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Retired...or ReWired? Episode 11: Fitness for Older Adults

Airs at: Thu, 07/12/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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11. Fitness: Physical fitness and training for elderly. Mike Waters Mike is Director of Health promotion at Timber Hill Athletic Club for the last 12 years. He has a graduate degree in exercise physiology – adult fitness ( heart disease prevention) and he wor... Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 10: Intergenerational Issues

Airs at: Wed, 07/11/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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10. Intergenerational Issues: Getting involved: organizations and options. Since 1997 Donna Butts has been Executive Director of Generations United, She began her career in Oregon as a youth worker with the Salem YWCA. She’s held leadership positions with Covenant House,... Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 9: Work and Volunteering

Airs at: Tue, 07/10/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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9. Work and Volunteering: In this episode we discuss inding work and finding help with Elders in Action, and we talk about age discrimination with Jeannette Liardi, Barbara Bernstein, Executive Director, Elders in Action Overview of Elders in Action---the various programs... Read more

Sandra Steingraber on Fracking

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Over the past few years a flurry of LNG and methanol projects have been proposed for Northwest communities from Vancouver, BC to Coos Bay, Oregon. There is a glut of natural gas being produced and these LNG facilities and methanol refineries are the fossil fuel industry's w... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 8: Legal Issues in Ageing

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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8. Legal Issues: Kateri Walsh, Public Affairs, Oregon Bar Assn Key issues: will, power of attorney, living will. Publication is “Legal Issues for Older Adults.” Available free on internet.on the Oregon Bar Association site. Janay Haas, Oregon Bar Assn Power of... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 7: Financial Issues

Airs at: Fri, 07/06/2018 at 12:30pm - 1:00pm

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7. Financial Issues: How to plan for a low-income life-style. You may be seeing lots of ads on prime-time TV these days about the benefits of “reverse mortgages.” In this episode KBOO interviews Rachel Mohlere, a leading specialist who feels that this type of arrangemen... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 6: Housing in Portland

Airs at: Fri, 07/06/2018 at 12:00pm

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6. Housing: The housing shortage; accessibility and planning. Dr. Margaret Neal is the Director of the Institute on Aging of Portland State University…Her interests include nearly all the subjects we’re looking into in this series: Designing age-friendly communitie... Read more

Retired?...or ReWired? Episode 4: The Hollywood Center

Airs at: Thu, 07/05/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

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We meet with Amber Kerns Johnson, Driector of the Hollywood Center, and learn about programs. Or tour includes a discussion with the teachers of the ukelele and writing classes and a visit to the gift shop. Read more

Breaking ICE: Abolishing the Detention Industrial Complex

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Breaking ICE: Abolishing the Detention Industrial Complex Adam Carpinelli interviews Antonio Zamora a local Portland, Oregon community organizer. Zamora was one of the founders of the recent #occupyice encampment in Portland which has since been replicated in other majo... Read more

The Portland Parents Union

Airs at: Fri, 07/13/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

The Portland Parents Union is our region's activism center against school push out for vulnerable students and also a hub of mediation on restorative justice. Their founder is Sheila Washington Warren. Lisa Loving, filling in for Ani Haines, guest hosts this Friday from... Read more