Doug McVay

25ey_1678_x_281.png
donation_events_839_x_281.png catalog_web_banner.png

 

Authored by: 
Produced for (Program name): 
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.

Name: 
Doug McVay

Mass Incarceration 2024: The Whole Pie

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Download audio file
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: Mass Incarceration in 2024: The Whole Pie. The Prison Policy Initiative has released a new report on the US carceral system. Entitled Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024, the report is a massive undertaking that provides a detailed lo... Read more

#CND67 Part Four: The Side Events

Airs at: Wed, 04/10/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
Download audio file
This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part Four: The Side Events. On this edition of Century of Lies, Part Four of our coverage of the Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This week we hear highlights from some of the many side events that were hel... Read more

#CND67 Part Three

Airs at: Wed, 04/03/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part Three. On this edition of Century of Lies, Part Three of our coverage of the Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This week we hear from Charity Monareng, Executive Director of Students for Sensible Drug ... Read more

#CND67 Part Two: Voices of Civil Society

Airs at: Wed, 03/27/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part Two: Voices of Civil Society. On this edition of Century of Lies, Part Two of our coverage of the Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. This week we feature some of the voices of civil society at the CND in... Read more

Through The Policy Loophole

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
Download audio file
On this edition of Free Culture Radio: Through the Policy Loophole. Drugs, like so many other things, were much simpler in the Twentieth Century. On this month’s Free Culture Radio, host Doug McVay is joined in conversation with Alyssa Harlow, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cl... Read more

#CND67 Part One

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
Download audio file
This week on Century of Lies: #CND67 Part One. On this edition of Century of Lies, Part One of our coverage of the Sixty-Seventh Session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs. We hear from Luis Gilberto Murillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia; Camilo Eduardo Um... Read more

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Download audio file
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: The Times They Are A-Changin’. Vice President Kamala Harris meets at the White House with marijuana legalization advocates. Plus, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs holds its Sixty-Seventh Session in Vienna, Austria. We hear from Volker ... Read more

Safer Consumption Sites Save Lives

Airs at: Wed, 03/13/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
Download audio file
This week on Century of Lies: Safer Consumption Sites Save Lives. In Canada, activists and harm reduction advocates are organizing to resist closure of overdose prevention sites across the province of Ontario. We hear from Nick Boyce with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition,... Read more

The Next Big Thing

Airs at: Wed, 03/06/2024 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for Century Of Lies
Download audio file
This week on Century of Lies: The Next Big Thing. Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids, some of which are stronger than fentanyl, which are starting to show up in the unregulated drug markets in the US and the EU. On February 22, Ireland’s Health Service Executive hel... Read more

One In Five

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Download audio file
On this edition of Prison Pipeline: One In Five. On February 8, The Sentencing Project, Berkeley School of Theology, and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation co-hosted a webinar entitled One in Five: Ending Mass Incarceration and its Racial Disparities, which examined ... Read more