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The Day to Day Fight to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 09/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The State of Oregon is partnering with school districts and education service districts across the state to reduce chronic student absenteeism. Chronic Absenteeism is different from traditional concepts like truancy or delinquency, and aims to capture all absences from a... Read more

What Is the Feet to the Fire Campaign?

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    In the wake of the recent release of the autopsy report for Jason Washington, a 45-year-old man shot dead by PSU police officers in June, the seeming futility of seeking justice for police violence is again in Portland's public eye. The autopsy report comes just six d... Read more

Stigma, Language, and Recovery

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
This edition of Free Culture Radio is our Recovery Month Special. We look at addiction, dependence, recovery, stigma, and language with Sheila Vakharia, PhD, with the Office of Academic Engagement at the Drug Policy Alliance, and the journalist and best-selling author Maia ... Read more

Recovery Month Special

Airs at: Sun, 09/09/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
September is Recovery Month, so this week on Century of Lies we speak with Sheila Vakharia, PhD, Policy Manager of the Office of Academic Engagement at the Drug Policy Alliance, about recovery, stigma, and harm reduction. Drug Policy Alliance   Read more

World War D

Airs at: Wed, 08/15/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Our guest today is Michael Krawitz from Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access. Mike is a veteran of the US Air Force with a service-related disability. He’s a medical cannabis patient, an advocate and organizer both for veterans and for medical cannabis patients, and a longt... Read more

Insectuality: Love Songs and Death Dances from a Panamanian Rain Forest at OMSI

Airs at: Wed, 08/29/2018 at 8:00pm - 8:30pm
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Event:  OMSI After Dark:  Good Vibrations, 700-1100 PM August 29th, 2018 Where: OMSI 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214 Tickets:  www.omsi.edu IMPORTANT NOTE buying a ticket DOES NOT guarantee entrance to the planetarium for this show ONLY. Planetarium doors are at 7:... Read more

Threshold Shift + KBOO + OMSI = Ultrasonic Good Time

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Event:  OMSI After Dark:  Good Vibrations, 700-1100 PM August 29th, 2018 Where: OMSI 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214 Tickets:  www.omsi.edu Location & Time of Soundscape:  OMSI Planetarium, 8 PM ONE SHOWING ONLY, capacity 186 Insectuality:  Ultrasonic Love Songs ... Read more

Sane Vegan Transition: Sabrina Louise

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Madness Radio
  Does a diet without animal products improve mental health? Why can changing to plant based nutrition be so hard to sustain? And are people's food ethics a symptom of eating disorder and neglected self care? Sabrina Louise, a vegan chef, consultant at Portland Community C... Read more

Retired...or ReWired? Episode 14: Dealing with Alzheimer's Disease

Airs at: Tue, 07/17/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
  Dr. Allison Lindauer, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at OHSU Alison Lindauer is a nationally-certified gerontological nurse practitioner with a PhD. In gerontological nursing. As an assistant professor at OHSU's Layton Aging and ... Read more

Retired...or Rewired:? Episode 18: The MIT AgeLab

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Retired...or ReWired?
18.  The Future of Aging   Julie Miller is a Research Associate at the MITAgeLab and a Lecturer at Northeastern University. She is a gerontologicalsocial worker by training and studied at The University of California, Berkeley, and at Northeastern University in Boston. Jul... Read more