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The Green Burial Guidebook by Elizabeth Fournier

Airs at: Tue, 07/31/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
  Emily Young talks to author Elizabeth Fournier about her new book The Green Burial Guidebook. Funeral expenses in the United States average more than $10,000. And every year conventional funerals bury millions of tons of wood, concrete, and metals, as well as millions o... Read more

The War on Reproductive Rights

Airs at: Sun, 07/29/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we hear from Lynn Paltrow, founder and executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and Dorothy E. Roberts, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and th... Read more

Criminalization of Pregnancy

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Discussion about the Supreme Court, reproductive rights, and the efforts by some to use the criminal justice system to control people's lives and health featuring Lynn Paltrow with National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law Pro... Read more

Episode Five - Impatience

Airs at: Tue, 07/17/2018 at 7:00am - 8:00am
By its nature, the experience of impatience is difficult to slow down, stay with, and get curious about. In this conversation, Devon helps Chris explore a recent process of transforming impatience (isolation, judgment, and fear) into patience (awareness of hurt, connection ... Read more

Street Medics at Occupy ICE PDX

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Field Mole Desiree Hellegers talks with medics at Portland's Occupy ICE encampment about the health risks of resisting state violence, and about Department of Homeland Security targeting of trans and gender nonconforming activists, and activists of color. She talks also ... Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 14: Dealing with Alzheimer's Disease

Airs at: Tue, 07/17/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
  Dr. Allison Lindauer, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at OHSU Alison Lindauer is a nationally-certified gerontological nurse practitioner with a PhD. In gerontological nursing. As an assistant professor at OHSU's Layton Aging and ... Read more

Retired..or ReWired? Episode 19: The Village Movement

Airs at: Tue, 07/24/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
19 The Village Movement: Redefining "Aging in Place." Lynn trainer, Villages Northwest, and Lee Radovich, Village member We discussed these issues: What is the Village movement (is that the right term, “movement?”).     Can you give us a little context:     How and whe... Read more

Feds Threaten Patient Privacy

Airs at: Sun, 07/15/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, Congress debates HR6082, a measure that would take away privacy protections from patients who are diagnosed with a substance use disorder; plus, we hear about decriminalization and the Republic of Ireland's national drug strategy. Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 16: Care-Giving

Airs at: Thu, 07/19/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
Viki Kind  Viki Kind is a clinical bioethicist, professional speaker and hospice volunteer.  Her award winning book, The Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making:  Making Choices For Those Who Can’t, guides families, conservators and other professionals through th... Read more

Retired...or ReWired. Episode 15: Alzheimer's Disease

Airs at: Wed, 07/18/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
Dr. Allison Lindauer is Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at OHSU Alison Lindauer is a nationally-certified gerontological nurse practitioner with a PhD. In gerontological nursing. As an assistant professor at OHSU's Layton Aging and A... Read more