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Doctoring the Dispossessed

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with Patricia Kullberg about her new book, On the Ragged Edge of Medicine: Doctoring Among the Dispossessed. As a doctor who worked for decades at Multnomah county downtown clinics, Kullberg talks about what she learned from her patients-- and what their st... Read more

Reducing Risk and Minimizing Harm

Airs at: Wed, 03/15/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

According to the Harm Reduction Coalition, harm reduction is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use. Harm Reduction is also a movement for social justice built on a belief in, and respect for, the rights of p... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 13, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 03/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge will be our host and we will hear -- More about the impact of ICE raids in Woodburn and how US foreign policy drives immigration How to overcome disempowering skepticism about a better world Providing medical help to marginalized communities How prog... Read more

We have a winner! (March Sadness)

After many hard fought battles March Sadness is over! Here is the final song that made it from the original Sixty-Four songs that we started the tournament with! http://kboo.fm/blog/56920 Thanks to all the listeners and volunteers who submitted songs and vote... Read more

Improving Public Health and Public Safety

Airs at: Sun, 03/12/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: the New Hampshire legislature is considering a bill to allow syringe exchanges in the state, plus we listen to current Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III talk nonsense about drugs. Read more

Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban Measure on May Ballot

Airs at: Thu, 03/09/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

A group in Lincoln County, Oregon, has put a measure on the May ballot that would ban aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. Lincoln County Community Rights wrote Measure 21-177, which also includes language reinforcing the rights of the community—that is, Lincoln Co... Read more

Girls and Sex: An Interview with Peggy Orenstein

Airs at: Mon, 03/13/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Peggy Orenstein is the author ofThe New York Timesbest-sellers Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Waiting for Daisy as well as Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Kids, Love and Life in a Half-Changed WorldÂ and the classic, SchoolGirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Conf... Read more

Detainees: Mentally Ill & Undocumented Immigrants

Airs at: Mon, 03/13/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Disability Rights Oregon recently published a new report that finds individuals with mental illness held at Multnomah County Detention Center experience significant physical and mental harm. The report recommends steps that the jail should take to better meet the needs of p... Read more

The Case Against Sugar with Gary Taubes (Part Two)

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Health and science writer Gary Taubes returns to Healthwatch to continue his conversation with host Dr. David Naimon. Listen to part one here where Taubes discusses why sugar is more dangerous than tobacco, how the differences between glucose and fructose create different... Read more

Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Madness Radio

Is meditation simply about relaxation and learning to gain control over strong emotion or can it be a pathway to change? Is there a dark side to meditation? How can meditation and mindfulness contribute to the struggle against social injustice? Nirali Shah is a certifie... Read more