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Yogi Amrit Desai on Yoga

Airs at: Sun, 05/17/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Healthwatch

Host Dr. David Naimon interviews Yogi Amrit Desai, one of the earliest pioneers of Yoga in the Western world. Yogi Desai has been an internationally recognized authority on yoga and holistic living for over 40 years and is coming to Portland to lead a seminar in Amrit Yog... Read more

Kulongoski - May 15, 2009

Airs at: Thu, 05/14/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Intersex: Medicalization of Sexual Diversity

"Is it a boy or a girl?" It's the first question asked after the birth of a baby. But sometimes the answer isn't obvious? In about one out of every 1,500 births a child is born so noticeably atypical in terms of genitalia that a specialist is called in. Out of every thous... Read more

A Touch of Portland: A Benefit for KBOO

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with KBOO and Friends at A Touch Of Portland Come join us for a celebration of the Solstice: Sunday June 21st 2009, 11am - 7pm Hosted by Harmony Farms @ 5220 NE Mason map This will be an incredible event featuring Live Music, Massage, Djs, Organ... Read more

Touch of Portland: A Benefit for KBOO

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with KBOO and Friends at A Touch Of Portland Uniting Community with the Healing Energy of Edible Art, Soothing Soundscapes and TherapeuticTouch Come join us for a celebration of the Solstice: Sunday June 21st 2009 experience the healing arts in a... Read more

Mark Winne and "Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty"

Airs at: Sun, 05/10/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Healthwatch

Host Dr. David Naimon interviews Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty. Closing the Food Gap exposes America's dangerous dietary split: from patrons of food pantries, bodegas, and convenience stores to the more comfortabl... Read more

The Importance of Mother's Day

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Bridget B. here, and this edition of Bread & Roses was all about The Importance of Mother's Day; it's actual meaning and how you can get involved to make a difference. Given that this show fell right before Mother's Day, or on Mother's Day in other countries, I wanted to br... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 4, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 05/03/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Is human nature good or evil? Can you move beyond your past if you were raised on a commune? Does industrial livestock farming of pigs and poultry lead to new diseases? These are the questions raised on this program, hosted by the Old Mole's Denise Morris. This progra... Read more

Pig Cities and Swine Flu

Airs at: Sun, 05/03/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

How has industrial farming produced the conditions for new diseases like the current outbreak swine flu? Rob Wallace writes the blog Farming Pathogens, and in this conversation with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken, he explains how cities of pigs and cities of poultry create br... Read more

Are We "Born To Be Good?"

Airs at: Sun, 05/03/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The human sciences, going back to Darwin, have accumulated evidence that our most hard-wired emotions are not greed and selfishness, but gratitude, awe and compassion. In this conversation, Dacher Keltner, author of Born to Be Good, talks with Bill Resnick about why we a... Read more