Health

It Calls You Back

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Carlos Chavez interviews author, poet and activist Luis J Rodriguez. They discuss his new memoir, It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing. Luis J. Rodriguez has emerged as one of the leading Chicano writers in the country with f... Read more

Navajo elder Perry Charley talks about effects of uranium mining on the Navajo people

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Roberta Hall hosts Navajo elder Perry Charley, Program Manager at the Uranium Education Program of the Dine Environmental Institute at Dine College in New Mexico. He talks about the effects of uranium mining on the Navajo people and issues of environmental justice. Dine C... Read more

James Fadiman on his "Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic and Sacred Journeys"

Airs at: Wed, 11/23/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
 James Fadiman, Ph.D.,discusses how old and new research on psychedelics shows their potential to enhance not only our personal well-being, but also the well-being of the culture at large. Fadiman, author of The Psychedelic Explorerer's Guide - Safe, Therapeutic and Sacred ... Read more

Health care rally, and Occupy Portland interviews

Airs at: Wed, 11/23/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Recordings and interviews from Portland Health Care rally 11-19-2011, and the Occupy Portland encampment. Read more

This Thanksgiving, Abe and Joe give thanks for an awakened American people.

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2011 at 12:00am
  This Thanksgiving, there is so much to be thankful for, even in this time of hungry ghosts. The American people have awakened, and a Movement is afoot. Abe and Joe give thanks for the Occupaction, and take your calls. A Listener recommended reading From Dictatorship to De... Read more

Beth Lambert, author of "A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America's Children."

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Host David Naimon talks with Beth Lambert, author of A Compromised Generation: The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America's Children." Read more

A look at the healthcare system in Cuba with Jerone Stephens

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Health and Healthcare Forum, Hosted by Roberta Hall. Today's guest is Jerone Stephens, a retired political science professor who has studied Latin America, talks about the healthcare system in Cuba. Read more

Cereal Crimes: How "Natural" Claims Deceive Consumers

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Host David Naimon interviews Charlotte Vallaeys, director of Farm and Food Policy at the Cornucopia Institute, about her latest report "Cereal Crimes: How "Natural" Claims Deceive Consumers and Undermine the Organic Label--A Look Down the Cereal and Granola Aisle."      ... Read more

Dispatches from the War on Sex: Mississippi's 'personhood' initiative

Airs at: Tue, 11/08/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Voters in Mississippi will decide tomorrow on a 'personhood' initiative which, if passed, would confer legal personhood upon a fertilized ovum. This would of course render abortion illegal, and any other act that interfered with said ovum... Read more

Out Loud welcomes Communi-T and the Queer Resource Center from Portland State University

Airs at: Tue, 11/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tonight we highlight two events from the transgender and allied communities. Both of these community events welcome everyone! Our first music break is from Joan Jett's 'Androgynous' We welcome Chloe Flora back to the show to discuss Communi-T, Portland's trans resource fair ... Read more