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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

Kurt Cobain's Top 50 (Take 2)

Airs at: Fri, 02/24/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
  Kurt Cobain would have turned 50 years old this week! In his honor we are going to play a track from each of the albums on his list of his top 50 albums handwriten in his journal along with some other audio treats. (Last year we only got through 49 of his album picks, bu... Read more

THE NATURE FIX: WHY NATURE MAKES US HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE CREATIVE

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  On the final day of KBOO's Winter Membership Drive Paul Roland welcomes Florence Williams to the studio to discuss her new book The Nature Fix.   "For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks an... Read more

Wild Fermentation

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Sandor Ellix Katz is a fermentation revivalist. His books Wild Fermentation (2003, 2016) and the Art of Fermentation (2012), along with the hundreds of fermentation workshops he has taught around the world and helped to catalyze a broad revival of the fermentation arts. A s... Read more

Exportation of Religious Homophobia to Africa

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  "Homosexuality is not new in Uganda nor on the African continent. Like everywhere, it has existed forever. Homophobia, however, is new. It didn’t start in Africa. It was strategically imported from the US, Europe and Middle East. The goal of the religious missionaries, w... Read more

John Teton, International Food Security Treaty

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
In this episode we discuss a condition that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. It is a condition that is completely preventable. Hunger. Why are so many people in the world...why is anyone in the world malnourished? What can we do about it? Th... Read more

Ending Hunger By the Force of Law

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
In this episode we discuss a condition that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. It is a condition that is completely preventable. Hunger. Why are so many people in the world...why is anyone in the world malnourished? What can we do about it? Th... Read more

Mental Health Issues of Resettled Refugees

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Madness Radio
  Immigration is a controversial political topic right now, but what is it like to flee a war-torn country as a child? What lasting psychological effects do refugees face? Is involuntary commitment an effective way to help people in emotional crisis to heal, or is there an... Read more

Sin Bravely

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
This is the funniest book about the fear of hell you will ever read.  Actress and comedian, Maggie Rowe, producer and performer of Comedy Central's stage show sitnspin writes about her three month experience in an evangelical psychiatric institution.    Diagnosed with a for... Read more

Healing Spiritual Wounds

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Carol Howard Merritt is an author, speaker, and minister who grew up in a white evangelical church and with an unpredictable and sometimes violent father.  These experiences shaped her view of a punitive, judgmental God.  She writes from personal experience and as professio... Read more