Health

Beyond Toxics

Airs at: Tue, 08/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Health and Health Care Forum hosted by Roberta Hall. Roberta speaks with Beyond Toxics executive director Lisa Arkin, and the outreach director Alison Guzman. Beyond Toxics. Beyond Toxics works toward providing environmentally safe environments for all Oregonians, and is ... Read more

Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Host Dr. David Naimon talks with David K. Randall, senior reporter at Reuters, about his new book Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep.   "This fabulous book is likely to address any and all questions you might have about sleep.... There’s plenty of pract... Read more

Capitalist Realism reviewed (there is an alternatve)

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel reviews Mark Fisher's book Capitalist Realism, which argues that the idea that only capitalism is realistic is itself a distorted ideology. Fisher tries to make complex theory accessible, and highlights the contradictory impacts of capitalism on mental health (... Read more

Interviews with Gender/Trans Resources and Local Fun House

Airs at: Tue, 08/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
On tonights show Out Loud's newest member and host Natalie Marie so-hosting with Kyle in his farewell segment spoke with Trenton, the owner and operator of the local perfomance space and bar the Funhouse Lounge! Trenton talked about a number of the fun activities going on w... Read more

Seeking Sickness: Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Hosted by Dr. David Naimon   Preventative medicine and early-detection are the buzz phrases these days, but drug policy expert and author Alan Cassels reveals scandalous truths in his new book SEEKING SICKNESS: Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease, about t... Read more

Hey sports fans! The Olympics, and other sports, are good things!

Airs at: Tue, 08/07/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is on Vacation.   As longtime listeners know, Abe sometimes waxes poetic about soccer. And when he does, he gets a generous helping of grief from listeners. But in the midst of theOlympic Games -- and after one of the greatest soccer matc... Read more

Laura Delano and Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Madness Radio
 Hosted by Will Hall. Today's guest is Laura Delano. She graduated in 2006 from Harvard University, where she studied Social, Medical, and Psychiatric Anthropology. Her thesis,Psycho-pharmaceuticals and Selfhood: Negotiating Identity as a Consumer of Mood Disorder Medicatio... Read more

Sandor Katz and The Art of Fermentation

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Dr. Naimon talks with Sandor Katz about his do-it-yourself guide to home fermentation. Katz contextualizes fermentation in terms of biological and cultural evolution, health and nutrition, and even economics. "The Art of Fermentation is much more than a cookbook...Sure, it ... Read more

TEEN COUNCIL: NW Library

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
We hear from the people of North West Portland as the NW Library Teen Council hits the streets and asks about scars, and weird jobs. Read more

Why are youth athletes dying of cardiac arrest on the court or field?

Airs at: Wed, 08/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving Eddie Barnett Jr. died on the basketball court of cardiac arrest at the age of 16.  What about youth heart health? Our guests are Eddie's mom Christeen Johnson, executive director of the Eddie Barnett Jr. Foundation; and Teressa Raiford. Read more