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Quality Relationships

Airs at: Thu, 03/08/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Bread and Roses

The quality and depth of a relationship you create with yourself will equal the quality and depth of all of your relationships. A deep and eye-opening discussion with Barbara Beck, expert relationship coach and author of Love, Sex and the Spiritual Path. Read more

In-Depth: Biomechanist Katy Bowman

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

KBOO News and Evening Public Affairs Director Zeloszelos Marchandt speaks with "part biomechanist, part science communicator, and full-time mover" Katy Bowman, who also is the founder of the Nutritious Movement program that aims to bring non-exercise movement back into prac... Read more

Managing Pain

Airs at: Sun, 02/25/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week, we discuss pain and pain treatment with Professor Beth Darnall, PhD, a pain psychologist, clinical scientist, and clinical professor at Stanford University. Read more

Meltdown in the Arctic: Humanity Beware?

Airs at: Wed, 02/28/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

What happens in the Arctic has an out-sized impact on the overall global climate. And right now, it's looking very, very bad. December of last year was the warmest on record in the Arctic, and 2018 has already set a string of records for lowest levels of Arctic sea ice... Read more

At Peace: Choosing A Good Death After a Long Life

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Dr. Samuel Harrington, MD, is the author of At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life. In this important book, which James Fallows of The Atlantic calls “deeply humane,” he argues the case for taking a clear-eyed yet compassionate view towards the end of life. M... Read more

Fighting To Save Lives

Airs at: Sun, 02/18/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

An effort in the state of Colorado to prevent overdose deaths suffered a setback in the Colorado Legislature on February 14. The Co Senate's State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 40, a measure "providing immunity for individuals who p... Read more

Mental Health Fitness for Law Enforcement

Airs at: Mon, 02/19/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Many people experience trauma in their lives, trauma that can have a lasting impact. Law enforcement officers and emergency services personnel experience trauma on a regular basis. While we expect police and EMTs to meet a standard of physical fitness and health in order to... Read more

Sullivan's Gulch Feels Pressure from Loss of Parking Space

Airs at: Wed, 02/14/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

KBOO News speaks with Sullivan's Gulch resident Roberta Larch on the subject of parking in one of Portland’s older neighborhoods, which is feeling the pressures of new development and city zoning plans. Read more

Josh Tickell: Kiss the Ground

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Healthwatch

After 50 years, America’s search for the ultimate diet is over. The dilemma of what to eat has finally been solved. Enter: the ‘regenerative diet,’ a way of eating that can cause our planets’ soils to sequester 100% of the CO2 that has been released into the atmosphere sinc... Read more

Kalista Lacie Kilpriest

Airs at: Fri, 02/16/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Kalista Lacie Kilpriest comes into the KBOO studios to tell her story, and takes us through the twists and turns of her life starting with her adoption from the Southern Americas into Portland, Oregon. The process she describes reveals direct connections between our communi... Read more