Thomas Goetz is an author who was motivated to write about the search for a cure for TB. Inspired by his family, he received advanced degrees in public health and was drawn to the relationship between German microbiologist Robert Koch and England's premier mystery writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Mr. Goetz talks with Don Merrill about how the influence each man had on the other was crucial in defeating one of the greatest diseases of mankind.
14:48 minutes (13.55 MB)
Welcome to the second episode of Dine' a-la' ashla'ii Radio Podcast! We interviewed The Navajo Corn Party about the upcoming November election.
"The Corn Party is for the next Generation. We are going to change the direction of our Navajo Nation. We have the desire and the will to effect change."
Dine'-a-la' ashla'ii / Humans Beings with 5 Fingers is a podcast produced by Christopher Francisco.
Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerry ice cream came to Portland last week for ‘free ice cream day’.
But in addition to the line of people who wanted a free ice cream at Pioneer square, Jerry also faced some protesters, who challenged the company’s decision to maintain stores in Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land.
KBOO’s Don Merrill asked Jerry about the issue while he was in town.
Jerry said, in response, "I think those people who are protesting Ben and Jerrys are doing exactly what they should be doing. I'm happy they're doing it, and it's gonna push Ben and Jerry's to find a good answer".
1:28 minutes (1.35 MB)
From the placid surface of a lake in the woods to Washington DC’s darkened doors, power flows through some fingers but not others. And money changes hands in a shake. The very notion that indigenous , Original Peoples can be cheated out of land is preposterous: you can’t really lose what’s yours from the start. But here we are. The president of the Quinault Indian Nation says the tribe has decided to reopen Lake Quinault to nontribal use under new regulations. The tribe closed the Olympic Peninsula lake last June, citing pollution problems, unsafe activities, invasive species issues and diminished fish runs. 13:59 minutes (12.8 MB)
2014 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference panel, with Alexander Reid Ross, Earth First! Journal Collective Member; Paul Roland, KBOO Radio Public Affairs programmer, Earth First!er and member of Cascadia Portland Branch; Casey Corcoran, bioregional and food sovereignty organizer in Bend, OR, co-editor or "Autonomy Cascadia: A Journal of Bioregional Decolonization" and co-producer of "Occupied Cascadia" film; Kayla Godow Tufti, member of Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, activist in Eugene and contributing writer to Eugene Weekly. 39:25 minutes (36.09 MB)
Tom Becker hosts this episode and we hear: 56:40 minutes (51.88 MB)