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Occupy Portland Radio Air Show 9/19/12

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Occupy Portland Radio
In this episode: We hear from Occupys from the west coast. The Occutour reports on their visit to Detroit. We talk with Trudy Cooper about her upcoming trip to Pakistan. A discussion with Dr. Jim and Beatrix from the Icarus Project. Tips for bailing y... Read more

Billie Henry from the NW Association for Blind Athletes talks about Sports for the Blind.

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Hosted by Paul Van Dyck This week's guest is Billy Henry, Executive Director of the NW Association for Blind Athletes. What kind of Sports could Blind People possibly play safely?  Listen in, and find out!!!  You might be surprised at how athletic a Blind Person can be!   Read more

Capitalist Realism reviewed (there is an alternatve)

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel reviews Mark Fisher's book Capitalist Realism, which argues that the idea that only capitalism is realistic is itself a distorted ideology. Fisher tries to make complex theory accessible, and highlights the contradictory impacts of capitalism on mental healt... Read more

Hey sports fans! The Olympics, and other sports, are good things!

Airs at: Tue, 08/07/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is on Vacation.   As longtime listeners know, Abe sometimes waxes poetic about soccer. And when he does, he gets a generous helping of grief from listeners. But in the midst of theOlympic Games -- and after one of the greatest soccer ma... Read more

Haaken and Snedeker on American Men with Guns

Airs at: Tue, 07/31/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Psychologist Jan Haaken and lawyer Mike Snedeker discuss recent events in Aurora, Colorado, Portland, Oregon, and mainstream news media. They consider the correlation between violence and social inequality, the likelihood that violence is committed by young men, the d... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 23, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode features Bill Resnick talking with Don McIntosh about Trimet and with Ellen Brown about Public Banking, as well as Denise Morris talking with Catherine Sameh about the Scholar and Feminist Online. Music by Django Reinhardt.   Bill Re... Read more

The legal aspects of guardianships

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Host Paul Van Dyck speaks with Vancouver attorney, Jesse Conway about guardianships. A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. Usually, a perso... Read more

Occupy Providence Hospital Pool: People with disabilities organize to save a community resource

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Host Cecil Prescod interviews Noah Dundas and Brian Crosby-Payne  about a grass roots effort to save the only warm water therapy pool in the Portland area. In 1992  Dorothy Torgler, a foundational pillar for Providence Hospital, through a charitable contribution, made p... Read more

PTSD Awareness Day

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving   Wednesday is PTSD Awareness Day, and we'll spend the hour with Oregon's Lines for Life Military Helpline. Our guest is Leslie Storm, Lines for Life Crisis Line clinical director. If you are a veteran who needs crisis counseling for PTSD call th... Read more

Coming Back from Serious Injuries

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
Host Paul Van Dyck speaks with medical transcriptionist Ginger May who discusses what happened to her after she fell out of a hayloft and broke her back. They discuss her rehabilitation and the importance of having an advocate when you are hospitalized. Read more