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Healthcare; Access and Reform

Airs at: Sun, 06/07/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for More Talk Radio
Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod host a discussion of equal access to health care and reform of the healthcare system with local people fighting for health equity and health equity legislation including representatives of APANO, NARA, the Urban League and the Multnomah Count... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 06/03/09

Airs at: Wed, 06/03/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
The 9th annual Village Building Convergence starts in Portland on June 5. Coming together under the them "Powered by the People," Portlanders will work on projects ranging from water catchment systems and intersection painting to native plant gardening and cob benches. But ... Read more

LNG, Dr. Tiller, Sonia Sotomayor, and more!!!

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2009 at 5:00pm
 Joe Uris is alone today, and covers several topics of interest.  First up, Joe talked about the proposed (and potentially devastating) natural gas pipeline thru our farms and wilderness.  He also covered the recent murder of Dr. Tiller, a Women's Health Professional.  He t... Read more

Death Threat aimed at Joe Uris

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2009 at 5:00pm
 One of this week's topics for discussion was the recent murder of Dr. Tiller, a Women's Health Professional that provided abortions when they were needed.  The idea that killing health care providers could be considered a form of domestic terrorism came up, and apparently ... Read more

The Health Care Ad

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Ubu Hour
America means freedom, and nothing says freedom more than the freedom of health care... A major health care lobby gives us reasons to be against single-payer universal health care and for the profit-driven system that we have now. Read more

Urban Forager tries living off wild edibles for a week

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
Last week urban forager and blogger Rebecca Lerner undertook a seven day experiment to eat only foraged foods found within the city limits of Portland. She blogged about her experiment on the website http://www.culturechange.org. KBOO Reporter Geoff Watland spoke with Rebecc... Read more

Dr. Randall Neustaedter on Flu and Flu Prevention

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Healthwatch
 Dr. David Naimon interviews Dr. Randall Neustaedter, President of the Holistic Pediatric Association, and author of the Child Health Guide and Vaccine Guide, about strategies for flu prevention and treatment.   Read more

Political Perspectives on 5/28/09

Airs at: Thu, 05/28/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
Hosted by Marianne Barisonek, The Bhopal Survivors Tour 2009... The guests are activist Satinath Sarangi (Satyu), who has been working in Bhopal for the past 25 years, and Safreen Khan, one of the survivors of the disaster. The Union Carbide Chemical Disaster in Bhopal, In... Read more

Single Payer Advocates 'die'

Airs at: Tue, 05/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
Protesters today feigned death for twenty-two minutes inside of Earl Blumenauer’s office. The protest was in favor of single payer health care, which could save twenty-two thousand lives a year. KBOO’s Peter Shoaf went to the scene.   Read more

Silent Protest in front of Town Hall

Airs at: Sun, 05/24/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
Advocates of a single payer healthcare system held a silent protest yesterday at a town hall in forest grove. the event, which focused on healthcare issues, was hosted by senator ron wyden. Kboo’s rebecca Nay spoke with Philip Kauffman from the group Single Payer Action. Read more