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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Unbroken Brain: interview with journalist and author Maia Szalavitz

Airs at: Wed, 06/01/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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KBOO's Doug McVay interviews journalist and author Maia Szalavitz about her new book Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction. Maia Szalavitz is one of the premier American journalists covering addiction and drugs. She is co-author of Born for Love... Read more

Century Of Lies for May 29, 2016

Airs at: Sun, 05/29/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week: We look back at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs and hear from the presidents of Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia. Read more

Century Of Lies for May 22 2016

Airs at: Sun, 05/22/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week: we speak with author and journalist Maia Szalavitz about addiction, overdose, and her new book Unbroken Brain; plus we talk about criminal justice with death row DNA exoneree Kirk Bloodsworth. Read more

Kirk Bloodsworth, Death Row DNA Exoneree

Airs at: Mon, 05/16/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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Kirk Bloodsworth, Death Row DNA Exoneree In 1985, Kirk Noble Bloodsworth was sentenced to die in a Maryland penitentiary for the brutal rape and murder of 9 year old Dawn Hamilton. A crime he did not commit.  He had witnesses who could place him at home at the time of the ... Read more

Century Of Lies for May 15 2016

Airs at: Sun, 05/15/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week we speak with California NORML's Dale Gieringer, and Portland NORML's Scott Gordon, plus we hear from author and marijuana expert Robert C. Clarke. Read more

Century Of Lies for May 8 2016

Airs at: Sun, 05/08/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week we bring you sounds from the first annual cannabis Cultivation Classic in Portland, Oregon, including interviews with US Representative Earl Blumenauer, author Robert C. Clarke, and activist Madeline Martinez. Read more

Century Of Lies for May 1, 2016

Airs at: Sun, 05/01/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week: more from the recent UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, the UNGASS. We speak with Adam Eidinger with DC Marijuana Justice; author, journalist, and hemp advocate Doug Fine; and radical journalist and drug policy reformer Enrico Fletzer. Read more

Century Of Lies for April 24 2016

Airs at: Sun, 04/24/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century Of Lies we speak with Dr. Ciara Torres, a researcher and postdoctoral research fellow at the Columbia University School of Social Work; and with Phil Smith, reporter and editor at the Drug War Chronicle and AlterNet; plus part of an interview with Billy... Read more

Century Of Lies for April 17 2016

Airs at: Sun, 04/17/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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This week on Century Of Lies, host Doug McVay and DTN Executive Producer Dean Becker are at the Patients Out of Time conference. They talk with Neill Franklin, Executive Director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, about marijuana, the drug war, the murder of Freddy Gra... Read more