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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O, Canada

Airs at: Wed, 05/18/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Free Culture Radio

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Highlights from BCSU2022 featuring Dr. Geoff Bardwell, a Research Scientist at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU); Phoenix Beck-McGreevy, a Peer Support Worker at Family Services of Greater Vancouver; Dr. Andrea Sereda, a family physician with the Londo... Read more

Acting Locally

Airs at: Wed, 05/18/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

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This week on Century of Lies: Think Globally, Act Locally - building support for safe supply, safe consumption spaces, and the decriminalization of people who use drugs. Read more

Copaganda

Airs at: Wed, 05/11/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

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On this edition of Century, Alec Karakatsanis, founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps, speaks to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors about police propaganda and media manipulation by law enforcement. Read more

Women and Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 05/04/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

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Dr. Sarah Morton from University College Dublin and Judy Chang, Executive Director of the International Network of People who Use Drugs, on Women and Drugs. Read more

Legalization and the Art of the Impossible

Airs at: Wed, 04/27/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week on Century: Legalization and the art of the impossible. The Canadian Parliament is currently considering Bill C-126, A Health-Based Approach to the Substance Use Act. We hear from the sponsor, MP Gord Johns. Plus Eris Nyx with the Drug User Liberation Front. Read more

Beating Overdose

Airs at: Wed, 04/20/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

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On this edition of Free Culture Radio, we talk about Measure 110, harm reduction, and more with Morgan Godvin, founder of Beats Overdose. Read more

Overdose, Harm Reduction, and Recovery

Airs at: Wed, 04/20/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week on Century we discuss adolescent overdose deaths, harm reduction, and recovery with Joseph Friedman, an addictions researcher and MD/PhD student at the Center for Social Medicine at UCLA, and Dr. Sheila Vakharia, Deputy Director of the Department of Research an... Read more

Tools for Dismantling the Carceral State

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

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On this week's Prison Pipeline, we speak with Wanda Bertram, Communications Strategist with the Prison Policy Initiative, about incarceration in the US and tools for dismantling the carceral state. Read more

Reversing the War on Drugs

Airs at: Wed, 04/13/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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On this edition of Century we're joined by Sarah Reyes, MSW, Policy Analyst with the Texas Center for Justice and Equity and co-author of their new report “Reversing the War on Drugs in Texas: Prioritizing REAL Public Health and Safety for Texans.” We discuss the failure... Read more

Killing In The Name Of Drug War

Airs at: Wed, 04/06/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am

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This week on Century, a discussion on Extrajudicial Drug War Killings in 2022 with David Borden, Director of the DRCNet Foundation / StopTheDrugWar.org; Zaved Mahmood, human rights and drug policy advisor to the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights; and Com... Read more

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