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A Look Back at Seattle Hempfest

Airs at: Wed, 08/21/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: A Look Back At Seattle Hempfest. In August 1991, a group of weed activists and freedom lovers gathered in Volunteer Park in Seattle, Washington for the Washington Hemp Expo. From these modest beginnings grew the largest protestival in the world... Read more

A Conversation with NORML Board Chair Dan Viets

Airs at: Wed, 08/21/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: A Conversation with NORML Board Chair Dan Viets. This month on Free Culture host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with attorney and civil rights advocate Dan Viets, Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Organization for ... Read more

Petroleum 238

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
A little known fact about oil and gas drilling is that a lot more comes up from the depths of the earth than just oil or gas. Much of this waste is toxic and radioactive. And the fracking boom has only worsened the problem. On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with Justin... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 19, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
As colleges and universities gear up for Fall term, in this week's episode of Old Mole Variety Hour, Desiree Hellegers hosts as we rebroadcast an episode on "Repressing Opposition to Israel" from KPFA/Pacifica's show Against the Grain. The April 17 show homes in on "U.S. hi... Read more

Funding a Cure for ALS with Holly Miller and Elise Schumock

Airs at: Wed, 08/14/2024 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Just a few weeks ago on KBOO’s News In Depth, we interviewed filmmaker Sandra Luckow about her new documentary Vanishing: A Love Story. The film recounts the last six months in the life of Cai Emmons, Eugene-based author, screenwriter, and teacher. Cai was diagnosed in earl... Read more

FDA Rejects MAPS MDMA-Assisted Therapy

Airs at: Wed, 08/14/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: FDA Rejects MAPS MDMA-Assisted Therapy. On August Ninth, the Food and Drug Administration formally rejected a New Drug Application submitted by Lykos Therapeutics for its MDMA-Assisted Therapy. While this news came as a shock to some, back in J... Read more

Birth Behind Bars

Airs at: Wed, 08/07/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Birth Behind Bars. The Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held a hearing recently to shine a light on the pervasive abuse of pregnant women in prisons around the country. We hear from Senator Jon Ossoff; Jessica Umberg... Read more

You Will Get Through This

Airs at: Sun, 08/04/2024 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Pathways
Dr. Nicole Helverson is a clinical psychologist who provides therapy in community behavioral health, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, and group practice settings. She specializes in depression, grief, eating disorders and anxiety.  She is the author, along with Julie Radico... Read more

Filmmaker Sandra Luckow on her Cai Emmons documentary "Vanishing: A Love Story"

Airs at: Thu, 07/25/2024 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
I had the great pleasure of interviewing writer Cai Emmons five times for KBOO before she ended her life in January 2023 through Oregon’s Death With Dignity program. Cai was diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS in early 2021, at the age of 70. It’s a debilitating disease, which... Read more

The Yoga of Ancient Space

Airs at: Fri, 07/26/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Squirrels Know
  Join Ender Black on another cosmogonic, histrionic, supersonic and highly tonic episode of Squirrels Know!  We take a moment to breathe in and breathe out; we recognize our childhood behaviors we now want to let go of, and we embrace a process of adulthood within an ever... Read more