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Happy Earth Day from Threshold Shift

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
The mountains are calling...   Happy Earth Day, everyone! In honor of KBOO's 24-hour Earth Day soundscape history I am inviting you to check out the Threshold Shift archive where you can hear sounds from all over the world...from Papua New Guinea, to Madagascar, to the Ce... Read more

Harm Reduction and Social Justice

Airs at: Sun, 04/08/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
  This week, host Doug McVay talks to students about harm reduction in a time of drug war, plus we hear from delegates from Czech Republic, Costa Rica, and Australia about decriminalization, human rights, harm reduction, and international drug policy reform.   Read more

Herbs and Seasonal Allergies with Dr. Glen Nagel

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  It’s spring in the Pacific NW and for many that can mean misery. If you suffer from seasonal allergies it is also the season of allergy medicine advertising, promoting many over the counter medications designed to ease your symptoms. If you suffer with allergies, you're... Read more

Meditation 101

Airs at: Fri, 04/06/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Meditation as a way of life simply practiced for 18 years with guest Lois Isbell. Read more

Buscando America on 04/03/18

Airs at: Tue, 04/03/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa, desde la Cd. de México Jose Luis Santillan entrevistó a Areli quien es parte de la campaña Luis Fernando Libre. También trasnmitimos un paisaje sonoro de Griselda Sánchez Lluvia Obsidiana, elaborado por los niños y niñas del taller Voces del Tren en la Sa... Read more

Healing Veterans: Paula Caplan

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Madness Radio
  How can we truly help combat veterans facing the aftermath of war? Is veteran trauma a sign of mental illness, or a healthy response to violent situations? Are medications and therapy the answer? Paula Caplan, author of When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of... Read more

The Real Causes and Solutions to Depression

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and took anti-depressants as a teenager because he was told that depression is the result of a chemical imbalance in the brain. He went on a quest to see if this is really the case. In his book,  Lost Connections:... Read more

Right to Health focuses on racism as a public health issue

Airs at: Wed, 03/28/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
Leslie Gregory has been working to bring attention to racism as a national, public health crisis.  As the founder of the non-profit Right to Health US, she has challenged the Center for Disease Control to declare racism a public health threat, including this petition at Mov... Read more

Judy Norsigian on Our Bodies, Ourselves

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Judy Norsigian, co-founder of "Our Bodies Ourselves" and a previous executive director of the organization. They look back on how this foundational text of second wave feminism shaped the abortion rights struggle and discuss their current projects a... Read more

Bright Spark #1- On The Ground: An interview with Marilou Gagnon.

Airs at: Fri, 03/09/2018 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Produced for:  Bright Spark
In this episode we interview Marilou Gagnon, a nurse based out of Canada. Marilou is a professor of nursing, a researcher, a writer, and an activist. She was the spokesperson for Overdose Prevention Ottawa's overdose prevention site that ran from August to November of 2017.... Read more