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Iven Hale on Depression

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In light of the recent death of Robin Williams, Iven Hale reflects on depression and suicide. Statistics indicate a global epidemic of depression, although those figures work in the interests of the pharmaceutical industry. While medication can be life changing and life... Read more

Experience Gong Therapy - Gong Bath performed by Faye Henry

Airs at: Thu, 08/21/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Flow
  Gongs are one of man's oldest therapeutic instruments and are believed to have a profound effect on the nervous system.  They are reported to bring about relaxed and meditative states, aid in pain control, and decrease negative thought patterns, addictive behaviors, an... Read more

Marilyn Hayward - Moving Forward with Life's Difficulties

Airs at: Thu, 07/31/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Flow
November 2014: I recently learned of Marilyn Hayward's passing and during my brief but impactful acquaintance with her, I was struck by her passionate dedication to following a self-directed path. Marilyn emphasized how maintaining a positive quality of life was of great... Read more

Portland Police Stop Tracking Use of Force on Transients

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Denis Theriault of the Portland Mercury discusses how the Portland Police Bureau has stopped making public their data on use of force against "transients." Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 2 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Phyllis Bennis about US Foreign Policy, both criticizing the Obama administration's two-faced approach and offering a Do No Harm alternative. Iven Hale offers a commentary by way of personal story about commun... Read more

Kathleen O'Brien Interview

Airs at: Sat, 05/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Kathleen O'Brien is a Democrat running for the seat in House District 42.  She talked with Don Merrill about her passion for the rights of the disabled, her desire to advance the Progressive agenda in the Oregon legislature and her determination to better support teacher... Read more

GMO-Labeling Initiative Approved by State Supreme Court

Airs at: Thu, 05/08/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
After receiving the approval of the Oregon Supreme Court today, a group trying to get a GMO-labeling initiative on the November ballot is poised to begin gathering signatures. For more on the initiative, KBOO’s Sam Bouman spoke to Sandeep Kaushik, a spokesman with Oreg... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 31 March 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted as well as engineered by Joe Clement, this episode features discussions of Education, Labor, Aging, Reading, Psychiatry and Cinema:  Bill Resnick talks with Portland State University Professor Patricia Schechter about faculty labor struggles and neoliberal educati... Read more

Rethinking Psychiatry Film Festival

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Grace Silvia about the Rethinking Psychiatry Film Festival.  The organization Rethinking Psychiatry is an activist organization trying to shift away from pathologizing and toward recognizing a variety of ways of being in the world, toward recognizin... Read more

Book Mole: Lively Memoir

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews Penelope Lively's not-quite-memoir Dancing Fish and Ammonites, dispatches from Old Age, which, unlike much writing on later life, focuses on what is left rather than what is lost with age. Larry surveys a number of works from Lively's prizewinning l... Read more