Been a while since we've been with you, lovelies. The world continues to end. Or is it just continuing to transform itself? This show has always been about borders. About intersections. About the boundaries out on the edges of the Self where su

On the Block with Joel Bakst

May 28th, 2017 2h 32m

Joel David Bakst is a teaching rabbi and scholar of Talmud and Kabbalah who, while living in Jerusalem for 20 years, studied and taught in Orthodox yeshivot.Raised in a Southern California Conservative Jewish home, Joel became a ba’al teshuva

On the Block with Dan Merchant

Mar 30th, 2017 2h 1m

Dan is many things including a radio host and the former voice behind “Sheila and Dan” in the morning at KINK.FMHe’s also an Emmy and Iris award winning television writer/producer/director who’s working on SyFy’s zombie hit Z Nation. Over the

On the Block Radio with Andrew Harvey

Mar 7th, 2017 2h 33m

Andrew Harvey is Founder Director of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical

On the Block with David F. Walker

Feb 5th, 2017 2h 37m

David F. Walker is an award-winning comic book writer, author, filmmaker, journalist, and educator. His work in comic books includes Shaft (Dynamite Entertainment), winner of the 2015 Glyph Award for Story of the Year, Power Man and Iron Fist,

On the Block with Rick Strassman

Jan 1st, 2017 2h 40m

Dr. Rick Strassman was born in Los Angeles, California in 1952 (although presumably he wasn’t a doctor at that point, at least not a credentialed one). As an undergraduate, he majored in zoology before transferring to Stanford University, where

On the Block with John Voelz

Dec 23rd, 2016 3h 44m

John Voelz is a tamed rebel, artist, songwriter, painter, musician, writer, pastor, and aggravator. His love of all things creative in tandem with a severe angst towards mediocrity and religiosity has given him a unique platform as a voice in t

On the Block with Reema Zaman

Dec 18th, 2016 2h 27m

Reema Zaman says this about her work: "Why else do we write or read but to invoke a loving voice in the dark, to alleviate our loneliness, to forge solidarity, to make sense of our inherent, stunning madness?"Reema was born in Bangladesh, rai

On the Block with David Jay Brown

Dec 10th, 2016 1h 41m

David Jay Brown holds a master's degree in psychobiology from New York University (1986), and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Southern California (1983). He is the author of two science fiction novels, Brainchild (New Falcon, 1988)

On the Block with Fernando Viciconte

Dec 4th, 2016 1h 47m

Argentina-born Fernando Viciconte came of age musically in L.A. fronting the popular hard rock band Monkey Paw. He moved to Portland, OR, in 1994 and released Season in Hell, a downbeat collection of country rock. Almost immediately, he became

On the Block with Max Dashu

Nov 27th, 2016 2h 35m

Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to research and document women's history from an international perspective. She built a collection of 15,000 slides and 20,000 digital images, and has created 150 slideshows on female

On the Block with Paul Devereux

Nov 13th, 2016 2h 23m

Paul Devereux is:A Founding Co-editor of Time & Mind - Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture; A Research Affiliate at the Royal College of Art;A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; A Senior Research Fellow at the Internatio

On the Block with The Dinner & Bikes Tour

Nov 8th, 2016 2h 41m

Well, well, well. What's been up in your lives, lately, America? Any news you'd like to discuss?This week, we bring you a conversation with the members of The Dinner and Bikes Tour. The Dinner & Bikes is a month-long tour of the U.S. to bring

On the Block with Karen Tate

Nov 6th, 2016 2h 11m

As an independent scholar, speaker, radio show host, author, and social justice activist, Karen Tate's body of work blends her experiences of women-centered multiculturalism evident in archaeology, anthropology and mythology with her unique aca

On the Block with Emily Bingham

Oct 28th, 2016 1h 47m

Emily Bingham is a writer, rope instructor, model, and professional pervert. As a writer she strives to weave fantasies that will turn-on her readers. As a rope instructor she works to bring new skills into the bedroom of her clients so they

On the Block with Caleb Stephens

Oct 20th, 2016 1h 43m

Caleb Stephens is a therapist and activist in Lawerence, Kansas. He is the founder of Identifight, which he describes as "created to exemplify self-identity, encouragement, resilience, mental-health, activism, value, Hope, Truth, Justice, and e

On the Block with Dr. Catherine Svehla

Oct 14th, 2016 1h 33m

Dr. Catherine Svehla is a cultural mythologist, storyteller, artist, and activist with a PhD in Mythological Studies. She draws on her knowledge of mythology and psychology to bring the story to life and share insight into the contemporary mean

On the Block with Chuk Barber

Oct 8th, 2016 2h 19m

Playing drums since he was eleven years old, Chukinho has had sticks in his hands for over 40 years. A student of legendary jazz drummer, Hal Blaine, Chukinho was a grounding member in many garage bands in the early 60s. He founded the Virginia

On the Block with Willy Vlautin

Sep 30th, 2016 1h 22m

Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Willy Vlautin started playing guitar and writing songs as a teenager and quickly became immersed in music. It was a Paul Kelly song, based on Raymond Carver’s Too Much Water So Close to Home that inspired him to

On the Block with Dr. Bruce Damer

Sep 23rd, 2016 2h 9m

Bruce Frederick Damer is a Canadian-American multi-disciplinary scientist, designer, and speaker. He works in evolutionary biology researching the question of the origin of life and the exploration and economic development of space. He also has

On the Block with Pam Houston

Sep 16th, 2016 1h 39m

Pam Houston’s most recent book is Contents May Have Shifted, published in 2012. She is also the author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat, the novel, Sight Hound, and a collection of essays,

On the Block with Bob Walter

Sep 10th, 2016 2h 54m

Robert Walter is an editor and an executive with several not-for-profit organizations. Most notably, he is the executive director and board president of the Joseph Campbell Foundation (JCF), an organization that he helped found in 1990 with cho

On the Block Radio with Blacque Butterfly

Aug 31st, 2016 1h 30m

A Portland treasure and a voice of passion, wisdom and profound insight, Darlene Solomon-Rogers aka Blacque Butterfly is an entertainer, activist and event host. Her love for the arts has allowed her to explore several layers of her calling. B

On the Block with Reverend Billy Talen

Aug 26th, 2016 1h 1m

everend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical performance community, with 50 performing members and a congregation in the thousands. They are wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters and Earth loving urban activists wh

On the Block with Dimitri Mugianis

Aug 20th, 2016 1h 48m

Born in Detroit, to a politically leftist Greek American family, Dimitri Mugianis began writing poetry, music, and also using drugs at a very early age. As a teenager, Dimitri formed a band called The Leisure Class. After several years of local