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Screening Mind Zone: Therapists Behind the Front Lines

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement talks to Jan Haaken about an upcoming screening of her new film Mind Zone: Therapists Behind The Front Lines on July 19 at the NW Film Center. The film explores the work of clinicians that deploy with Army combat stress control units in Afghanistan and how t... Read more

Oregon Rules for Complementary and Alternative Practitioners

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
 Roberta Hall hosts Health and Health Care Forum. Her guest is Vern Saboe, a chiropractor who is a member of Oregon's Health System Transformation Team, a group of 45 people from all aspects of health and health care and bi-partisan lawmakers. The group was charged with dev... Read more

Lindsey Berkson discusses her book, Safe Hormones, Smart Women.

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Healthwatch
 Hosted by Dr. David Naimon   Author and nutritional consultant, Lindsey Berkson, discusses her book, Safe Hormones, Smart Women.  Learn about the relationship between hormones and nutrition,  the protective side of estrogen, cutting-edge science, a brand new safe soy, the... Read more

Let's Take a Walk with Laura O. Foster

Airs at: Fri, 07/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Bread and Roses
Portland like you've never seen it! Laura O. Foster takes us on a tour of the City! Laura is the author of numerous books about Portland including Portland Hill Walks, The Portland Stairs Book, Portland City Walks and Walk There. She has been writing about Oregon since ... Read more

Episode 3 of Sex Talk Radio with your hosts Gretchen and Kyle

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Sex Talk Radio
Another exicitng edition of Sex Talk Radio Read more

BRO, Female Impersonators, and The Mystery Box make a stop by to talk about health, sex, and fierceness

Airs at: Tue, 07/10/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Out Loud
On this exciting edition of Out Loud Radio we are joined by David,Trans Justice Organizer from Basic Rights Oregon (www.basicrights.org) to talk about the state of Trans Healthcare and a special event at PSU tomorrow. More infornation can be found on the BRO website. Next w... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 2, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this show focused on health care, healthism, and health care activism. Looking forward to the 4th of July, the introduction also includes a brief discussion, drawing from the work of Bill Bigelow and Ray Raphael at the Zinn Education Project, of the pre... Read more

Movie Moles: Pink Ribbons, Inc.

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss Pink Ribbons, Inc, a documentary exposing the hypocrisy and corporate interests behind the pink ribbon campaign ostensibly in support of women with breast cancer. The film includes interviews with many smart women, including Barbara... Read more

Healthism and Medicalization in the Neoliberal Era

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel discusses the phenomenon of "healthism," the elevation of health to an individualized and pervasive moral value, a neoliberal attitude used to rationalize withholding care from those deemed undeserving. You can read her comments and follow links to some o... Read more

Movie Moles: The Healthcare Movie

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discuss The Healthcare Movie, a locally-made independent film comparing the present and historical differences between the US and Canadian health care systems. After World War II, local grassroots activism built a single-payer system in Saska... Read more