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Raising Elijah:Protecting Our Children In An Age of Environmental Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Healthwatch
Biologist, author and mother, Sandra Steingraber discusses her new book Raising Elijah. Steingraber demonstrates how the intimate world of parenting connects to the public world of policy-making and how the ongoing environmental crisis is fundamentally a crisis of ... Read more

Radiozine on 04/18/11

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
Host Crystal Leighty speaks with Elaine Jesmer, author of "I'm Hot!...and I'm Bald!: CHEMOTHERAPY FOR WINNERS," about how to handle the side effects of chemotherapy, and why it's important not be afraid of it. Jesmer says chemo is not only the standard of care for many canc... Read more

No safe level of exposure: the battle to ban asbestos

Airs at: Sun, 04/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana} span.s1 {color: #0018eb} Host Dan Johnson interviews Ann Samuelson, a former Clatsop County Commissioner, businesswoman and outspoken advocate in the pursuit of outlawing the use of asbes... Read more

Radiozine on 04/15/11

Airs at: Fri, 04/15/2011 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
Host Dan Johnson interviews Ann Samuelson, a former Clatsop County Commissioner, businesswoman and outspoken advocate in the pursuit of outlawing the use of asbestos in the United States and Linda Reinstein, co-founder of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. Your calls... Read more

The Assault on Labor and ALL of America's Working Class

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor What if the labor movement never happened? What if we never gained weekends or sick leave? Or lunch hours, paid vacation, health insurance? The 40-hour work week? With hundreds of union-busting bills pending across the nation, Abe and Joe... Read more

Death & Dying: Green Funeral Options in Oregon

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for The Digital Divide
Elizabeth Fournier, owner and mortician of Cornerstone Funeral Services joined us for a lively conversation on death, embalming, Formaldehyde and options for green burial in and around the Portland area. Read more

Robert Whitaker and the astonishing rise in Mental Illness in America

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Healthwatch
Hosted by Naturopath, Dr. David Naimon Award-winning science writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the last two decades? He discusses his findings from his latest book "Anatomy Of... Read more

Radiation threat from Fukushima

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Presswatch
 Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" delves into the radiation threat from the damage to the nuclear reactors in Fukushima which occurred last month when an earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan.  Also: This free documentary, THE BATTLE OF CHERNOBYL, ... Read more

A special hour-long Presswatch

Airs at: Thu, 03/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." A special hour-long Presswatch with call-ins and a focus on Libya, Fukushima and the potential for a general strike. Your chance to dialogue with Theresa about what's happening in the world. Image of César Estra... Read more

The state of Medical Marijuana in Oregon

Airs at: Fri, 03/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
Host Sue Supriano speaks with Anthony Johnson, the Clinical Director of Oregon Green Free and the political Director of Progressive Reform of Oregon, and Sara Duff, board member at the Institute for Cannabis Therapeutics and Human Resources Director at Oregon Green Free. O... Read more