Health

Frances Moore Lappé and Democracy in Everyday Life

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frances Moore Lappé, famously the author of Diet for a Small Planet, has been writing and speaking about ecology, democracy, and the way we live for many years.  Her most recent book is EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want, and she talks here with ... Read more

The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama: Breaking Up Without Breaking Down

Airs at: Thu, 02/06/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
"The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama: Breaking Up Without Breaking Down" is a comprehensive book on divorce tailored specifically for the black community.   Author Lester L. Barclay skillfully shepherds readers through the often painful process of separation and d... Read more

Agencies Debate Mercury Contamination in Oregon's McKenzie River

Airs at: Wed, 02/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is considering adding the McKenzie River, which supplies water to the city of Eugene, to a list of mercury-contaminated waters it will submit to the EPA. The Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) is disputing the DEQ's me... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 3 2014

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this Old Mole and, in addition to the music of Pete Seeger, we hear: Bill Resnick and Soraya Chemaly about football as an institution of popular culture. Frann Michel offers a Well-read Red on Education in the Age of Neoliberalism. Joe Cleme... Read more

Soraya Chemaly and Bill Resnick on Toxic Football Culture

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Soraya Chemaly talk about football as an institution of popular US culture. They discuss how it perpetuates toxic masculinity and jingoism, socializes fans into power dynamics of centrality and marginality, and is not a very good platform for altheticism. ... Read more

ACLU Fights DEA's Attempt to Access Oregonians' Prescription Records

Airs at: Thu, 01/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The ACLU of Oregon has joined a suit brought before a federal judge by the state of Oregon in an attempt to prevent the DEA from accessing the data gathered by Oregon's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program without a warrant. The program holds millions of prescription record... Read more

Adult Care Foster Home

Airs at: Tue, 01/14/2014 at 12:00am
Susan Cecil has lived in Adult Care for one year. Here is a short commentary on her experiences. Read more

Water District Proposal

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Genevieve McDaniel speaks with Kent Craford, a water ratepayer advocate and one of the chief petitioners working towards establishing a Portland Water District separate from City Council control. Read more

Megaload Protest: the Breakfast of Governors

Airs at: Thu, 01/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This morning, protesters with Rising Tide interrupted a "power" breakfast being held by Governor Kitzhaber at downtown Portland's Governor Hotel, in order to give voice to concerns over the movement of megaloads of extraction equipment through tribal land in Eastern Oregon ... Read more

Matthew McCarthy talks about Awakening and the Oneness Blessing, Deeksha

Airs at: Tue, 01/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  New Visions for Peace
This is the second conversation that I had with Matthew, focusing more in detail on how the Oneness Blessing facilitates Awakening.   Matthew McCarthy is a Oneness Trainer, body-worker, musician, and life coach for both individuals and work place professionals. He has be... Read more