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Professor Raj Patel on the relationship between health and structural injustice

Airs at: Tue, 10/05/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Speak Out Now recently hosted an online panel discussion on the links between health and structural injustices and how to heal our world. The featured speakers were Raj Patel and Dr. Rupa Marya, co-authors of Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice. Patel is... Read more

REBROADCAST: Why Hanford Does Not Need Anymore Nukes

Airs at: Tue, 10/19/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Hanford Reservation is one of the most polluted places in the world. For over 40 years, the United States produced plutonium there for nuclear weapons, and released hundreds of billions of gallons of liquid chemical and radioactive waste into the soil and groundwater. N... Read more

Hope, Healing, and Drug Policy Revolution

Airs at: Wed, 10/13/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, safe supply, safe consumption spaces, and decriminalizing people who use drugs: a conversation with Petra Schulz, a co-founder of Moms Stop The Harm. Moms Stop The Harm Read more

Weed in the Cornfields

Airs at: Wed, 10/06/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century we talk about organizing on campus for drug policy reform in Iowa with Josh Montgomery, Outreach Coordinator for NORML-ISU at Iowa State University. Plus, the state of Massachusetts considers decriminalizing people who use drugs and establishing safe co... Read more

Author Thom Hartmann on the Hidden History of American Healthcare

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  The coronavirus pandemic has in many ways, laid bare the fundamental flaws with the American healthcare system. The prohibitive cost of care, pharmaceuticals and insurance are a few that come to mind. And while the shortcomings of the American system have taken their tol... Read more

Conversation with Ute Luppertz

Airs at: Fri, 09/24/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Squirrels Know
Join Ender Black on a conversation with professional animal communicator and intuitive, Ute Luppertz, who has been practicing as a holistic healing coach for animals, a senior pet specialist, a pet death doula and an animal communicator from her office in Portland, Oregon. ... Read more

ONU: Advierte de muertes de niños afganos por falta de alimentos, 140 premios Nobel y ex jefes de estado firman carta y piden a Alemania apoyar exención de derechos de propiedad intelectual de vacunas COVID, EU: Aumentan casos a 170 mil por día 09/14/21

Airs at: Tue, 09/14/2021 at 12:00pm - 12:15pm
Produced for:  Noticias en español
Breve Informativo sobre el COVID-19 de las últimas noticias locales, nacionales e internacionales sobre el COVID-19, relevantes para la comunidad latina de Oregon. Hoy martes 14 de septiembre del 2021.    Se han recuperado y sobrevivido al COVID-19, más de  doscientos dos ... Read more

Safe Spaces, Safe Supplies

Airs at: Wed, 09/22/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century: part two of our interview with James Dixon, Research Manager for the P5 Project YXE (Perspectives, pathways, and priorities of people with lived and living experience of substance use) at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine; plus a conve... Read more

Nothing About Us Without Us

Airs at: Wed, 09/15/2021 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Nothing about us, without us: A conversation with Lisa Al-Hakim, Director of Operations with the People’s Harm Reduction Alliance. September 15 is the International Day of Democracy so on this edition of Free Culture Radio we look at political organizing and advocacy by peo... Read more

Reino Unido: Vacunará a niños de 12 a 15 años, Grecia: Impone restricciones para entrar a lugares públicos, EU: Tribunal apoya prohibición de mascarillas escolares de Ron DeSantis, Cuarentenas y notificación de infecciones preocupa a padres, 09/13/2021

Airs at: Mon, 09/13/2021 at 12:00pm - 12:15pm
Produced for:  Noticias en español
Breve Informativo sobre el COVID-19 de las últimas noticias locales, nacionales e internacionales sobre el COVID-19, relevantes para la comunidad latina de Oregon. Hoy lunes 13 de septiembre del 2021.    Se han recuperado y sobrevivido al COVID-19, más de  doscientos dos m... Read more