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Harm Reduction in Seattle

Airs at: Sun, 11/26/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On Century of Lies this week: the city of Seattle adopted a new budget which includes money to start up a supervised consumption facility so we hear from Seattle residents Terina James and Marlys McConnell, as well as Seattle City Council member Rob Johnson. Plus the UK Hou... Read more

First Voices Radio: Tiokasin Ghosthorse

Airs at: Thu, 11/23/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  In the first half-hour of this special repeat edition of First Voices Radio, Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse talks with Corine Fairbanks. Corine, who is Oglala Lakota, is Director for the American Indian Movement, Southern California. She has been working in the social justice ... Read more

Getting to Universal Health Care

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Joshua Holland, who argues that current bills for single payer or Medicare for All are not tactically the best route to universal comprehensive health care for all. His recent article in The Nation lays out his vision.  Photo by Joe Newman.   Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 20, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick hosts, and we hear  Joshua Holland on how to get to Universal Health Care in the US  Cecelia Towner of BLM on responding to race & gender violence in Clark County Movie Moles on Family, Gender, & Capitalism in Miracle on 34th St (1947) Musical excerpts:... Read more

Natural Remedies for Menopause with Dana LaVoie

Airs at: Mon, 12/11/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  Uncontrollable weight gain and boiling hot flashes, crying one minute and angry the next... Menopause (or peri-menopause) is here - it's taking over your life - and you're seriously ready to get some relief and feel like yourself again.  Did you know that in a recent stu... Read more

The inside story of the Saudi night of long knives

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  from Asia Times: "The House of Saud’s King Salman devises an high-powered “anti-corruption” commission and appoints his son, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, a.k.a. MBS, as chairman. Right on cue, the commission detains 11 House of Saud princes, four current ministers... Read more

Native Voices from the Edge

Airs at: Thu, 11/16/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Guest hosts Cary Watters & Amory Zschach welcome Denise Wickert to speak about mental health in the Native community & Traci Price to discuss the intersection of environmental justice and environmental education. NAYA FAMILY CENTER IN 2061 Guided by our elders and trust... Read more

Local electroshock survivor brings historic class action lawsuit against device manufacturers

Airs at: Wed, 11/15/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    McMinnville-based Deborah Schwartzkopff is a retired trauma nurse with experience working in addictions with dual diagnosis clients. She has been an activist against the practice of Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT) since 2011, after she herself underwent extensive sho... Read more

Re-visiting Conflict is Not Abuse, by Sarah Schulman.

Airs at: Tue, 11/14/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Later this year, PICA and PNCA will host events involving writer Sarah Schuman. Information on the events is below. To warm up for what promises to be some very interesting conversation around Schulman's work and trhought, we are re-airing our conversation earlier this year... Read more

The Ketogenic Diet with Nasha Winters

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  The ketogenic diet―which relies on the body’s production of ketones as fuel―is the centerpiece of the book, The Metabolic Approach to Cancer by Dr. Nasha Winters and Jess Higgins Kelly. Further, Winters and Kelley explain how to harness the anticancer potential of phyton... Read more