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Coming Back from Serious Injuries

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Sounds of Awareness
Host Paul Van Dyck speaks with medical transcriptionist Ginger May who discusses what happened to her after she fell out of a hayloft and broke her back. They discuss her rehabilitation and the importance of having an advocate when you are hospitalized. Read more

OutLoud Celebrates Pride Week, and we talk about Q Men's Wellness

Airs at: Tue, 06/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Out Loud
This weeks show will feature members from Pride Northwest to talk about all the fun and excitement happening at Portland Pride! (pridenw.org) The mission of Pride Northwest, Inc. is to encourage and celebrate the positive diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans ... Read more

Cory Lira on Fat Activism and the "Obesity Crisis"

Airs at: Fri, 06/22/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Bread and Roses
Cory hails from Portland, Oregon. She is a queer fierce fat femme, a cultural worker and educator. Her cultural work predominantly focuses on intersectionality and visibility within identity politics and social justice. Cory specifically dedicates her time to issues of fat ... Read more

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Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
20th Anniversary of the Watts Gang Truce Pt. II   Carlos Chavez presents part two of the Watts Gang Truce Anniversary program on Political Perspectives. Part one aired last week with a powerful panel discussion titled, Pioneers in Peace. It featured voices from "Freewa... Read more

Jose Bravo speaking on Environmental Justice and Chemical Pollutants

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
  Health and Healthcare Forum produced by Roberta Hall This program features Jose Bravo, the keynote speaker at the NW Regional Environmental Health Conference, speaking on Environmental Justice and Chemical Pollutants Jose T. Bravo is Executive Director of the Just Transiti... Read more

Organic Watergate: Stop the USDA/Agribusiness Conspiracy

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Healthwatch
 Hosted by Dr. David Naimon   Mark Kastel, senior farm and food policy analyst at the Cornucopia Institute talks with host Dr. David Naimon about the unholy alliance between corporate agribusiness and the USDA, how it has corrupted the regulatory system designed to protect... Read more

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Airs at: Wed, 06/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the historic Watts Gang Truce in Los Angeles. In April of this year the Watts Community came together to celebrate and discuss what they learned from this important event. Carlos Chavez produces the opening panel discussion for that eve... Read more

Our Dysfunctional Health Care System and What We Can Do About It

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Healthwatch
Health and Health Care Forum produced by Roberta Hall. This special hour-long edition features talks by two distinguished physicians and scholars who toured Oregon recently speaking about health care reform. Marcia Angell, M.D. is a physician, author, and the first woman to s... Read more

Episode #5 Interview with Laurie Ogle on EFT and Addiction Recovery

Airs at: Sun, 06/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for New Visions for Peace
Host Sutree interviews Laurie Ogle on EFT and addiction recovery. Laurie Ogle has spent the last two years working and studying with Lori Lorenz of the EFT Training Center for Trauma and Abuse in Southern Oregon. She has also spent the last twenty years involved with AA on h... Read more

Episode #4 Interview with Melisa Noel on EFT, Trauma, and our Natural Recovery Process

Airs at: Sun, 06/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for New Visions for Peace
 Episode #4 Interview with Melisa Noel on EFT, Trauma, and our Natural Recovery Process Melisa has an EFT practice specializing in trauma recovery coaching with survivors and practitioners in Europe and the U.S.  Additionally, she combines her consulting, facilitation and p... Read more