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Doing What Works

Airs at: Sun, 01/29/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

The state of Indiana is considering expansion of its harm reduction efforts. This week, we look at House Bill 1438, to promote public health and give communities more effective tools to address injection drug use. In March of 2015, Indiana Governor Mike Pence – our new vice... Read more

Voices from the #INAUGURATE The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Voices From the #Inaugurate The Resistance Mass Protest at Trump's Inauguration...Gerald Horne on Trump's First Week in Office, Including Threats to Voting Rights, Mexico, China and the Environment. UNHEARD VOICES FROM THE ONLY PERMITTED PROTEST AT THE INAUGURATION OF D... Read more

Portland International Film Festival

Airs at: Thu, 01/26/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

We welcome three directors of short films chosen to premiere at the 40th annual Portland International Film Festival. Vu Pham is the creator of the sci-fi noir mashup The Cutting Shadow, Rollyn Stafford directed the modern comedy of manners Your Move, and Jan Haaken's l... Read more

HEALTH ACTION 2017:HEALTH ACTION: UPDATE ON MUMIA AND LATEST ON VIEQUES NAVY POLLUTION

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Disability Awareness

* Mumia Abu-Jamal on his recent victory in federal court, where a judge ordered him to finally get hepatitis C treatment. * Roberto Rabin, founder of Radio Vieques, describes the ongoing struggle to get the U.S. government to make good on its promise to decontaminate the ... Read more

Hunger Myths, Meat Addiction, Vodka for Women

Airs at: Wed, 01/18/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Food Show

On this episode we'll hear from Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet and, most recently, World Hunger: 10 Myths, an update to the classic originally written in 1986. She gets to the root causes of hunger around the world, debunking common myths that kee... Read more

#StopSessions

Airs at: Sun, 01/15/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week we look at the newly released report from the National Academy of Sciences, The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids; and we continue our look at the man who might become the next US Attorney General, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, and examine whethe... Read more

Why You Feel Tired, Brain-Fogged, and Overweight -- and How to Get Your Life Back

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Thyroid dysfunctions like Hashimoto's disease, hypothyroidism, and hyperthyroidism affect at least 20 million Americans and yet conventional medicine frequently misses the diagnosis. Most doctors won't even order thyroid tests unless you specifically ask. In The Thyroi... Read more

Sustainable Activism

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel shares information about "Sustainable activism: managing hope and despair in social movements" and recommends pluginpdx.org and a full day of workshops related to social and political activism and organizing scheduled for January 14: Stand Together. Photo Cred... Read more

Being Intersex

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Carrie Cantrell, the coordinator of the Northwest Intersex Action League based here in Portland. They discuss Intersex, people born with multiple different variations of male and female uro-genital structures. They discuss her experience from birth a... Read more

Legislation for Healing Not Handcuffs

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Host Karen James interviews Bob Joondeph, Executive Director, Disability Rights Oregon. DRO is an organization that helps people with disability-related legal issues and also monitors Oregon’s jails and prisons. Bob Joondeph discusses DRO’s proposed legislation for the ... Read more