screenwriter for "Walk the Line"
Poet Scott Poole
Dave Weich - Powells.com chief interviewer
David Bragdon - Metro President and comedian
OPB's own April Baer and Allison Frost
Musical guests: Pepe and the Bottle Blondes and Linda Hornbuckle & Janice Scroggins
November 9, 2005 (air date: November 26, 2005)
Mark Setlock - award-winning actor "This Wonderful Life"
Essayist Stacy Bolt
Musical guest: 3 Leg Torso
October 21, 2005 (air date: October 29, 2005)
Teresa Drilling - lead animator for "Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit"
Karen Karbo - acclaimed author
Musical guest: Reggie Houston's Box of Chocolates
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 (air date: September 24, 2005)
Mark Baumgarten - Willamette Week's Music Reviewer
Pete Krebs - Portland's own walking musical showcase
Musical Guests: The Helio Sequence and Stolen Sweets
AUGUST 17, 2005 (air date: August 27, 2005)
Irene Taylor Brodsky - Documentary filmmake "Hear and Now"
Thomas Lauderdale and China Forbes of Pink Martini
Marc Acito - Author/humorist
JULY 22, 2005 (air date: July 30, 2005)
Nik Blosser - Publisher (Sustainable Industries Journal and Chinook Book)
Jim Green and Carolyn Richards of Kettle Foods
David Bragdon - Metro President
Scott Poole - Poet
April Baer - OPB Morning Edition Host
Musical Guests: Laura Love and Trashcan Joe
JUNE 15, 2005 (air date: June 25, 2005)
Gert "Ma" Boyle - Columbia Sportswear's feisty Chairman
Operatic Bohemian Cabaret of Vagabond Opera
Essayist Stacy Bolt
MAY 17, 2005 (air date: May 28, 2005)
Carlos Kalmar - Musical director for the Oregon Symphony
Pepe Raphael of Pepe and the Bottle Blondes
Musical guest Thomas Mapfumo
House Proud focuses on your collections
APRIL 22, 2005 (air date: April 30, 2005)
Marc Acito - Author/humorist
Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding) - Novelist and Muscian
Willamette Radio Workshop
Poet Scott Poole
Pianist Michael Allen Harrison
Musical guests: Colin Meloy (of The Decemberists)
John Wesley Harding (aka Wesley Stace) and Libretto
MARCH 16, 2005 (air date: March 26, 2005)
On Your Feet’s, Gary Hirsch and Brad Robertson
St. Baldricks Day Celebration w/ Nan Lofas, Karin Chuang and Anne Tillinghast
Poet Scott Poole
Musical guest Sexton Blake (w/Josh Hodges)
FEBRUARY 15, 2005 (air date: February 26, 2005)
Neal Keny-Guyer - Mercy Corps’ CEO
Author Erin Ergenbright
Gavin Shettler - Portland Art Center Curator
Musical guest FRUiT
DECEMBER 15, 2004 (air date: December 25, 2004)
Todd Haynes - Acclaimed director (Far From Heaven, Velvet Goldmine)
Curtain Confidential with arts aficionado Scott Palmer
Musical guest Sophe Lux
NOVEMBER 10, 2004 (air date: November 20, 2004)
Jelly Helm - Founder, Director of Wieden + Kennedy's 12
OPB’s Kristian Foden-Vencil
Special surprise guest Mayor-elect Tom Potter
Greg Robillard - Local Writer
Musical guest Pepe and the Bottle Blondes
OCTOBER 13, 2004 (air date: October 23, 2004)
Yum with Foodie Deborah Kane
Eli Spevak and Radical Cheerleaders
Local writer Stacy Bolt
Musical guest Sneakin’ Out
SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 (air date: September 23, 2004)
Jefferson Smith from Oregon Bus Project
Local writer Stacy Bolt
Bluesman from Euguene David Jacobs-Strain
AUGUST 11, 2004 (air date: August 21, 2004)
Chelsea Cain - Author and Columnist
Winner/Loser of the Adult Soap Box Derby Contestants
Musical Guest Menomena
JUNE 9, 2004 (air date: June 19, 2004)
Dave Allen - Punk legend
Local writer Stacy Bolt
Musical Guest Dirty Martini
APRIL 12, 2004 (air date: April 25, 2004)
Jimmy Smith of Wieden+Kennedy, Nike Basketball ads and numerous projects
Tres Shannon and Cat Daddy -Voodoo Doughnut Guys
House Proud with Jim Kelly, founder of Rejuvenation and Tom Kelly, CEO
of Neil Kelly
Musical Guest Richmond Fontaine
MARCH 16, 2004 (air date: March 26, 2004)
Marty Hughley - Oregonian music critic
Cai Emmons - Oregon Book Award winner
Jack McGowan - Founder of SOLV
Musical Guest Amelia
SEPTEMBER 9, 2003 - DEMO SHOW (never aired)
Beth Harrington - Documentary Filmmaker
Yum featuring Lisa Schroeder of Mother’s Bistro
Curtain Confidential with Cynthia Fuhrman
Musical Guest Little Sue
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