In the leadup to the 2024 Portland Book Festival, we revisit our January 2011 conversation with comics artist and animator Vera Brosgol.Vera drew on her own immigrant childhood for inspiration in creating the character of Anya, the haunted teenager at the heart of her d...Av KBOO Community Radio

Tessa Hulls' debut as an author is the sprawling graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts, a story of her own family, of survival and madness and love, seen through the lens of three generations of women and covering nearly a century of Chinese history.Tessa is an illustrator, pa...Av KBOO Community Radio

A group of people wake up in an experimental facility hoping for a cure to a disease that is ravaging the world – but is that cure worse than the disease? And does this low-budget indie movie make the best out of what it has to work with? The hosts are split, much like the dog in this movie.Av Portland at the Movies

Ed Wood Jr made low-budget B-movies that tested the limits of 1950's American sensibilities, with such outre features as Bride of the Monster, Plan 9 From Outer Space, and Glen or Glenda. Portrayed by Johnny Depp in the 1994 Tim Burton bio-pic, Ed is now recognized as a...Av KBOO Community Radio

Revolutions Per Movie host Chris Slusarenko calls his weekly podcast “your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide." Chris invites musicians, actors, and filmmakers to choose a favorite music documentary, video, or musical, and tease apart th...Av KBOO Community Radio

Would you believe me if I told you there was a TV movie filmed in Portland about the attack on the World Trade Center starring George Clooney and Fran Drescher? Of course you would – this is Portland at the Movies, after all (and it’s the 1993 WTC bombing). It’s also got the dad from “Fresh Price of Bel Air,” so there’s that too. And Andre Braugher…

Bill Plympton has spent four decades going against the grain of the animation industry, self-financing his short films and features and drawing each frame with pencil and paper. Nominated twice for Academy Awards and taking home a Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival,...Av KBOO Community Radio

A movie so baffling that even after discussing it for an hour we’re at a loss. So we’ll just post Roger Ebert’s review here: “Here is a movie that looks like a parody, sounds like a parody and plays like a parody, but isn’t a parody — because the genre it’s making fun of doesn’t exist. Maybe “Love at Large” is a satire on satire itself. It feels li…

Women in Animation is a global organization which has made great strides in the film industry. Portland chapter leaders Sara Logan Hofstein and Christina Palomino are helping host a panel discussion at this year’s Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology.Av KBOO Community Radio

Eddie Muller is the Founder and President of The Film Noir Foundation. He's a film preservationist, a festival programmer, a San Francisco Literary Laureate, and the host of Noir Alley on the Turner Classic Movies channel. Eddie is bringing the Noir City Film Festival ...Av KBOO Community Radio

In this extended conversation with Film Noir Foundation Founder Eddie Muller, we spend an extra 20 minutes finding out about the importance of gritty urban stories in American culture and the race to rescue overlooked films from the landfill.Eddie Muller is a film pres...Av KBOO Community Radio

Like a moth to the flame, we’re back with another 90s made-for-TV legal thriller starring Annette O’Toole, Michael McKean, and CCH Pounder. Kidnapping, murder, dubious legal work, and the continual highlighting of the gay community and those who love them as dangerous monsters is really only table setting for what are two of the most egregious misc…

Harry Smith is best known as an experimental filmmaker, but he was so much more. He was a painter and collage artist, a mystic, a student of anthropology, a collector of folk music and indigenous art, and an important — though unsung — figure in the Beat Generation.Ha...Av KBOO Community Radio

Summer is just beginning, so let’s head to the Oregon coast for this family/adventure film about a teenager’s search for the legendary Tillamook gold left by Spanish sailors. Is it a jaunty kids action movie, or a frigid, bitter look at the disintegration of an American marriage? Find out on this month’s episode!…

From 1974 to 1995, Stan Mack tagged along on the adventures of ordinary New Yorkers, then combined their stories with his frenetic pen-and-ink artwork to create the documentary-style comic Stan Mack's Real-Life Funnies. Now, Fantagraphics has published a collection of ...Av KBOO Community Radio

As part of the 20th anniversary commemoration of Words and Pictures, we revisit our October 2018 conversation with Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore. Ezra and Ben grew up loving comics and science fiction, and have expanded both genres to address pressing issues of ...Av KBOO Community Radio

Tessa Hulls' debut as an author is the sprawling graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts, a story of her own family, of survival and madness and love, seen through the lens of three generations of women and covering nearly a century of Chinese history.Tessa is an illustrator, pa...Av KBOO Community Radio

In this extended conversation with Feeding Ghosts author Tessa Hulls, we spend an extra 20 minutes digging into the story of her family's struggles and of a graphic memoir nine years in the making.Feeding Ghosts is a sprawling saga of survival and madness and love, seen...Av KBOO Community Radio

Is there anything more early-2000s than Ryan Philippe and Rachel Leigh Cook? This month we travel back to the Big Tech of 2000s for this thriller about a mega tech company who will stop at nothing in their pursuit of code with the perfect structure. Or something. The tech is a bit hazy. Does this movie get anything else right? Find out on this mont…

Conversation w/ Nathan Blondino and one of our Youth Quinn Caldwell Contact us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092499892645&sk=grid or talkingbiblepodcast@gmail.com

Darrin Bell has been a professional cartoonist since his teenage days, and his syndicated comic strips Rudy Park and Candorville are longtime reader favorites. He was the first African-American to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, and his debut gra...Av KBOO Community Radio

Well, we’re finally reviewing the movie that spawned this whole podcast: Madonna’s 1993 throwback/thriller/noir/erotic courtroom drama that dares to ask the question: “Can you screw someone to death?” We dare to ask the question: “Is this movie as bad as its reputation holds? Is it that bad in comparison to the other Portland films we’ve been subje…

Barbara Brandon-Croft is the very first African-American woman whose nationally-syndicated comic strip ran in the mainstream press. Now a new collection of her work, Where I’m Coming From, has been published.Barbara sits down with S.W. Conser to talk about the comics comm...Av KBOO Community Radio

Conversation with Pastor Mike Blondino. Contact us @ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092499892645&sk=grid or talkingbiblepodcast@gmail.com

As part of the 20th anniversary commemoration of Words and Pictures, we revisit our January 2010 conversation with Portland artist and self-styled "war junkie" Joe Sacco.Sacco has carved out a niche in the publishing world for his war reportage comics. For more than t...Av KBOO Community Radio

In this episode we dive into and exploring the concepts and themes rising up throughout the western world that Mark Sayers presents in his book "The Disappearing Church". I am joined by two close friends Kayla and Grace Pool. Mark Sayers Book links: https://marksayers.co/books https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092499892645&sk=grid or talki…

Jumping on the bandwagon of “Single White Female,” this 1992 made-for-TV movie, starring Heather Locklear, takes a stab at being the sexy office place thriller that so may other movies of the time strived to be. Strap on your high heels and get ready for some busy business as we decide “does this have what it takes?”…

Portland Community College has hosted the Cascade Festival of African Films for 34 years, inviting filmmakers from the African diaspora to Oregon and welcoming the community to attend screenings free of charge.This year's festival co-directors, Eugenie Jolivett Fontana ...Av KBOO Community Radio

As part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Words and Pictures, we revisit our January 2005 conversation with Jack Ohman.Jack is the Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist who spend 20 years in Portland drawing cartoons for the Oregonian newspaper before moving ...Av KBOO Community Radio

Just an update on how things are going and what is to be expected in the future! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092499892645&sk=grid or talkingbiblepodcast@gmail.com What the Talking Bible podcast is about: This Podcast was created to talk about the bible from a layman's perspective. My friend Nathan Blondino and I are both in youth min…

Author, cartoonist, and storyboard artist Derek Ballard has worked on the television shows Adventure Time and Midnight Gospel. He's also put in his time as a construction worker, single dad, and all-around working-class hero.Derek's comic stories have been collected in...Av KBOO Community Radio

This month we’re joined by Nicholas Beatty to unwrap this gay coming of age film/black box musical theater journey that spans 12 years of time and dares to ask the question “why does a movie that takes place over the span of 12 years have the singular word ‘summer’ in the title? And why did nobody’s clothing or hair style change in those 12 years?”…

In this extended (and unexpurgated) conversation with cartoonist Roz Chast, we spend an extra 15 minutes with the bestselling author who inspired The New Yorker’s David Remnick to say: “She’s got a very recognizable style of squiggly lines and neurotic characters.”Roz'...Av KBOO Community Radio

This month we’re joined by Eric Li and Mike Campbell from “The Scariest Things” horror podcast to talk about 2015’s “Green Room,” starring Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, and loads of punks and neo-Nazis. Can this movie defy the odds of not only being a good horror movie, but a good movie made in Portland? Find out on this episode.…

Website: https://dinnerandamoviepdx.com/ Venmo: @dinnermovie In this episode Nathan and I interview Will and Liam Sharpe from Dinner and a Movie PDX. Our Church and youth group is a ministry partner with Dinner and a Movie PDX. We talk about their testimonies, state of Portland, reasons for homelessness, and future for their ministry. I hope you en…

In this episode Nathan and I go into the second section of James chapter 3 where James addresses true wisdom. He compares the worldly form of wisdom and the characteristics of true wisdom. James gives tangible ways to know what wisdom sounds like and how it is characterized as. Hope you enjoy this episode! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10…

In this episode Nathan and I explore the power that the tongue has in our daily life and how it can have a negative effect in our spiritual life. James presents this word first to the teachers of the Bible and the impact that their teaching has over the people. The need for the spirit to lead our tongue is evident in this passage of scripture. Hope…

Shared Blessings Ministry Page: https://www.sharedblessings.org/ In this blessing of an episode I was able to interview Sol and Manuela Bah who operate a non-profit (Shared Blessings) Christian School in the Gambia. If you do not know the Gambia is a small country located in West Africa sandwiched in the middle of Senegal. I have been lucky enough …

*Disclaimer* This Chapter in James talks about the works that Faith calls us out to do. In no way do Nathan or I believe that you are justified by works. As is obvious by the teachings of Jesus we are justified by faith and faith alone. Along with that God prepares for you good works, this is the perspective that Nathan and I come from when reading…

Author and broadcaster Rick Emerson joins us to talk about the 1982 (or is it 1980? Or 1984?) made-for-TV movie “The Pigs vs. The Freaks” (or is it “Outsiders”?), starring Brian Dennehy, Patrick Swayze, Adam Baldwin, and Steven Furst, about a small town football game that will finally settle the age-old question: will you root for the cops, or for …

In this episode, we go into James chapter 2:1-13. James confronts the early church in Jerusalem about showing favoritism to people of wealthy standing and ignoring the poor. James gives a convicting address to all Christians about how important it is to be with one another without preconceived notions about the value of our brothers and sisters in …

In this episode, we go over what James commanded the Christian believers in Jerusalem at the time of his writing. Of course, the commands given by James not only back then, but also today. I hope you enjoy this episode and are able to take something away from it. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092499892645&sk=grid or talkingbiblepodcast…

In this episode Nathan and I go through the last chapter of the book of Jonah. This chapter is very interesting because it deals with the very human side of Jonah and how even when Jonah had an encounter with God he still had trouble knowing his heart toward the Ninevites. Hope y'all enjoy this episode! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10009…

In this episode Nathan and I talk about Jonah and the sermon that he gives to the people of Nineveh in chapter 3. This particular chapter is very interesting because you start to see Jonah slip back into his carnal nature. Being submitted to doing what God had asked of him he goes and gives Nineveh the word and they repent. This was a fun episode t…

If you thought Portland was a post-apocalyptic hellscape now, just wait until you see what it looks like after nuclear war. This month we follow the sole survivor (or is she?) of nuclear annihilation, creeping around the shattered streets and tunnels of Portland finding a way to survive. The visuals in this low-budget movie are often arresting and …

In this episode, we go over the book of Jonah chapter 2. We went through the text and found what God was revealing to Jonah through his experience. Jonah in this chapter also reveals what he has found in the heart of God. This chapter reveals God's sovereignty and his goodness. We had fun recording this episode I hope you have fun listening. https:…

In this episode Nathan and I start off our series through the book of Jonah. We do our best to explain the context and the imagery that is portrayed through this story of a reluctant prophet and his journey to surrender. We hope you enjoy this podcast and hope to connect with you through our socials down below. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?…

In this episode, we explore the story of Jesus' interaction with the Canaanite woman in the region of Tyre and Sidon. The impact of the woman's faith and the heart for others that Jesus displays is truly amazing in this story and quite inspiring. As we are getting back into the podcast since we missed a week (because of a wedding) we are excited an…

In this episode, we discuss the encounter with the rich young ruler. The rich young ruler was looking for a way to find eternity on his own merits, but Jesus responded in a way that he was not expecting. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it. Leave us a rating and give us a follow if you enjoyed it. https://www.facebook.c…

Last month we reviewed “Zombie Cats From Mars,” and this month we dig into the man behind the cats: writer/director/producer/actor Montetré. We chat with him about ZCFM, as well as his one-take feature-length film “Marty in Transit.”Av Portland at the Movies