Health

The Assault on Labor and ALL of America's Working Class

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor What if the labor movement never happened? What if we never gained weekends or sick leave? Or lunch hours, paid vacation, health insurance? The 40-hour work week? With hundreds of union-busting bills pending across the nation, Abe and Joe... Read more

Death & Dying: Green Funeral Options in Oregon

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
Elizabeth Fournier, owner and mortician of Cornerstone Funeral Services joined us for a lively conversation on death, embalming, Formaldehyde and options for green burial in and around the Portland area. Read more

Robert Whitaker and the astonishing rise in Mental Illness in America

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Hosted by Naturopath, Dr. David Naimon Award-winning science writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the last two decades? He discusses his findings from his latest book "Anatomy Of... Read more

Radiation threat from Fukushima

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
 Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" delves into the radiation threat from the damage to the nuclear reactors in Fukushima which occurred last month when an earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan.  Also: This free documentary, THE BATTLE OF CHERNOBYL, ... Read more

A special hour-long Presswatch

Airs at: Thu, 03/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." A special hour-long Presswatch with call-ins and a focus on Libya, Fukushima and the potential for a general strike. Your chance to dialogue with Theresa about what's happening in the world. Image of César Estra... Read more

The state of Medical Marijuana in Oregon

Airs at: Fri, 03/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Host Sue Supriano speaks with Anthony Johnson, the Clinical Director of Oregon Green Free and the political Director of Progressive Reform of Oregon, and Sara Duff, board member at the Institute for Cannabis Therapeutics and Human Resources Director at Oregon Green Free. O... Read more

Reproductive Justice

Airs at: Wed, 04/06/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
On this show, we talk about reproductive rights and reproductive justice, with three long-time activists.  Judith Arcana is an author, teacher, and member of the Chicago underground service that helpled women and girls obtain safe abortions before Roe v. Wade legalized the ... Read more

Recent GOP Attacks on Women's Rights

Airs at: Tue, 04/05/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   They're as predictable as the tides. Back in control of the U.S. House and statehouses across the land, the Republicans have returned to their age-old crusade -- smacking down uppity women everywhere. Abe and Joe look at the landslide... Read more

Christopher Lane asks if Shyness is a Disease

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Madness Radio
 Hosted by Will Hall Do pharmaceutical companies control the social definition of normal? Can advertising and public relations campaigns turn acceptable personality differences into unacceptable disorders? British-American literary critic and historian Christopher Lane disc... Read more

Diana Beresford-Kroeger talks about the Interdependence between Health and the EcoSystem

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Hosted by Dr. David Naimon A botanist, medical biochemist, and self-defined "renegade scientist," Diana Beresford-Kroeger brings together ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality and alternative medicine to discuss how forests affect our health individually, collectively, e... Read more