Health

CAFOS IN OREGON

Airs at: Mon, 05/22/2017 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Oregon is already home to one of the nation’s largest industrial-scale dairy operations. Located near Boardman, Threemile Canyon Farms houses 70,000 cows and is a major source of ammonia and other pollution emissions. On March 31, despite unprecedented public opposition, th... Read more

Interview: Mercy Corps' South Sudan Director

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

The United Nations on Monday declared that 1 million children have fled from conflict and famine in South Sudan. According to a joint press release from the UN Children’s Fund and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, another million children are displaced within the coun... Read more

Changes Afoot for Mental Health Treatment at OSP

Airs at: Thu, 05/11/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

KBOO reporter Karen James has this in-depth report on potential changes to the way prisoners with behavior health issues are treated at the Oregon State Penitentiary. She spoke with Joel Greenberg, attorney with Disability Rights Oregon. He wrote the report "Behind the Elev... Read more

The Metabolic Approach to Cancer

Airs at: Mon, 05/08/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, cancer rates have increased exponentially―now affecting almost 50 percent of the American population. Conventional treatment continues to rely on chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to attack cancer cells. Yet research has r... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 05/05/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

As healthcare benefits get closer and closer to being taken away, let's always remember that pre-existing conditions happen, life happens, and disability happens. We at Bread and Roses believe that healthcare access is a basic right that everyone should have. In addition to... Read more

Embrace Festival in Portland, May 4-6

Airs at: Thu, 05/04/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News

Starting tonight, Portland will play host to the Embrace Festival at the Art Museum in Southwest Portland, which will go until Saturday night. It is a many-faceted event focusing on spirituality and community. KBOO reporter John Schuck spoke to Deshna Ubeda, the event’s dir... Read more

Unbroken Brain

Airs at: Wed, 05/17/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning author and journalist who covers addiction and neuroscience. Her latest book, the New York Times bestseller, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction uses her own story of recovery from heroin and cocaine addictio... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 3

Airs at: Wed, 05/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: The Politics of Living

On today's show: Dennise Kowalczyk talks with author Wendy Sachs about women making big changes in their careers. Wendy Sachs is the author of "Fearless and Free: How Smart Women Pivot and Relaunch Their Careers." Charlotte Fatal talks with cancer survivor Angela Majumd... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 1, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Mole for May 1, International Workers' Day. We hear -- 1. Bill Resnick talks with Rand Wilson of Labor for Bernie (LfB) and Our Revolution about the central role labor must play in contemporary politics. 2. Two talks from the Port... Read more

"Right to Work"/ Universal Healthcare

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

From the Labor Notes sponsored Portland Troublemakers School on April 8th 2017, Director of Labor Notes Mark Brenner talks about the pending threat of national Right to Work legislation. Hyung Nam, High School teacher and organizer with Healthcare for all Oregon discusses ... Read more