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Menopause Part 1: The Talk for Middle Age

Airs at: Fri, 10/18/2019 at 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Menopause, aka the change of life: inevitable, often dreaded, and commonly misunderstood. On this episode, Miriam the Midwife talks about how people experience menopause in American culture, and sits down with Dr. Karen Adams, director of Oregon Health & Science University'... Read more

The Global Drug War

Airs at: Wed, 10/16/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Discussions in the US about drugs these days are typically about either the marijuana industry or about opioids. We tend to have a very US-centric focus when it comes to drugs. Sure, other nations supply some drugs, but we rarely think about the impact of drug war on other ... Read more

Lincoln County Community Rights fights back against pesticide ruling

Airs at: Thu, 10/10/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  A court recently overturned Lincoln County’s “Freedom from Aerially-Sprayed Pesticides Ordinance,” ending a two-year ban on the practice. The group Lincoln County Community Rights (LCCR), an intervening defendant in the case and a driving force in its initial passage in... Read more

September 24, 2019: Looking Back at the Police Union's Use of Grievance Arbitration

Airs at: Tue, 09/24/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
      This show is shorter than normal due to KBOO's Fall Membership Drive.  As the city, its people, and its police union gear up to start negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement for rank-and-file officers and sergeants, we are taking a look back through h... Read more

Harm Reduction Scores A Win

Airs at: Wed, 10/09/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department's attempt to stop Philadelphia nonprofit Safehouse from setting up a supervised consumption facility. On this week's Century we hear from Liz Evans, one of the founders of North America's first supervised consumption site,... Read more

Fermentation Festival Organizers share food and the road to Stinkfest

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
  The 10th annual Portland Fermentation Festival comes to town this Thursday, October 10th. Festival organizers (and self-proclaimed "Stinkfest Queens") Liz Crain, Heidi Nestler, and Claudia Lucero talk with us live in-studio about the fermentation process, creating a fest... Read more

09 TRIPP-P 22Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 10/04/2019 at 9:00pm - Tue, 10/31/2023 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
Freelance Reporter and former intern at Eugene Weekly, Mike Bivens sits down with the hosts of TRIPP-P to discuss Terpenes and Cannabis, high school gym class, freelance reporting, and more!   Read more

Oregon Funeral Resources and Education - an Interview with Keelia Carver and Holly Pruett

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2019 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  An interview with Keelia Carver, bereaved mother (Maupin, OR) and Holly Pruett, Life-Cycle Celebrant & Home Funeral Guide (Portland, OR) about death care and their online resource Oregon Funeral.org. In Oregon, no one is required to purchase the services of a funeral dire... Read more

The Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics

Airs at: Wed, 10/02/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Wednesday Talk Radio's first Wednesday focus on mental and emotional health and healing, cognitive liberty and neurodiversity. Guests include Jordan Weiss, newly appointed treasurer of the Portland Psychedelic Society, field mycologist and educator and Lydia Lutsyshyna, ... Read more

08 TRIPP-P 19Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/27/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 10/31/2021 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
In this episode, Hosts Cory & Lesley sit down to discuss the Global Climate Strike Movement inspired by 16 year old Swedish Activist, Greta Thunberg, and the impact that the youth of today are having on addressing climate change - such as with the lawsuit Juliana v. the Un... Read more