Drugs

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No More Czar?

Airs at: Sun, 01/22/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
  This week we take a closer look at the new Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Kemp Chester. We ask the tough questions: are the days of a federal drug czar are numbered, or will the agency transform itself for the Trump era? On Friday, J... Read more

Criminal Justice in Trump's Amerika

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
  Tonight on Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay talks with Andy Ko, Executive Director of the Partnership for Safety & Justice, about the upcoming Oregon state legislative session, and about criminal justice reform in the age of Trump. Partnership for Safety & Justice   Read more

Overgrow The Dominant Paradigm

Airs at: Wed, 01/18/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
This week, we discuss the evolution of modern American cannabis culture with guest Bethany Moore from the National Cannabis Industry Association. In 1972, a commission appointed by the Nixon administration brought out a report titled "Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding... 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

#Trump420

Airs at: Sun, 01/08/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
  This week we talk with DC-based drug policy reform activist Adam Eidinger from DCMJ about plans to hand out 4,200 joints at #Trump420 Inauguration Day. Plus, we take a look at Attorney General nominee Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, and discuss why many progressives a... 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

It's 2017. The drug war continues.

Airs at: Sun, 01/01/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week: Mason Tvert with MPP on adult social use marijuana legalization, Yuri Fedotov with UNODC on Afghanistan opium, plus new research from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and a few words from travel guru and NORML board member Rick Steves. Read more

Socially Conscious Businesses or Business As Usual?

Airs at: Sun, 12/25/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
The legal marijuana industry has grown dramatically over the past few years. If legalization is allowed to continue rolling out under the next president, then that growth will continue. It could be massive. Marijuana prohibition, all drug prohibition really, is rooted in ra... Read more

The Full Pint

Airs at: Wed, 12/21/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
In many ways mainstream American culture is beer culture. It's so ubiquitous that it's hard to see, in a forest for the trees sort of way, and it's too important to ignore. So on this edition of Free Culture Radio, we talk about craft beer and the unbearable whiteness of b... Read more

Civilly Disobedient

Airs at: Sun, 12/18/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
On Friday, December 16, police in Montreal, Canada raided two Cannabis Culture shops, which had recently opened as marijuana dispensaries, and arrested several staffers along with Marc and Jodie Emery, the self-styled Prince and Princess of Pot. To learn more about this sto... Read more