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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features three of the co-founders of the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam Festival: Julia Gaskill, Stephen Meads and Jane Belinda. The Festival will happen in downtown Portland this coming June, with events at Powells and the downtown Multnomah County Library, among other venues.

Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features three of the co-founders of the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam Festival: Julia Gaskill, Stephen Meads and Jane Belinda. The Festival will happen in downtown Portland this coming June, with events at Powells and the downtown Multnomah County Library, among other venues.

The February 12th edition of Talking Earth features RJ Equality Ingram reading from their book of poetry, 'The Autobiography of Nancy Drew', forthcoming from White Stag Publishing in February. Rj covers several topics in a discussion with host Patrick Bocarde, including candles, formal poetry and the major themes of 'Autobiography of Nancy Drew'.

Tonight's Talking Earth show is a melange.  In other words, a medley.  I just like the word Melange, and tonight's show will be a mix of guests Barbara LaMorticella reading a poem for late host Walt Curtis, and New Orleans musician and poet Dusty Santamaria talking with host Patrick Bocarde about Walt, his passing, and life in New Orleans and Portland.  They may also be

Tonight's edition of Talking Earth celebrates Walt Curtis' life as poet, artist and radio host of Talking Earth.  Tonight's show features poetry from Walt Curtis from various sources, Barbara LaMorticella, Patrick Bocarde and Leanne Grabel reading Walt's poetry as well as their own reminisces of him, and Dusty Santamaria discussing Walt's life with Patrick Bocarde.   Patrick

Talking Earth host Walt Curtis passed away last August 25th.  Tonight we air one of his best shows during the pandemic, recorded on Walt Curtis' porch with musician Dusty Santamaria and board-op Patrick Bocarde back in August 2020.  Topics include life in New Orleans, voudoun and life under quarantine.  Dusty also plays several songs from his then new album.  Dusty Santamaria

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 his birth name; listeners will also hear poems from Kurt's new collection, Confluences of Solitude. 

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 Dark".

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 Oregon history.

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 Regional Poetry Slam will happen in downtown Portland on June 2nd and 3rd; the fundraisers Slam Olymics and Nerd