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Hemp, Human Rights, and the Drug War

Airs at: Wed, 05/13/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century: part two of our conversation with Doug Fine, the farmer, hemp activist, journalist, and author whose new book American Hemp Farmer has just been released by Chelsea Green Publishing; plus we hear from Sanho Tree, director of the Drug Policy Project at ... Read more

Election Races, Ballot Measures and COVID 19 in Oregon Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Partnership for Safety and Justice (PSJ) and Safety and Justice Oregon Deputy Director Shannon Wight and Communications Director Talia Gad.  They’ll discuss the May 2020 races for county district attorneys and ballot measures including the Metro hous... Read more

American Hemp Farmer

Airs at: Wed, 05/06/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, part one of our conversation with the journalist, hemp activist and farmer Doug Fine. We talk about hemp, renewable agriculture, farming, CBD, and Doug's new book American Hemp Farmer. Plus we hear from Louis L. Reed, national organizer for #Cu... Read more

COVID-19 distancing aggravates overdose crisis, but also exposes common-sense ways to improve treatment access

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2020 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for Evening News, News In Depth
  The COVID-19 pandemic has disparate impacts on people of different groups, including those impacted by the opioid crisis. Drug users face increased barriers to accessible treatment due to pandemic-related closures. Social distancing can make it harder for them to receive... Read more

Midnight Collages from Kill Ugly Radio

Airs at: Tue, 04/28/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
12:00AM: Kill Ugly Radio Part One: The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick Mediascape collage of the life, times and fiction (and fictionalized life and times) of the visionary science fiction author Philip K. Dick. Sources: Films: The Penultimate Truth of Philip K. Dic... Read more

A Global Crisis

Airs at: Wed, 04/29/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Penal Reform International’s Director of Policy and International Advocacy Olivia Rope with an overview of PRI’s new report Global Prison Trends 2020, and ACLU National Prison Project Senior Staff Attorney Eunice Cho discusses COVID-19 threats ... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews art collector Nungies in her home in Portland

Airs at: Tue, 04/28/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews art collector Nungies in her home in Portland. She talks about seven works that visualize the connection between psychoactive plants and sacred and psychedelic themes. This is the show for anyone interested... Read more

Julia Hill Interview

Produced for Between Us
Julia Hill is a democrat who is running for the Oregon House District 39 seat.  She talked with Don Merrill about how her international experience with the Peace Corps and Doctors without Borders could help Oregon deal with this current and future disasters., why her love o... Read more

Jails and COVID-19

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, a discussion about COVID-19 and jails, specifically Rikers Island in New York, featuring Marcus Brown, an individual recently released from Rikers; New York State Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley; Tahanee Dunn, Prisoner Rights Attorney with the Bro... Read more

Presswatch on 04/16/20

Airs at: Thu, 04/16/2020 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for Presswatch