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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

Prepare For and Treat Menopause Naturally with Dana LaVoie

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  Uncontrollable weight gain and boiling hot flashes, crying one minute and angry the next... Menopause (or peri-menopause) is here - it's taking over your life - and you're seriously ready to get some relief and feel like yourself again.  Did you know that in a recent stu... Read more

Pacific Underground - Live - On Mental Health

Airs at: Fri, 03/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
In this uncharacteristically early morning episode (yes, we consider 9am early, and yes, we're making this a recurring thing!), we have musician and artist Jason Chu on mic guest hosting LIVE!  We'll also be having two other guests on the show to share some of their journe... Read more

Famine Looms in Parts of Africa and Yemen

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Famines are looming over several dry and war-torn areas in North Africa and the Middle East. The United Nations officially declared a famine in South Sudan last week, and is on the verge of declaring famines in Yemen, Somalia and northeastern Nigeria as well. While low rai... Read more

LEADing the Way

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On Monday, Feb. 27, a coalition of Multnomah County and Portland officials and social service agencies announced that local law enforcement would begin a Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program (LEAD). LEAD was first developed in King County, Seattle, WA in 2011. LEAD is... Read more

A Really Good Day

Airs at: Thu, 03/02/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Ayelet Waldman is a mother of teenagers, a former federal public defender, and a writer living with mood disorders who discovers an underground culture of clinicians advocating for the therapeutic use of LSD.  Having exhausted virtually every other medical option for her... Read more

The Case Against Sugar with Gary Taubes (Part One)

Airs at: Mon, 03/06/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these, and other, critical society-wide, health-related problems. Wit... Read more

Sugar: How Sweet It Isn't

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
Sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making some people very sick. There is growing evidence that sugar triggers chronic diseases such as diabetes that are likely to kill us, or at least hasten our deaths. In t... Read more

A Transgender Journey to Manhood in China

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  ​"Born in a rural Chinese village and identified as a girl at birth, Lei Ming, was barely cared for during his childhood. Often lonely, terrified and abused, he learned early to fend for himself and look within for answers, but there he discovered a paradox that threaten... Read more