OPB's State of Wonder Podcast
1) Elliott Smith's 'Either/Or' At 20 | Slim Moon | Larry Crane
This week’s show is a rebroadcast from April 2017. Twenty-two years ago Elliott Smith opened a door into a hypnotic new world. The album, “Either/Or,” released on Kill Rock Stars, marks a turning poin...Show More
2) Scotland's Mobile Libraries | Tales from the Fisher Poets | East Portland’s Arte Soleil
Sometimes good stories take a while. This week, long-awaited gems from Astoria’s Fisher Poets and an arts outpost in East Portland. Also, a photographer goes the extra 4,000 miles for the literary sto...Show More
3) REBROADCAST | John Doe On LA’s Punk Scene | Team Dresch | Chachalu’s Loan From The British Museum
This episode originally aired on June 8th, 2019. It’s a weird world that obliges you to negotiate for decades to borrow things your great-grandparents made. And where are we if we can’t recover and kn...Show More
4) REBROADCAST | Kiese Laymon | Ted Chiang | Rosanne Parry
State of Wonder is bringing back some of our best episodes, and today’s was an easy yes. Some years, you get some good books. And then there are years that deliver great ones. We hope you’ve got room ...Show More
5) REBROADCAST | Satirist Andy Borowitz | 'Teenage Dick' At Artists Rep | keyon gaskin And Nadia Buyse
This episode originally aired on Jan. 12, 2018. Embarrassing situations don’t always result in great inspiration — but we wonder if some artists actually benefit from their fiascos. Doesn’t a debacle ...Show More
6) REBROADCAST | The Native Perspective Missing from Design | Design Week Portland | Adia Victoria
This episode originally aired on April 13, 2018. We’re playing some of our favorite episodes this fall, looking back on all the things we made over six years of State of Wonder. Today’s is something s...Show More
7) Nicole Georges' Rumspringa
Writer, illustrator, podcaster and storyteller Nicole Georges relocated to Los Angeles to upscale her prolific career. We’ve loved her work for years, from her zine, “Invincible Summer” to her band, T...Show More
8) REBROADCAST | Abigail DeVille | Leni Zumas | Typhoon | Omar El Akkad
This episode originally aired on Nov. 3, 2018. If you’ve been feeling like the lines are blurring between the America you imagined and the America we all live with, take a listen. We found some incre...Show More
9) REBROADCAST | Aja Gabel + Oregon Symphony | Classical’s #MeToo Reckoning | The Met Opera Aria Code
Wash some dishes to Brahms, and for one brief shining moment, you’ll feel like your life is being directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. This week, three stories from the orchestra pit, the rehearsal hall ...Show More
10) Nicole Georges | Malia Jensen | Anne Ellegood | Guns and Design
It’s April’s last show before heading off to Michigan … sigh. There WILL be more State of Wonder faves in the weeks to come, but right now we’re delivering some final thoughts on what it means to leav...Show More