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Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a program that was first developed in King County/Seattle, WA. According to the LEAD National Bureau: In a LEAD® program, police officers exercise discretionary authority at point of contact to divert individuals to a community-b... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 2: Retirement in Portland

Airs at: Tue, 07/03/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Retired...or ReWired?
In this episode we interview Dr. Keren Brown Wilson, “grandmother of assisted living” in Oregon, and President, JFR Foundation.   Keren has over 30 years’ experience in long-term care and supportive housing. She was the principal architect of the Oregon model of assisted ... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 1: Series Overview

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2018 at 11:30am - Tue, 07/10/2018 at 12:00pm
Produced for Retired...or ReWired?
This is the first episode in a 20-part series on what it's like to age in Portland.  In this opener, we give an overview of the entire series.   This episode includes many of the key quotes from some of the roughly 40 interviews we conducted.  Our guests include geriatric d... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 9th 2018

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of The Old Mole which includes   Bill Resnick Interviews organizer Joanna Misnick on electoral politics and what is to be done. In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the state of California in NIFLA v. Becer... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 25, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
    Denise Morris hosts this episode of The Old Mole which includes: Trump and Global Trade: In a 2 part interview, Bill Resnick talks with Economist Jack Rasmus about Trump's trade theatrics, it's stated and real goals, and how the overall Trump program could crash and... Read more

Compassionate Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Oregon voters approved a medical marijuana initiative in 1998. Fifteen years later, in 2013, the state legislature legalized medical marijuana dispensaries -- between 100 and 200 were operating illegally in the state at the time -- and set up a framework for regulating them... Read more

Saving Lives? Not In Our Backyard

Airs at: Sun, 06/10/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
Reducing Harms and Managing Risks This week, we listen to parts of a debate in the Scottish Parliament on whether, and how, to establish supervised injection facilities and safe consumption spaces. The motion to do so was introduced by the ruling Scottish National Party, a... Read more

The Real Causes and Solutions to Depression

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
  Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and took anti-depressants as a teenager because he was told that depression is the result of a chemical imbalance in the brain. He went on a quest to see if this is really the case. In his book,  Lost Connections:... Read more

Bright Spark #1- On The Ground: An interview with Marilou Gagnon.

Airs at: Fri, 03/09/2018 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Produced for Bright Spark
In this episode we interview Marilou Gagnon, a nurse based out of Canada. Marilou is a professor of nursing, a researcher, a writer, and an activist. She was the spokesperson for Overdose Prevention Ottawa's overdose prevention site that ran from August to November of 2017.... Read more

Mental Health Support for Palestinians

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with psychiatrist Elizabeth Berger about psychological dynamics of living under Israeli occupation for Palestinian children, and some of the links between human rights and mental health.  Berger is a child psychiatrist living in New York City and on the steeri... Read more