Health

Birth Control History

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks to Michael Helquist about the upcoming June 29 Birth Control Brigade in downtown Portland. Michael Helquist is the author of  MARIE EQUI Radical Politics & Outlaw Passions. The event will commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the arrests of nurse... Read more

Meaning From Voices: Eleanor Longden

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Madness Radio
Hearing voices is strongly connected with traumatic experiences, but are voices a brain malfunction or a creative strategy for protection? UK psychologist Eleanor Longden survived a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and went on to be a leading researcher around voice hear... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 26 2016

Airs at: Sun, 06/26/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: we talk with Steve Rolles with the UK's Transform Drug Policy Foundation about Brexit and the future of drug policy in the UK and the EU; plus the UN's recent General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS featured discussions about injection drug use and HIV/AIDS, ... Read more

Dr. Walt Dawson on Long Term Services and Supports on Health Care - Perspectives from Canada

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
  This program is an edited version of a talk by Dr. Walt Dawson, Director of Analytics and Research at the Oregon Health Care Association. It was delivered at a recent forum at the OSU Public Health Department. The title is “Long Term Services and Supports on Health Care ... Read more

Justice Hope Freedom

Purpose: Justice. Hope. Freedom. Learn about the issues of sex trafficking & exploitation and where this issue intersects with other societal ills such as violence, abuse, poverty, gangs, etc.  Here I will highlight individuals and organizations that are working to bring ju... Read more

Oregon Action Coalition and the Future of Nursing

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with Jana Bitton, the executive director of the Oregon Center for Nursing, and co-lead of the Oregon Action Coalition. She also speaks with Christopher Wallace, the current president of the Oregon Student Nurses Association, which ... Read more

Safer Spaces: A Community Discussion on Public Drug Use, Health, and Community Safety

Airs at: Thu, 06/16/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Open drug use is a public health issue in Portland. Overdose deaths and hepatitis C rates have increased because people who inject drugs do not have a safe place to use. One approach to dealing with these issues that's shown a great deal of success is the establishment of s... Read more

Health and Health Care Forum - Eating for Health - Ann Marchant

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
  Using conversations with Ann Marchant, nutritionist, plus excerpts from her talk "Eating for Health--Reliable Nutrition Information” this program presents background on why reading items from the media confuses people who want to learn what foods are good for us — and wh... Read more

Where Does Bernie Go from Here? Greg Palast's Election Protection Bulletin. And Non-Psychoactive Cannibis for Medical Use

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: Where does Bernie Sanders go from here? We'll talk to the founder of Reader Supported News, an early and consistent supporter and endorser of Sanders. Also, our weekly Election Protection Bulletin with Greg Palast. And major breakthroughs in the use... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 6, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode, which features music by Charlie Musselwhite and segments on global trade, psychological survival in the occupied territories, and debates about how to teach about climate change.   Bill Resnick interviews Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch ab... Read more