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Monsanto finally brought to court to face the scientific evidence on harm caused by glyphosate

Airs at: Wed, 03/07/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Guest Carey Gillam is a long-time investigative journalist and currently Research Director with U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit organization working for transparency and accountability in our nation’s food system. Her most recent book is Whitewash: The Story of a Weed... Read more

How To Survive Your Childhood Now That You're An Adult

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Ira Israel is a licensed professional clinical counselor and a licensed marriage and family therapist. He has graduate degrees in philosophy, religious studies, and psychology. He has a private practice in Santa Monica, California as well as on-line coaching. He leads... Read more

In-Depth: Biomechanist Katy Bowman

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO News and Evening Public Affairs Director Zeloszelos Marchandt speaks with "part biomechanist, part science communicator, and full-time mover" Katy Bowman, who also is the founder of the Nutritious Movement program that aims to bring non-exercise movement back into p... Read more

Meltdown in the Arctic: Humanity Beware?

Airs at: Wed, 02/28/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  What happens in the Arctic has an out-sized impact on the overall global climate. And right now, it's looking very, very bad.  December of last year was the warmest on record in  the Arctic, and 2018 has already set a string of records for lowest levels of Arctic sea ... Read more

At Peace: Choosing A Good Death After a Long Life

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Dr. Samuel Harrington, MD, is the author of At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life. In this important book, which James Fallows of The Atlantic calls “deeply humane,”  he argues the case for taking a clear-eyed yet compassionate view towards the end of life... Read more

Decolonizing Science

Airs at: Fri, 02/16/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Today, our one-hour special with particle physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. Topics of discussion include dark matter, axions, the philosophy of science, the physics of melanin, scientific racism, decolonizing science, the March for Science and more.  Read more

Richard Gage AIA, The Activist Architect

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911truth) now has nearly three thousand professional engineers and architects calling for a new investigation into the destruction of the three World Trade Center towers on 9/11. Founder of AE911Truth, Richard Gage, AIA talks... Read more

Christi Denton on The Digital Divide

Airs at: Fri, 02/09/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
  In this episode of The Digital Divide you’ll hear an interview I conducted in January of this year with experimental electronic music artist Christi Denton. Christi is a Portland based composer and sound installation artist who works with found sounds, electronics, an... Read more

Matter and Desire

Airs at: Mon, 02/05/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Andreas Weber is a Berlin-based philosopher, biologist, and writer. He holds degrees in marine biology and cultural studies. He proposes the development of a “poetic ecology” which intimately attaches our species to every being and underpins the entire range of human ... Read more

Ursula K. Le Guin: "Out Here"

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
  "Women's writing tends to get disapeared when they die..." -Ursula K. Le Guin Portland's own Ursula K. Le Guin passed away this week at the age of 88. She was a novelist working mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction but she also authored children's books,... Read more