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International Overdose Awareness Day is Aug 31 #EndOverdose

Airs at: Wed, 08/17/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: International Overdose Awareness Day is August 31. We talk with Haven Wheelock, Drug Users Health Services Program Supervisor at Outside In in Portland, Oregon. Plus, we hear from Professor Leo Beletsky with Northeastern University School of La... Read more

An Interesting Time To Be Alive

Airs at: Wed, 08/17/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: An Interesting Time To Be Alive – a conversation with Sanho Tree, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and Director of the IPS Drug Policy Project. Plus we talk with Haven Wheelock, Drug User Health Services Program Supervisor at... Read more

Policy For The People

  Policy for the People, a production of the Oregon Center for Public Policy (ocpp.org), explores the public policies that can advance economic justice in our state. This show builds from the premise that all Oregonians deserve to live in dignity. Everyone — no matter the... Read more

Fighting Hep C with Safer Supply and Safer Consumption

Airs at: Wed, 08/10/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: California Senate Bill 57, sponsored by Sen. Scott Wiener, legislation that would allow some jurisdictions to authorize the establishment of supervised consumption sites, goes to the desk of Governor Gavin Newsom; the Senate Judiciary Committee... Read more

Decriminalizing People Who Use Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 07/06/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Part two of my conversation with Judy Chang, Executive Director of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD); plus, we talk with Tera Hurst, Executive Director of the Oregon Health Justice Recovery Alliance, about decriminalizat... Read more

Healing Through Hope

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Bo Brinson with Brown Hope, Criminon and many other community projects supporting communities of color, formerly incarcerated, houseless and people in recovery and transition.  For more information: www.brownhope.org/www.criminon.com Read more

Revolutionary Change vs the Limitations of Reform

Airs at: Wed, 06/15/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, we talk about decriminalization and safe supply with Eris Nyx from the Drug User Liberation Front in Vancouver, BC, plus the University of Alberta’s Dr. Elaine Hyshka and Brown University’s Dr. Brandon Marshall on supervised consumption sites. Read more

Dual Diagnosis Anonymous

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Doyal Smith, Executive Director of Dual Diagnosis Anonymous (DDA of Oregon). Since 1996, DDA has been serving persons with severe and persistent mental health and/or substance use challenges and their families in Oregon, numerous states, and worldwid... Read more

Health, Justice, and Recovery

Airs at: Wed, 06/15/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio, a conversation with Tera Hurst, Executive Director of the Oregon Health Justice Recovery Alliance, plus Outside In’s Haven Wheelock testifies before a legislative committee about harm reduction, overdose, and saving lives. Read more

Brian Lepore Interview

Produced for:  Between Us
Brian Lepore is a democrat running for Oregon House Districgt 55.  He talked with Sam Bouman about how redistricting has changed boundaries and voters in his district, why housing and the economy are the kind of bread and butter issues people are focused on right now, and h... Read more