Words and Pictures

For this episode, we take a tour of Oregon's Laika Studios, home to the

stop-motion features Coraline, Paranorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two

Strings, and Missing Link.

S.W. Conser is joined by Brian McLean, Laika's Director of Rapid Prototype,

and Dan Pascall, ...

Dana Mashoian Walrath grew up the granddaughter of Armenian refugees, and

spent her early years in Yemen, Egypt, Brazil, and the United States.  She

went on to win a Fulbright Scholarship, earn a Ph.D in anthropology, and

become an award-winning artist and writer.

A ...

In this 100% longer conversation with artist, writer, and

anthropologist Dana Mashoian Walrath, we dive deeper into the stories

behind her family history as the granddaughter of Armenian refugees as

well as her early years spent in Yemen, Egypt, Brazil, and the United...

Mike Lastra is one of the most prolific chroniclers of punk rock and indie

bands.  In the 1970's and 80's, before the advent of low-light cameras and

compact microphones, Mike began chronicling the Pacific Northwest music

scene using analog video and audio equipment a...

Mark Orton is a Portland-based composer whose music has been heard in

multiple films and TV and radio series, including The

Holdovers, Nebraska, The Roosevelts, and This American Life.

He got his start as the main engineer for The Knitting Factory in New York,

workin...

Allie Brosh is the creator of the comics blog Hyperbole and a Half and

the author of the book collection of the same name, which unexpectedly

shot to number one on the New York Timesbestseller list in 2013.

Her long-awaited second book Solutions and Other Problems arri...

The annual Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology first landed at

Portland's Oregon Museum of Science and Industry back in 2023, and has

since become a hub for artists, directors, and audiences.  Marisa Cohen

and Peter Alexander are the co-directors of the festi...

Roberta Gregory grew up in a creative environment as the daughter of a

Disney comic book artist, and soon established herself as a leading voice in

the alternative comics wave of the 1980s and '90s.

After contributing to the groundbreaking anthologies Wimmen's Comix an...

Roberta Gregory grew up in a creative environment as the daughter of a

Disney comic book artist, and soon established herself as a leading voice in

the alternative comics wave of the 1980s and '90s.

After contributing to the groundbreaking anthologies Wimmen's Comix an...

Alex Cox is a legendary filmmaker, teacher, and author whose films include

Repo Man, Walker, and Sid and Nancy, and whose books include Ten Thousand

Ways to Die and X Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker.

Originally from the west of England, Alex became famou...