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Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 09/27/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century, part one of a conversation with Doctor Tim Piatkowski, a researcher and lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, who has been doing some groundbreaking work on harm reduction and the community of people who use image and performa... Read more

Aaron Adams and Liz Crain, authors of Fermenter: DIY Fermentation for Vegan Fare

Airs at: Thu, 09/28/2023 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's show, we welcome Aaron Adams and Liz Crain, authors of the new cookbook Fermenter: DIY Fermentation for Vegan Fare, from Sasquatch Books. Aaron is owner/chef of Fermenter and the new Workshop Food & Drink restaurants in Portland. He grew up in the East Bay, where... Read more

The Tao of Intuitive Luck

Airs at: Sun, 10/01/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
To help understand the role of luck in our lives is Randall Fitzgerald, author of the new book The Tao of Intuitive Luck: Winning at Games of Chance and the Game of Life. As a journalist his pathbreaking investigative articles have been featured in The Washington Post, The ... Read more

Jordan Fink and Build Soil

Airs at: Thu, 09/21/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Jordan and his organization Build Soil are organizing community-based climate resiliency agriculture projects. Connect with them at buildsoil.net. Read more

Aid for the War on Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 09/20/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Aid for the War on Drugs. Harm Reduction International has released a report entitled Aid for the War on Drugs, which follows overseas development aid that’s being spent on policing and drug control around the world. We hear from the report’s ... Read more

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Lisa See’s historical novel, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, is a meticulously researched book on Chinese medicine in the 1500’s. It purports to be a record of a female doctor. Midwives, women who deliver newborns, are an essential part of medical treatment for women. “…since w... Read more

Back to School in Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Back to School in Crisis: Claims that education is in crisis often mischaracterize the nature of the problems and of the solutions. The problems do not arise from remote learning, nor from the accurate teaching of US racial history, nor the respecting of children's gender i... Read more

Tree of Visions

Airs at: Sun, 09/17/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
On the program today an artist who is a well-known in Europe, someone who has spent years studying and writing about the ancient and historical roots of shamanism, magic, and myth.  He makes sense of this rich history in a comprehensive book Tree of Visions: Visionary Tradi... Read more

Reschedule or Deschedule?

Airs at: Wed, 09/13/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Reschedule or Deschedule? The Drug Enforcement Administration is set to review marijuana’s placement in Schedule One. To learn more we hear from Shaleen Title, Founder and Director of the Parabola Center. Plus: a new report by the UK House of ... Read more

"Living While Dying" with filmmaker Cathy Zheutlin

Airs at: Thu, 09/14/2023 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Cathy Zheutlin, filmmaker and director/writer/producer of the documentary Living While Dying, from Portland’s Peace Films. Living While Dying was an official selection of the 2018 Portland Film Festival and winner of the Resiliency in Aging A... Read more