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Supervised Consumption Sites

Airs at: Wed, 05/22/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, the UK House of Commons discusses medical cannabis prescribing, and the Philadelphia City Council and Philly DA Larry Krassner talk about harm reduction and supervised consumption sites. Note: new recordings of Century of Lies are now being rel... Read more

How To Change Your Mind: Conversation With Michael Pollan

Airs at: Tue, 05/14/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Bestselling author Michael Pollan talks with KBOO reporter Doug McVay about psychedelic therapy, psilocybin mushrooms, and Pollan's book How To Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcend... Read more

Alternatives To Coercion

Airs at: Sun, 05/12/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, we talk to Lindsay LaSalle with the Drug Policy Alliance about harm reduction, alternatives to coercion, and the DPA's upcoming conference in San Francisco May 16 and 17; and with Teressa Raiford, a community organizer, social justice activist,... Read more

International Harm Reduction

Airs at: Sun, 05/05/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century, former UN official and retired international civil servant Dr. Mary Chinery-Hesse addresses the 2019 International Harm Reduction Conference #HR19 in Porto, Portugal. The audio for this week's Century comes to us courtesy of the Rights Reporter Founda... Read more

Recovery

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
This week on Free Culture Radio, a reprise of our Recovery Month Extended Special with Sheila Vakharia, PhD, from the Drug Policy Alliance's Office of Academic Engagement. Read more

PTSD, Psychedelics, and Medical Cannabis

Airs at: Sun, 04/21/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we speak with Arnold Diehl from Floridians For Freedom about their marijuana legalization initiative; with Bryan Krumm, NP, about medicinal cannabis and PTSD; and with Rick Doblin, PhD, executive director and founder of MAPS, about psychedelics,... Read more

Shaping a Future: Life After Prison - Part 6

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On Sunday, October 29th 2017 nine individuals told their stories in a performance titled: Shaping a Future: Life After Prison. The performance was the culmination of a series of writing workshops sponsored by the Regional Arts and Culture Council. The project conceived of a... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Eva Hagberg Fisher

Airs at: Thu, 02/28/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Our News In Depth guest today is Eva Hagberg Fisher, author of the new book, How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship, from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Eva’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Tin House, Wallpaper, Wired, and Dwell, and she holds degrees ... Read more

Think Globally

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
In mid-March, a United Nations body will once again issue its annual criticism of marijuana legalization in Canada, Uruguay, and several states in the United States. They will also be critical of medical marijuana laws, and of certain effective harm reduction interventions ... Read more

Opioid Substitution Treatment

Airs at: Sun, 02/10/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week, we hear portions of a public workshop on opioid substitution treatment that was held by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, featuring presentations by Professor Helena Hansen, MD, PhD; Professor Josiah Rich, MD, MPH; and Professor Eugen... Read more