Tod Sloan shares insights from a workshop on the psychological effects of
oppression, using the example of classism, and discusses the implications for
community organizing practices.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte went to Beijing for talks this week. The
Chinese government had previously declared its support for Duterte's campaign
of murder and violence under the guise of a war on drugs. This week, a joint
statement from the two governments ann...
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Host Robyn Shanti speaks with Dale Borgium, Director of the Living/Dying
Project and Betsy Toll, founder/director of Living Earth, about Healing at
the Edge: Practices for Living and Dying, a workshop sponsored by Living
Earth on October 28 and 29: Friday: 7:00-9:00 p...
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Flashpoints is off today. We hear an interview from the series Letters to
Washington featuring an interview with Alan Schwarz, an award winning
journalist with the New York Times who wrote the book "ADHD Nation: Children,
Doctors, Big Pharma and the Making of an American...
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Independent filmmaker Gigi Williams, actress Ashley Williams, and counselor
Dori Lyon talk about making the new short film "Angela's Sacred Heart." The
film is based on Gigi's experiences with sexual assault, and the role
of Gigi is played by her real-life daughter, Ashl...
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Health and Health Care Forum, produced by Roberta Hall
On October 10th and 11th the 72nd conference of the Oregon Public Health
Association met. On today's Health and Health Care Forum program we
present excerpts from those two days of presentations and discussions, ...
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En La Ruleta tendremos un especial con Ramiro Ramírez Duarte ex integrante
del grupo La Tribu, grupo escencial e importante dentro de los avances del
Etnorock y de sonidos nuevos. Tendrenos el placer de tener a Ramiro Duarte en
cabina, quien compartirá música en vivo, as...
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According to the United States Center for Disease Control, it is currently
estimated that about 1 – 1.3 million people suffer from Inflammatory Bowel
Disease. Known as IBD this disease involves chronic inflammation of all or
part of the digestive tract. IBD primarily inc...
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Is trauma also a source of creative inspiration? Can sexual passion be a
force for healing? And do we have to live in either/or boxes — or is there
somewhere else?
Artist and activist Jacks McNamara, co-founder of the Icarus Project,
discusses their anthology Inbetwe...
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This week we hear more about King County, Seattle, Washington's plan to set
up two supervised drug consumption facilities, plus we talk with hemp
activist Courtney Moran, legalization activist Jodie Emery, and Project PC's
Megan Holt.
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