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OPB's State of Wonder

OPB's weekly journal of arts and creative work.

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050314stow A Seg - Matt Braunger - CoverOregon - Laura - Gibson

050314stow A Seg - Matt Braunger - CoverOregon - Laura - Gibson

State of Wonder talks to comedian Matt Braunger about his work wiith the Bridgetown Comedy Festival and Laura Gibson res... Read more

2 May 2014

11mins

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Margaret Atwood & Ursula K. Le Guin | Nilufer Yanya | OK Theater’s 100th Anniversary

Margaret Atwood & Ursula K. Le Guin | Nilufer Yanya | OK Theater’s 100th Anniversary

What gets us through those uncertain moments? The speculative story? The daring album concept? The strenuous film shoot?... Read more

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Jan. 27 Ursula Le Guin Remembered, Portugal The Man, Decemberists & Offa Rex, Randy Porter & Nancy King

Jan. 27 Ursula Le Guin Remembered, Portugal The Man, Decemberists & Offa Rex, Randy Porter & Nancy King

This week on "State of Wonder," we remember the life and legacy of the ground-breaking writer Ursula K. Le Guin, and the... Read more

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Nov. 19: Maria Semple, Alexander Chee, Rabih Alameddine, Artists Respond to Trump

Nov. 19: Maria Semple, Alexander Chee, Rabih Alameddine, Artists Respond to Trump

This week, we bring you the second of two shows we'd recorded live at Wordstock, Portland's book festival. It's sparklin... Read more

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Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast | Last Artful Dodgr | Demian DinéYazhi´ | Tender Table

Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast | Last Artful Dodgr | Demian DinéYazhi´ | Tender Table

We’re exploring those connections between art, food, culture, ancestral lands and how it all fuses and fits and makes up... Read more

25 Aug 2018

51mins

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State Of Wonder: Mar 28, 2015—The Fiction Episode, Willy Vlautin, Smith Henderson, Cari Luna & More

State Of Wonder: Mar 28, 2015—The Fiction Episode, Willy Vlautin, Smith Henderson, Cari Luna & More

We’ve got a special show for you this week: it’s the Wonder homage to fiction. With the Oregon Book Awards coming up on ... Read more

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Nov. 18: Wordstock: Chuck Klosterman, Hannah Tinti, Katie Kitamura

Nov. 18: Wordstock: Chuck Klosterman, Hannah Tinti, Katie Kitamura

This week on 'State of Wonder,' we bring you the second show we recorded live at Wordstock, this time with the culture w... Read more

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State Of Wonder: July 25, 2015 - Calexico, Helio Sequence, Lost Lander, Y La Bamba, Joseph & More

State Of Wonder: July 25, 2015 - Calexico, Helio Sequence, Lost Lander, Y La Bamba, Joseph & More

This is it, folks: we’re in the peak heat of the summer music season. PDX Pop Now is this weekend. Pickathon plucks thro... Read more

24 Jul 2015

52mins

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Nicole Georges' Rumspringa

Nicole Georges' Rumspringa

Writer, illustrator, podcaster and storyteller Nicole Georges relocated to Los Angeles to upscale her prolific career. W... Read more

16 Nov 2019

16mins

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Feb. 11: Marvel's Luke Cage, Shy Girls, Eugene Opera, Liz Vice, Portland's Aerial Tram & More

Feb. 11: Marvel's Luke Cage, Shy Girls, Eugene Opera, Liz Vice, Portland's Aerial Tram & More

Grab your rain coat and take a ride on the aerial tram, head out to the International Film Festival, support your art-lo... Read more

11 Feb 2017

52mins

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061414 State of Wonder Segment C

061414 State of Wonder Segment C

00:12 – Monica Bill Barnes and One Radio Host Two Dancers with Ira Glass08:33 - Tuileries Garden exhibit at Portland Art... Read more

14 Jun 2014

16mins

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Nov. 25: Celebrating Brian Doyle's Big, Bold Oregon Legacy

Nov. 25: Celebrating Brian Doyle's Big, Bold Oregon Legacy

This week on "State of Wonder," some of the Northwest's most prominent writers come together to share stories and memori... Read more

21 Nov 2017

51mins

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July 2: Sherman Alexie, PDX's Oldest Art Co-Op Displaced, Science of Music & More

July 2: Sherman Alexie, PDX's Oldest Art Co-Op Displaced, Science of Music & More

Dozens Of Artists Displaced After Sale of Troy Laundry BuildingFor nearly 40 years, dozens of artists have worked out of... Read more

2 Jul 2016

52mins

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The Long Journey | Abbi Jacobson | Tara Westover | Shayla Lawson

The Long Journey | Abbi Jacobson | Tara Westover | Shayla Lawson

As you contemplate the road ahead for 2019, listen to three amazing artists talk about their transformational journeys: ... Read more

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Nov. 7: Wordstock - Ursula Le Guin, Patterson Hood, Willie Vlautin & Patrick DeWitt

Nov. 7: Wordstock - Ursula Le Guin, Patterson Hood, Willie Vlautin & Patrick DeWitt

We're broadcasting live today from the Portland Art Museum for the city's biggest book extravaganza, Wordstock. We're go... Read more

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Jan. 23: From Space Ships to Parking Meters, UX Design With Guest Curator Elena Moon

Jan. 23: From Space Ships to Parking Meters, UX Design With Guest Curator Elena Moon

This week we welcome user experience (UX) designer Elena Moon as our guest curator. She has this fantastic way of explai... Read more

22 Jan 2016

51mins

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Apr. 21: Design Week Portland with Swift Agency, Bora Architecture, project, and more

Apr. 21: Design Week Portland with Swift Agency, Bora Architecture, project, and more

We went live this week for Design Week Portland at the hottest new event space in Northeast Portland: the Nightwood. And... Read more

21 Apr 2018

51mins

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Jan. 17, 2015: Michael Chabon, Sleater-Kinney, Decemberists, My Own Private Idaho, Frank McCourt

Jan. 17, 2015: Michael Chabon, Sleater-Kinney, Decemberists, My Own Private Idaho, Frank McCourt

0:00: Intro1:15: We preview releases by two of Portland’s biggest bands: Sleater-Kinney and theDecemberists.9:20: Hand2M... Read more

16 Jan 2015

51mins

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Mar. 11 2017: Lee Kelly, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, NW Dance Project's 'Carmen,' Chicano Batman

Mar. 11 2017: Lee Kelly, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, NW Dance Project's 'Carmen,' Chicano Batman

This week, a transformational garden yields find treasures, a dance company whips a classic into an ebullient, glamorous... Read more

11 Mar 2017

50mins

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Feb. 25: Virtual Reality Art, Last Artful Dodgr, National Museum of African American History

Feb. 25: Virtual Reality Art, Last Artful Dodgr, National Museum of African American History

The crocuses are popping up, and this week's show blossoms with new music, new technology, dazzling comics, and so much ... Read more

25 Feb 2017

51mins

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