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Meet Behind Mars by Renee Simms

Airs at: Thu, 09/06/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
  "I feel like I can't tell one story about a giant mustard penis because it's not about a mustard penis only, but about all of these incidents together, in context, and through time." So begins the title story in Renee Simms's debut short story collection, Meet Behind Mar... Read more

Air Traffic by Greogory Pardlo

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
  Gregory Pardlo's father was a brilliant and charismatic man--a leading labor organizer who presided over a happy suburban family of four. But when he loses his job following the famous air traffic controllers' strike of 1981, he succumbs to addiction and exhausts the fam... Read more

Retired...or Rewired:? Episode 18: The MIT AgeLab

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Retired...or ReWired?
18.  The Future of Aging   Julie Miller is a Research Associate at the MITAgeLab and a Lecturer at Northeastern University. She is a gerontologicalsocial worker by training and studied at The University of California, Berkeley, and at Northeastern University in Boston. Jul... Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 17: The Centers for Disease Control Brain Health Program

Airs at: Fri, 07/20/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Retired...or ReWired?
17.  Center for Disease Control ---Healthy Brain Initiative Dr. Lisa McGuire Dr. Lisa McGuire is the Epidemiology and Surveillance Team Leader in the Obesity Prevention and Control Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. McGuire earned a Ph.D. i... Read more

Retired..or ReWired? Episode 19: The Village Movement

Airs at: Tue, 07/24/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Retired...or ReWired?
19 The Village Movement: Redefining "Aging in Place." Lynn trainer, Villages Northwest, and Lee Radovich, Village member We discussed these issues: What is the Village movement (is that the right term, “movement?”).     Can you give us a little context:     How and whe... Read more

Olli Hoopnoodle's Haven of Bliss by Jean Shepherd

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/17/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
 The author of  "A Christmas Story", Jean Shepherd, returns with a humorous narrative about his family's annual summer trip to Clear Lake.  Read more

Retired...or ReWired. Episode 15: Alzheimer's Disease

Airs at: Wed, 07/18/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Retired...or ReWired?
Dr. Allison Lindauer is Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at OHSU Alison Lindauer is a nationally-certified gerontological nurse practitioner with a PhD. In gerontological nursing. As an assistant professor at OHSU's Layton Aging and A... Read more

Mens: Are you okay?

Airs at: Fri, 07/13/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Bread and Roses
The Creator of Sox and Sandalspodcast to discuss men being manly, and what that love language looks and sounds like from their perspective. Don't be so shocked, men are feminists too you know.  Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 13: Defrauding the Elderly

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Retired...or ReWired?
13.  Criminal Activity:  Fraud Looking out for the exploiters.   Ellen Klem   Ellen Klem is Director of Consumer Outreach and Education in the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Oregon.  Her job is to educate seniors on how to be savvy consumers.  Ellen is a... Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 12: Dealing with Dementia

Airs at: Fri, 07/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Retired...or ReWired?
  Prevalence of dementia and care option Ann Hill and Dr. Marian Hodges Hill is co-author with Dr. Marian Hodges, Medical Director of Senior Health for Providence - Oregon, of the Help is Here series of books.    Quoting Ann Hill: “We published the first book, Help is H... Read more