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Neighborhood Bully--a discussion on Israel and Palestine with Jewish Palestine solidarity activist David Rovics

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
  The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land He's wandered the earth an exiled man Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn He's always on trial for just being born He's the neighborhood bully This is one of the many verses in Bob Dylan's explicitly... Read more

The Imaginary Possible

Produced for The Imaginary Possible
"From customer service chatbots, to job applications processed through applicant tracking systems (ATS. ), and facial recognition technology used in airport security checkpoints, AI is rapidly changing our world. New AI-powered technologies have the potential to make our... Read more

Mark Anthony Guzman of MealsOnUsPDX

Airs at: Thu, 10/19/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Our guest this morning is Mark Anthony Guzman, a founder of MealsOnUsPDX. They cook and serve thousands of meals every week for people of all kinds who need some food, no questions asked. Read more

Safer Supply Saves Lives

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Safer Supply Saves Lives. The National Safer Supply Community of Practice recently launched the London, Ontario InterCommunity Health Centre Safer Supply Program 2023 Evaluation Report. We’re given an overview of the report by Gillian Kolla, Ph... Read more

Boiling Point

Airs at: Wed, 10/18/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs will hold a high-level ‘mid-term review’ in March of 2024 to take stock of progress made and challenges remaining for the international drug control regime. In preparation for this, the International Drug Policy Consortium hel... Read more

The Wind of Change

Airs at: Wed, 10/11/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: The Wind of Change. United for Marijuana Decriminalization is a coalition of marijuana policy reform organizations. They held a news conference October Fifth to discuss how the Biden Administration can move forward to advance marijuana decrimi... Read more

Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs and Harm Reduction

Airs at: Wed, 10/04/2023 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs and Harm Reduction. On this edition of Century, part two of a conversation with Doctor Tim Piatkowski, a researcher and lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, who has been doing some gro... Read more

A Short History of White Christian Nationalism and Anti-Trans Attacks

Airs at: Tue, 10/03/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Transpositive PDX
Please join us on Tuesday, October 3rd at 6:00 pm for Transpositive PDX on KBOO Community Radio 90.7fm as we talk with Tash Satz about their workshop, "A Short History of White Christian Nationalism and Anti-Trans Attacks" presented in partnership with Red Sea Road Consulti... Read more

TRIPP-P 23 with Eric Garrity & Britta Olsen of Bend Equity Project

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2023 at 12:15am - Thu, 12/31/2026 at 11:45pm
Produced for TRIPP-P
In the long-awaited, first episode of 2023, we talk to two member of the Bend Equity Project about an ongoing Juniper Ridge encampment situation in Bend, Oregon. Eric Garrity and Britta Olson have been a part of the Bend Equity Project, since November 2020.   The guests s... Read more

Drug Decriminalization and Overdose Deaths

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2023 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Drug Decriminalization and Overdose Deaths. Professor Spruha Joshi, PhD, MPH is one of the co-authors of a research article published September 27 in the journal JAMA Psychiatry entitled “One-Year Association of Drug Possession Law Chang... Read more