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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A Conversation with NORML Board Chair Dan Viets

Airs at: Wed, 08/21/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio: A Conversation with NORML Board Chair Dan Viets. This month on Free Culture host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with attorney and civil rights advocate Dan Viets, Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Organization f... Read more

A Look Back at Seattle Hempfest

Airs at: Wed, 08/21/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: A Look Back At Seattle Hempfest. In August 1991, a group of weed activists and freedom lovers gathered in Volunteer Park in Seattle, Washington for the Washington Hemp Expo. From these modest beginnings grew the largest protestival in the wor... Read more

FDA Rejects MAPS MDMA-Assisted Therapy

Airs at: Wed, 08/14/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: FDA Rejects MAPS MDMA-Assisted Therapy. On August Ninth, the Food and Drug Administration formally rejected a New Drug Application submitted by Lykos Therapeutics for its MDMA-Assisted Therapy. While this news came as a shock to some, back in... Read more

In Their Own Words

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Prison Pipeline: In Their Own Words. Advocates nationwide are using remote communications technologies, which have become more widespread since the pandemic, to help people in prisons testify before legislative committee hearings, public commissions, an... Read more

Birth Behind Bars

Airs at: Wed, 08/07/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Birth Behind Bars. The Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held a hearing recently to shine a light on the pervasive abuse of pregnant women in prisons around the country. We hear from Senator Jon Ossoff; Jessica Umb... Read more

Incarceration and Crime

Airs at: Wed, 07/31/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Incarceration and Crime. The Sentencing Project has released a new report entitled “Incarceration & Crime: A Weak Relationship,” which illustrates that less imprisonment often happens alongside improvements to community safety. They held a we... Read more

Stigma

Airs at: Wed, 07/24/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Stigma. Since 2015, the Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project at the University of New South Wales has documented the expression and experiences of stigma and discrimination towards people affected by blood borne viruses and sexually transmi... Read more

A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins in Ireland

Airs at: Wed, 07/17/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio: A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins in Ireland. The government of the Republic of Ireland formed a Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use in 2023 to quote consider the legislative, policy and operational changes Ireland could make to sig... Read more

Launch of the European Union Drugs Agency

Airs at: Wed, 07/17/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies: Launch of the European Union Drugs Agency. The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction was the European Union’s drugs monitoring agency. Technically the EMCDDA is no more but it hasn’t closed, it’s changed: The EMCDDA is now ca... Read more

Incarceration and Crime

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Incarceration and Crime. Host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with Nazgol Ghandnoosh, PhD, Co-Director of Research with The Sentencing Project and co-author of a new report from The Sentencing Project entitled Incarceration and Cri... Read more