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Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance tell their stories

Airs at: Fri, 04/20/2012 at 12:00am
Hosts Marvin Simmons and Bill Bires speak with members of the Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance. The group is working to create a community of people who desire to find justice, answers and support for the generational victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. It was found... Read more

Village Building Convergence 12

KBOO is excited to co-sponsor the Village Building Convergence--  a ten-day celebration of building community in very tangible ways. Briefly, the VBC brings people together to create benches, community kiosks, gardens, street paintings, tile mosaics, and more! Neighbors and ... Read more

DAP: Adoption

Airs at: Wed, 04/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
Listen as a student from David Douglas Alternative Program talks about the process of open adoption. Read more

DAP:Healthy Relationships

Airs at: Wed, 04/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
Listen as 3 students from the David Douglas Alternative Program talk about healthy relationships. Read more

Headlines and Occuflu

Airs at: Thu, 04/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Host Theresa Mitchell discusses headlines including Ron Wyden, Fukushima, Sudan and New York protests, followed by the "Occuflu" and whether or not it is Tularemia. She also talks about the system of biological sensors in our major cities for detecting pathogens. Read more

The Developmental Origins of Obesity

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Health and Health Care Forum Host Roberta Hall presents Dr. Jerrold Heindel, a scientist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina. He spoke about the Developmental Origins of Obesity at the Northwest Environmental Health conference. Read more

Morquio Syndrome

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Sounds of Awareness
 Hosted by Paul Van Dyck   Students at Central High School in Independence, Oregon have banded together to raise money to help their classmate, Mason Stokes, who has Morquio syndrome, an inherited, seriously physically deforming disease. We will learn how the students have... Read more

MY NEW WEBCAST RADIO SHOW: NEW VISIONS FOR PEACE

I'm very excited to announce the start of my new podcast called NEW VISIONS FOR PEACE produced through the KBOO Community Radio studios here in Portland. The first show was an interview with Hillary Larson, Regional Coordinator for the Gangaji Foundation about Gangaji and h... Read more

Dr. Paul Gorman on why we need a National Single Payer Health System

Airs at: Tue, 04/17/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris. Today's guest is Dr. Paul Gorman from Oregon Health & Science University. Here in America, we pay some of the Highest Costs for Medical Care, yet reap some of the Worst Results. Why?  We Waste Way Too Much Money on the Private Health Insurance Industry.     Read more

Chemical Pollutants in Household Products

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Health and Health Care Forum Host Roberta Hall speaks with Maye Thompson, one of the organizers of the Northwest Environmental Health Conferences and Jen Coleman, outreach coordinator for the Oregon Environmental Council, about chemical pollutants in household products. Read more