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Airs at: Wed, 12/18/2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Indigenous people from Bolivia demonstrating at the United Nations for their right to grow and use coca.
Drug policy reform protest outside UN headquarters, NYC, April 2016
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Doug McVay
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Free Culture Radio
An examination of drugs, drug cultures, and the influence of drugs on society

 

Drugs in society and society on drugs

Third Wednesday of each month from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Free Culture Radio is an examination of drugs, drug cultures, and the ineluctable, indelible, and indispensable influence of drugs on society. Free Culture Radio neither promotes the use of any drugs nor condemns people for being involved in drugs. To the extent that drug use presents problems for individuals or society, those problems are made worse and more intractable when people who use drugs are treated as “others” and ignored, stigmatized, and even brutalized.

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Drugs, Law/Court/Crime, Arts/Culture, Community Building, Faith/Religion/Spirituality, Film, Global Affairs, Media, Recovery, Disability, Health, History
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Decriminalization: It's What Works

Airs at: Wed, 11/18/2020 at 12:00am - 12:30am
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio we're joined by comedian and journalist Ngaio Bealum to talk about the election, politics, and life. Plus: The decriminalization of drug use is about much more than just treating drug use as a health issue. Decriminalization of drug use... Read more

Activist Journalism

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this installment of Free Culture Radio: activist journalism and the legalization movement. Seattle Hempfest is normally held on the third weekend of the year at Myrtle Edwards Park in Seattle, right on the Puget Sound. Thanks to Covid, 2020 is nothing normal. There's no... Read more

Remembering A Friend

Airs at: Wed, 09/16/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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Kevin Zeese was an attorney, writer, and progressive political leader. Kevin passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 5, 2020. On this edition of Free Culture Radio, host Doug McVay remembers his colleague, mentor, and longtime friend who first inspired him to get involved in drug... Read more

Perspective: Use It Or Lose It

Airs at: Wed, 08/19/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio we speak with Haven Wheelock, syringe services coordinator for Outside In and one of the chief petitioners for Oregon Ballot Measure 110, about harm reduction, overdose prevention, and decriminalizing people who use drugs; and we hear U... Read more

Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Harm Reduction, Decriminalization

Airs at: Wed, 07/15/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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Doctor Sheila Vakharia, Deputy Director of the Department of Research and Academic Engagement for the Drug Policy Alliance, from a panel organized by the Chicago Recovery Alliance entitled Tweaking Our Harm Reduction: A Stimulants Webinar. Read more

Corruption, Brutality, and the New Fourth Rule

Airs at: Wed, 06/17/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on June 10, 2020 entitled Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability. We’ll hear from some of the witnesses, including: Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense an... Read more

The American Hemp Farmer

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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Doug Fine is a journalist, a farmer, a goat herd, a hemp farmer and activist, and a best-selling author. His new book is American Hemp Farmer: Adventures and Misadventures in the Cannabis Trade, just released by Chelsea Green Publishing. I had the pleasure of speaking with ... Read more

Conversation with Professor Mitch Earleywine, PhD

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this installment of Free Culture Radio, we go deep in conversation with Professor Mitch Earleywine, PhD, a professor of psychology at SUNY-Albany, noted author and researcher, and member of the advisory board for NORML. Prof. Earleywine's lectures at YouTube   Read more

Drug Use In The Time Of Pandemic

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On this edition of Free Culture Radio we’re going to talk about harm reduction services for people who use stimulants, or rather we’re going to listen to portions of a panel on the subject that featured Mike Discepola with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Mindy Vincent wi... Read more

Knowledge Into Action

Airs at: Wed, 02/19/2020 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
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On the new installment of Free Culture Radio: putting knowledge into action. The evidence for supervised consumption facilities is clear and incontrovertible. Some will say yeah but the feds will never approve. Others get off their butts and work to make change happen. Audi... Read more