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Citizens Respond to Latest COCL Report on Police Reform

Airs at: Tue, 10/17/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Compliance Officer and Community Liaison (COCL) is the body tasked with independently assessing the city's compliance with a 2012 Settlement with the US Department of Justice. The settlement (pdf) was reached after years of community agitation over excessive force by po... Read more

Labor Radio on 10/16/17 - Interview w/ Portland City Council candidate

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  The Candidates Speak Host Michael Cathcart sits down with Philip J. Wolfe, candidate for Portland City Council seat #2.   Connect with Michael on Twitter @MichaelBCath (Show starts at timestamp: -29:15)  Read more

MSF "Forced from Home" Exhibition Starts Today in Pioneer Square

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Starting today and running through October 22, the international medical aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will be holding a free, interactive outdoor exhibition in Pioneer Courthouse Square called "Forced from Home," which invites you to see ... Read more

Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban in Court

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In May, voters in Lincoln County, Oregon, which stretches along the coast from Lincoln City to Yachats, approved a measure banning the aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. The new ordinance was almost immediately the subject of a lawsuit brought against the county... Read more

Up & Over

Airs at: Thu, 10/12/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  What can you personally do to help vulnerable people during the harsh winter months? Our guest is Up and Over founder Javonnie Shearn, who was this year appointed by the governor to the Board of Directors at the Oregon State Hospital. We'll be talking about Up and Over's... Read more

Making America Healthy Again: Stephen Bezruchka

Airs at: Tue, 09/26/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The U.S. pays more for health care than any other country yet has shamefully poor results. People are paying through the nose for their hospital stays, surgeries and prescription drugs. An MRI in the U.S. costs five times what it costs in Australia. Instead of quality af... Read more

Hearing Voices: Lisa Forestell

Airs at: Mon, 08/07/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Madness Radio
  What is it like to hear voices? Are all voices harmful or can they also be helpers? What does voice hearing say about the human mind - and the society we live in? And how can we support people who hear voices? Lisa Forestell has heard voices since she was a child. She is... Read more

Protesters Interrupt Police Swearing-In Ceremony

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This morning, the Portland Police Bureau swore in 13 new officers and two professional staff at the downtown Portland Building. The ceremony was interrupted briefly by protesters who called out the police, and Chief Mike Marshman in particular, for failing to prevent seven ... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 07/28/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Founder of the Disability Visibility Project and storytelling fellow from Making Contact, Alice Wong, and I chat not just about bringing the figurative voices of disability into radio and podcasting more, but actual disabled voices. Voices where you can hear that the person... Read more

Transitioning from Prison

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Emma Lugo speaks with Anna Debenham, a counselor and advocate for recently and currently incarcerated persons, and with former insiders and gang members, Karl Armstrong and Brandon Brown, members of Phoenix Rising Transitions who recently paroled after being in prison ... Read more