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Retired...or ReWired? Episode 16: Care-Giving

Airs at: Thu, 07/19/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
Viki Kind  Viki Kind is a clinical bioethicist, professional speaker and hospice volunteer.  Her award winning book, The Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making:  Making Choices For Those Who Can’t, guides families, conservators and other professionals through th... Read more

Retired...or ReWired. Episode 15: Alzheimer's Disease

Airs at: Wed, 07/18/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
Dr. Allison Lindauer is Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at OHSU Alison Lindauer is a nationally-certified gerontological nurse practitioner with a PhD. In gerontological nursing. As an assistant professor at OHSU's Layton Aging and A... Read more

Mens: Are you okay?

Airs at: Fri, 07/13/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
The Creator of Sox and Sandalspodcast to discuss men being manly, and what that love language looks and sounds like from their perspective. Don't be so shocked, men are feminists too you know.  Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 12: Dealing with Dementia

Airs at: Fri, 07/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
  Prevalence of dementia and care option Ann Hill and Dr. Marian Hodges Hill is co-author with Dr. Marian Hodges, Medical Director of Senior Health for Providence - Oregon, of the Help is Here series of books.    Quoting Ann Hill: “We published the first book, Help is H... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 7: Financial Issues

Airs at: Fri, 07/06/2018 at 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
7.  Financial Issues: How to plan for a low-income life-style. You may be seeing lots of ads on prime-time TV these days about the benefits of “reverse mortgages.”  In this episode KBOO interviews Rachel Mohlere,  a leading specialist who feels that this type of arrangemen... Read more

Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a program that was first developed in King County/Seattle, WA. According to the LEAD National Bureau: In a LEAD® program, police officers exercise discretionary authority at point of contact to divert individuals to a community-b... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 3: Medical Overview

Airs at: Wed, 07/04/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
Dr. Mark Williams is  Board-certified in geriatric medicine and internal medicine.  He has a clinical practice in Wilmington, NC.  He’s Clinical Professor of Medicine, UNC and Professor Emeritus, UVA.  And he’s the author of a leading book on the medicine of aging,  The Art... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 1: Series Overview

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2018 at 11:30am - Tue, 07/10/2018 at 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
This is the first episode in a 20-part series on what it's like to age in Portland.  In this opener, we give an overview of the entire series.   This episode includes many of the key quotes from some of the roughly 40 interviews we conducted.  Our guests include geriatric d... Read more

Supreme Court and Reproductive Rights

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in NIFLA v Becerra, which ruled that crisis pregnancy centers can continue lying to people seeking reproductive health care. She comments on the decision’s relation to the patriarchal religious right, racism, and capi... Read more

Cooking With Ngaio

Airs at: Sun, 07/08/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we talk with the comedian, journalist, and activist Ngaio Bealum about his new show on Netflix, Cooking On High; plus, the UK House of Commons discusses the urgent need for drug safety testing at music festivals. Read more