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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Health, Justice, and Recovery

Airs at: Wed, 06/15/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio, a conversation with Tera Hurst, Executive Director of the Oregon Health Justice Recovery Alliance, plus Outside In’s Haven Wheelock testifies before a legislative committee about harm reduction, overdose, and saving lives. Read more

Revolutionary Change vs the Limitations of Reform

Airs at: Wed, 06/15/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies, we talk about decriminalization and safe supply with Eris Nyx from the Drug User Liberation Front in Vancouver, BC, plus the University of Alberta’s Dr. Elaine Hyshka and Brown University’s Dr. Brandon Marshall on supervised consumption sites. Read more

Harm Reduction Moves Forward In California

Airs at: Wed, 06/08/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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On this edition of Century of Lies: SB-57, a bill to give select municipalities in California the option of opening supervised consumption sites, moves forward in the CA State Assembly. Plus Donald MacPherson, founding Executive Director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalitio... Read more

Beyond the Endocannabinoid System

Airs at: Wed, 06/01/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century: the endocannabinoid system and beyond - a conversation with Mary Lynn Mathre, RN, MSN, CARN, co-founder and executive director of Patients Out of Time. Read more

A Health-Based Approach

Airs at: Wed, 05/25/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century of Lies, Canada's House of Commons discusses decriminalization and harm reduction in a debate over Bill C-216, plus Prof. Susan C. Boyd, PhD, on her new book Heroin: An Illustrated History. Read more

Navigating Prison Journalism

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Prison Pipeline we're joined by Yukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha, Co-Founders and Co-Executive Directors of the Prison Journalism Project, to discuss PJP's new project the Prison Journalism Navigator. Read more

O, Canada

Airs at: Wed, 05/18/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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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 London I... Read more

Acting Locally

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