Health

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Medicare for All would handle pandemic differently: a conversation with Professor James Khan

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2020 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    As COVID-19 turns public attention to the American healthcare system, and by extension, its shortfalls, discussions around Medicare for all and plans like it are more relevant than ever. The question of how a single-payer system might respond differently to this typ... Read more

PDX COVID19 Mutual Aid

Airs at: Thu, 03/19/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Local community organizers have created a group called Portland COVID 19 Mutual Aid. You can join the group on Facebook, or sign up to volunteer or to ask for help. On the KBOO website, you can go to kboo dot fm slash covid 19, and look for the Resource list. There you w... Read more

The Affordable Care Act ten years later: Women's health improves, but still needs work

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2020 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Women in the U.S. have for a long time experienced challenges getting access to health insurance coverage and health care. Researchers report that the situation has improved in the ten years since the Affordable Care Act was enacted, yet much more needs to be done. KBOO's ... Read more

Drug Use In The Time Of Pandemic

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
On this edition of Free Culture Radio we’re going to talk about harm reduction services for people who use stimulants, or rather we’re going to listen to portions of a panel on the subject that featured Mike Discepola with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Mindy Vincent wi... Read more

Lessons From the US Overdose Crisis

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
  Issues with sound quality, which were the fault of the producer, have made it necessary to replace this week's show. We apologize for any inconvenience. This week on Century of Lies: Harm reduction for stimulant users, featuring Mike Discepola with the San Francisco AIDS... Read more

Ten years of the ACA: improvements in healthcare's racial disparities, but still a ways to go

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2020 at 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The U.S. healthcare system has long been plagued by disparities in insurance coverage and access to care related to race and ethnicity. According to new research published in the journal Health Affairs, coverage has increased since the Affordable Care Act was signed into... Read more

The Well-read Red

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
A reading from a recent blog by social critic Mike Davis, author of the 2005 book, The Monster at the Door: the Global Threat of Avian Flu, a prescient examination of pandemics in the context of late-stage capitalism. Davis’s piece was recently published on the Haymarket Bo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 16, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Patricia Kullberg fills in as host today for the Old Mole, which features these segments: Chemical Time Bomb: Bill Resnick speaks with John Rumpler, the clean water program director and senior attorney for Environment America, a national organization dedicated to protectin... Read more

Fukushima Anniversary Voices from Japan.

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am
This week, Nuclear Hotseat's annual Fukushima Anniversary Voices from Japan. We’ll have an exclusive interview with reporter Takeshi Yamakawa, part of Tokyo Shimbun’s Nuclear Power Reporting Team.  Later, we’ll gain first-hand impressions of radiation problems in the Exclus... Read more

Reducing Harm

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: the Philadelphia City Council is considering a bill that could prevent a local nonprofit from setting up a supervised consumption facility. We hear from Philly Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley and harm reduction advocates Brooke Feldman, D... Read more