Doug McVay

 
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Editor, public policy researcher/analyst, journalist

Host of Free Culture Radio, which airs on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 6:30 - 7 pm. Please check out the Free Culture Radio page on Facebook and give it a like!


Doug McVay is an editor, journalist, researcher, and social justice advocate. He first became active in drug policy reform efforts when he organized a NORML chapter at the University of Iowa in 1983.

At KBOO, Doug volunteers in the News and Public Affairs departments, where he reports, does interviews, and produces public affairs programs including Century of Lies, Free Culture Radio, and the occasional edition of Prison Pipeline. He's been a producer on the evening news and has from time to time co-anchored the evening news.

He is employed by the Real Reporting Foundation and serves as Editor of Health Systems Facts and Drug Policy Facts.

Twitter: @DougMcVay.

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How Mass Incarceration Destroys Families

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this editon of Prison Pipeline, host Doug McVay speaks with Wanda Bertram, Communications Strategist for the Prison Policy Initiative, about how mass incarceration punishes entire families. Our national obsession with punishment and policies of mass incarceration ha... Read more

An Interesting Time To Be Alive

Airs at: Wed, 08/17/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio: An Interesting Time To Be Alive – a conversation with Sanho Tree, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and Director of the IPS Drug Policy Project. Plus we talk with Haven Wheelock, Drug User Health Services Program Supervisor... Read more

International Overdose Awareness Day is Aug 31 #EndOverdose

Airs at: Wed, 08/17/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
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This week on Century of Lies: International Overdose Awareness Day is August 31. We talk with Haven Wheelock, Drug Users Health Services Program Supervisor at Outside In in Portland, Oregon. Plus, we hear from Professor Leo Beletsky with Northeastern University School of... Read more

Fighting Hep C with Safer Supply and Safer Consumption

Airs at: Wed, 08/10/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: California Senate Bill 57, sponsored by Sen. Scott Wiener, legislation that would allow some jurisdictions to authorize the establishment of supervised consumption sites, goes to the desk of Governor Gavin Newsom; the Senate Judiciary Commit... Read more

Decriminalization and Human Rights

Airs at: Wed, 07/27/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Decriminalization and human rights. Brendan Minish, board member of Crain, an Irish organization that aims to combat misinformation around cannabis and advocates for drug law reform, harm reduction, and drug education, and Doctor Nuno Capaz,... Read more

Agency In Crisis pt 2

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Prison Pipeline, part two of an interview with Justin Low, Investigative Research Associate with the Oregon Justice Resource Center and author of a new report from the OJRC entitled "ODOC: Agency In Crisis." Read more

Psychedelic Therapy and the God Complex

Airs at: Wed, 07/20/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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Rick Strassman, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and the author of DMT: The Spirit Molecule. His newest book is The Psychedelic Handbook: A Practical Guide to Psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine, MDMA, and DMT/A... Read more

Marcos, Duterte, the ICC, and the Philippine Drug War

Airs at: Wed, 07/20/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Marcos, Duterte, the ICC, and the Philippine Drug War. We hear from Justine Balane, human rights activist in the Philippines; Ruben Carranza, International Center for Transitional Justice; human rights activist and former Italian Senator Mar... Read more

Aligning Drug Policies With Human Rights

Airs at: Wed, 07/13/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Aligning drug policies with human rights. We hear from Elina Steinerte, Member of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Judy Chang, Executive Director of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs and Melissa Upreti, Chairperso... Read more

Decriminalizing People Who Use Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 07/06/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Part two of my conversation with Judy Chang, Executive Director of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD); plus, we talk with Tera Hurst, Executive Director of the Oregon Health Justice Recovery Alliance, about decriminali... Read more