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The World Only Spins Forward: Isaac Butler on Angels In America

Airs at: Tue, 06/26/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Isaac Butler and Dan Kois take us backstage and behind the scenes of the iconic play, "Angels In America" in their book, The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels In America. The book is an oral history, telling the story of the play and its influence from the v... Read more

Dry Farming - A Time-Proven, Earth-Friendly Farming Practice

Airs at: Fri, 06/22/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am

Produced for: Valley Views

Dry Farming is a long-proven method for growing crops with little to no irrigation. It's a time proven method that could play a major role in today's world going through climate change. What exactly is this valuable process, and why haven’t we heard about it? Guest A... Read more

Men & Self-Care

Airs at: Fri, 06/22/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Men and Self-Care? Let's talk about it with guests Kevin Fish, Yogi and Perrin Willis, Bar Manager and Community Activist. Read more

Let's All Be Farmers

Airs at: Sun, 06/17/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: Dr. Malik Burnett speaking about the social determinants of health, stigma, cultural competency, and medical cannabis; plus Tim Pate performs "Let's All Be Farmers". Read more

Compassionate Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Oregon voters approved a medical marijuana initiative in 1998. Fifteen years later, in 2013, the state legislature legalized medical marijuana dispensaries -- between 100 and 200 were operating illegally in the state at the time -- and set up a framework for regulating them... Read more

Funding Reproductive Justice

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Trump administration is pushing for a rule that will bar recipients of federal family planning funding from educating women about abortion options, a move that would allow the government to partially “defund” Planned Parenthood. Jan Haaken talks with Laura Swerdlow, ... Read more

Doctor You: Introducing the Hard Science of Self-Healing

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Skyrocketing global health care costs render overmedication increasingly unaffordable. The wonders of modern medicine have also obscured the body's ability to heal itself. Your body produces its own drugs that can treat pain as well as a prescription. We've all heard of end... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 11, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel hosts this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour with segments on: From Asylum to Prison: Bill Resnick talks with Dr. Anne E. Parsons about her forthcoming work From Asylum to Prison: Deinstitutionalization and the Rise of Mass Incarceration after 1945. Inequ... Read more

Saving Lives? Not In Our Backyard

Airs at: Sun, 06/10/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

Reducing Harms and Managing Risks This week, we listen to parts of a debate in the Scottish Parliament on whether, and how, to establish supervised injection facilities and safe consumption spaces. The motion to do so was introduced by the ruling Scottish National Party, a... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 14, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Dave Finkle about Trump's withdrawal from the Iran deal and Middle East politics. 2. The Left and the Law team discuss immigration policies at the southern border in light of the caravan o... Read more