Health

Alison Weir speaks on history of Israeli organ trafficking

Airs at: Tue, 09/01/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

The Israeli government has accused a Swedish newspaper of anti-Semitism for publishing an article documenting possible cases of organ trafficking by the Israeli military. Israeli offi cials said that the article was quote “hate porn” meant to demonize both the Israeli mil... Read more

Obama’s Dilemmas

Bill Resnick for the Old Mole Variety Hour, August 31, 2009 Audio Version Obama has surely disappointed progressives; even his most fervent supporters are perplexed. · Promising to leave Iraq; he actually just shifted army locations. · Afghan... Read more

RIP, Ted K

Sept. 1, 2009Unless you've been living on the moon, you've probably heard by now of the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. Given the excoriation regularly -- and usually deservedly -- endured by members of Congress, on this show and elsewhere, it's helpful to pause and re... Read more

Moyers nails it

Once again, the inestimable Bill Moyers displays how a real journalist should act: 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-si... Read more

Donna Reishus, a nurse with experience working in Belize, talks about nursing.

Airs at: Mon, 08/31/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Health and Health Care ForumToday, host Roberta Hall talks with Donna Reishus, a nurse with experience working in Belize and the United States. Read more

A call to fill Oregon's black leadership void

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Black leadership is on the rise - from the White House to corporate giants like Xerox Corp. In progressive Oregon, however, blacks currently hold no elected positions in the city, county or regional governments within the metropolitan area where most of their community resi... Read more

Realistic Hopes for Healthcare Reform

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick examines the good things that could come out of the current healthcare debate short of the public option, and what we need to do to push matters in the direction of our ultimate goal -- single payer health care. (Image from Raising Women's Voices 08) Read more

Medicalizing Unhappiness

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

How therapists and drug companies take our ways of being unhappy -- worry, anxiety, depression, grief, impotence, self-criticism, frustration, anger, forbidden hungers – and turn them into illnesses and syndromes for which they can sell us expensive treatments. Bill Resn... Read more

Clearing the air in Portland schools

Airs at: Wed, 08/19/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Portland may be a green city, but some of its school children are breathing air more like the polluted skies of Cleveland. A USA Today study found six of our city's schools in northwest and north/northeast Portland among the worst in the nation for exposing children to air... Read more

Tim Hermack from the Native Forest Council on the Greenwashing of America

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Wednesday Morning Talk Radio Guest Host Chris Andreae invites Tim Hermack, President and founder of the Native Forest Council in to KBOO to talk about the Greenwashing of America. Read more