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Amy Lanou and Building Bone Vitality

Airs at: Sun, 07/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Building Bone Vitality: A Simple, Sensible, Scientific Approach to Preventing Osteoporosis  Hosted by: David Naimon  An interview with Amy Lanou, the author of Building Bone Vitality.  Learn the dietary keys to osteoporosis prevention,  the problems with the calcium hypot... Read more

Gender and Revolution: Sexual Politics in Iran and the US

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 How have women fared in revolutionary Iran, and what is their role in the current upheavals there?  Is the movement for gay marriage going to make gays and lesbians conform to traditional family values?  What will it take to make our health care system, corrupted by profit... Read more

Private v. Public Health Insurance

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Health, Money and Fear is the name of a video by Dr. Paul Hochfeld, an ER physician in Corvallis and a member of Physicians for a National Health Care Program (PHNP).   In this interview with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier, he discusses the human and economic costs of our  ... Read more

Health and Healthcare Forum on Holistic Chiropractic Care

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Health and Health Care Forum  Hosted by Roberta Hall Today's topic is Holistic Chiropractic Care.   Read more

Single Payer Advocates Pressure Wyden

Airs at: Tue, 06/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Close to 100 people rallied for single payer healthcare today on the steps of the Federal Building in downtown Portland to deliver Sen. Ron Wyden a message: They want change, not compromise. KBOO reporter David Rosenfeld filed this report. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 22, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 06/21/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Frann Michel, and featuring several versions of our theme song "I wish I Was a Mole in the Ground," this program discusses how our broken economy needs to be fixed if it is to work for all of us; the recent Supreme Court refusal to grant convicted inmates the rig... Read more

Move Moles: "Food, Inc."

Airs at: Sun, 06/21/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 "Food, Inc. is one of the most riveting films to be released this year," says Movie Mole Brooke Jacobson in this full discussion, with Jan Haaken,  of the virtues and limitations of this exposé of our industrial food production.  The film is directed by Robert Kenner and i... Read more

A look at local progressive capitalists: Noble Rot and Sol Pops

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2009 at 5:00pm
 A look at progressive capitalists  Hosted by Abe Proctor      A group of progressive Portland capitalists sit down with Abe to discuss ups and downs of simultaneously doing business and doing honor to the values of sustainability and local sourcing. Joining Abe in studio i... Read more

Tobacco control bill

Airs at: Tue, 06/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Senate has passed A bill that allows the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco, including new dissolvable tobacco products packaged to look like mints or candy. It’s being called the strongest anti-tobacco measure since the U-S Surgeon General said smoking ca... Read more

Foster care bill

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oregon state senate passed a bill today calling for an investigation of racism in the state’s foster care system. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson—Oregon Senate Majority Leader and co-sponsor of the bill. The Foster care study bill will n... Read more