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Changes Afoot for Mental Health Treatment at OSP

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO reporter Karen James has this in-depth report on potential changes to the way prisoners with behavior health issues are treated at the Oregon State Penitentiary. She spoke with Joel Greenberg, attorney with Disability Rights Oregon. He wrote the report "Behind the E... Read more

The Metabolic Approach to Cancer

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  Since the beginning of the twentieth century, cancer rates have increased exponentially―now affecting almost 50 percent of the American population. Conventional treatment continues to rely on chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to attack cancer cells. Yet research ha... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
As healthcare benefits get closer and closer to being taken away, let's always remember that pre-existing conditions happen, life happens, and disability happens. We at Bread and Roses believe that healthcare access is a basic right that everyone should have. In addition... Read more

Embrace Festival in Portland, May 4-6

Airs at: Thu, 05/04/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Starting tonight, Portland will play host to the Embrace Festival at the Art Museum in Southwest Portland, which will go until Saturday night. It is a many-faceted event focusing on spirituality and community. KBOO reporter John Schuck spoke to Deshna Ubeda, the event’s di... Read more

Unbroken Brain

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning author and journalist who covers addiction and neuroscience. Her latest book, the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction uses her own story of recovery from heroin and cocaine addic... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 3

Airs at: Wed, 05/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
On today's show: Dennise Kowalczyk talks with author Wendy Sachs about women making big changes in their careers.  Wendy Sachs is the author of "Fearless and Free: How Smart Women Pivot and Relaunch Their Careers." Charlotte Fatal talks with cancer survivor Angela Maju... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 1, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Mole for May 1, International Workers' Day. We hear --  1.  Bill Resnick talks with Rand Wilson of Labor for Bernie (LfB) and Our Revolution about the central role labor must play in contemporary politics. 2.  Two talks from the Po... Read more

"Right to Work"/ Universal Healthcare

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
From the Labor Notes sponsored Portland Troublemakers School on April 8th 2017, Director of Labor Notes Mark Brenner talks about the pending threat of national Right to Work legislation. Hyung Nam, High School teacher and organizer with Healthcare for all Oregon discuss... Read more

Eco-Social Justice on the Global Frontlines: Vandana Shiva

Airs at: Tue, 05/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Despite the position of the Trump administration, which has labeled climate change a “hoax” concocted by China, there is virtual universal unanimity that the Earth’s temperature is rising and that human activity is largely responsible. In the face of this crisis Trump... Read more

Old Mole Variety HourMay 1st 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Bill Resnick interviews Rand Wilson of Labor for Bernie (LfB) and Our Revolution. They talk about the organzing LfB is doing, questions about the future of the democratic party and possibilties for Lf... Read more