Health

Movie Moles: We Were Here - voices from the AIDS years in San Francisco

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken and Frann Michel discuss "We Were Here - voices from the AIDS years in San Francisco" directed by David Weismann and Bill Weber. The film profiles five people living in San Francisco during the AIDS crisis in the late '70s and 1980s. Frann and Jan note the power ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 17th

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill interview Harvey Wasserman about the relationship between our democratic energy future and Occupy Wall Street. Joe Clement reads an essay by David Graeber about the Radical Imagination set loose by the Wal... Read more

Dr Daniel Amen and "Unchain Your Brain"

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Hosted by Dr. David Naimon Are you chained to your addiction to sugar, caffeine, food, smoking, drugs, painkillers, internet porn? Adult and child psychiatrist, brain-imaging specialist, and best-selling author, Dr. Daniel Amen discusses how optimizing your brain is the... Read more

Sandra Steingraber talks about hydro-fracking and how it threatens our air, water and food.

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

The guest is writer and ecologist Sandra Steingraber, author of the groundbreaking book "Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment." Her latest book is "Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis." She... Read more

Lindsey Berkson and her book Healthy Digestion the Natural Way

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Hosted by Dr. David Naimon Author and nutritional consultant Lindsey Berkson discusses her book Healthy Digestion the Natural Way. Learn safe, inexpensive and natural ways to address digestive complaints from heartburn and ulcers, to irritable bowel, gallbladder disease... Read more

Queer Culture Radio

Airs at: Tue, 10/04/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Out Loud

Tonight we welcome a mix of art, wellness and celebrations from the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer and questioning community. We also celebrate our allies! Starting off the show is a music sample from La Pump titled 'Magnet'. This artist is performing as part ... Read more

Mental Health Reform in the Oregon State Hospital

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with the Director of Disability Rights Oregon, Bob Joondepth, about community mental health issuea and House Bill 3100 and Senate Bill 420, which affect the Oregon State Hospital. Read more

Linda Andre and Doctors of Deception: What They Don't Want You To Know About Electroshock Therapy

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Madness Radio

Hosted by Will Hall This week's Madness Radio asks, Why is ECT, electroconvulsive therapy or electroshock, so widely used today? Is the ECT industry manipulating research and public perceptions the way tobacco companies did about cigarettes? What are the real dangers of thi... Read more

Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Hosted by Dr. David Naimon New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes reveals, in his new book, the bad nutritional science of the last century -- none more damaging than the "calories-in, calories-out" model of why we get fat. Learn exact... Read more

A Lecture with Annie Murphy Paul - Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives

Airs at: Fri, 09/30/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Recent scientific data suggests that low birthweight babies have a 5 times higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life. In light of these discoveries, many politicians are still pushing to cut programs promoting maternal health, such as WIC - Women, Infa... Read more