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Community Calendar 3/28-29

Airs at: Fri, 03/27/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Community Calendar
Community Calendar Weekend of March 28-29, 2009 Produced by Natalie B.   Event Summary   The Better Living Show Home, Garden, and Sustainable Lifestyle Show March 27-29 Portland Expo Center 2060 North Marine Drive Free admission www.betterlivingshow.org   International SWAN (S... Read more

Health and Health Care Forum

Airs at: Sun, 03/22/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  "Four Health Care Advocates Talk about the Oregon State Legislature."    Roberta Hall moderates a discussion with Joe Zaerr representing the Archimedes Movement, Betty Johnson representing Health Care for All Oregonand Mid-Valley Health Care Advocates, and Mike Huntington... Read more

Political Perspectives on 03/24/09

Airs at: Tue, 03/24/2009 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Emily Young interviews Joel Berg, author of "All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America?" In his new book Joel Berg looks at the growing number of people who are hungry in America. He  takes to task politicians who remain inactive; the media, which ignores hunger except d... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 16, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 03/15/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Denise Morris, this program features discussions of single payer health insurance, a strike against a hedge-fund owned cookie company in Brooklyn, a movie about ambiguous gender, and a psychological investigation of political apathy.  To hear the whole show, clic... Read more

Action on Single-Payer

Airs at: Sun, 03/15/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Why we need single-payer health insurance and how to get it.   Russell Mokhiber, ace crime reporter for Multinational Monitor talks about the crimes of the private insurance companies and how a new activist organization, Single Payer Action, is going to get Single Payer reco... Read more

Dr. Sharol Tilgner and Herbal Medicine: From The Heart Of The Earth

Airs at: Sun, 03/15/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Host Dr. David Naimon interviews Dr. Sharol Tilgner, naturopathic physician, herbalist, founder of Wise Woman Herbals, and author of "Herbal Medicine: From The Heart of the Earth."  Her web site is called Herbal Transitions. Read more

Concerned over Central City Concern; Also: Marching for Peace

Airs at: Wed, 03/11/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Central City Concern, with a $33 million annual budget and 23 buildings, is the city's biggest nonprofit landlord in downtown Portland. Some of the nonprofit's tenants, however, say their landlord has let apartment buildings fall into disrepair and disregarded tenants'deman... Read more

Animal Rights Volunteer Round-Up

Airs at: Sun, 03/08/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
 The Versatile Vegan Becca Bartleson interviews members of animal rights and vegan organizations at Food Fight's 2nd annual "Animal Rights Volunteer Roundup." Groups like In Defense of Animals, TryVegan PDX, the Lighthouse Sanctuary and the Portland Animal Defense League ta... Read more

LGBTQ Community and Health

Airs at: Sun, 03/08/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Hosted by: David Naimon   A round table discussion with organizers and presenters of the upcoming Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer Meaningful Care Conference.  Discussing health concerns specific to the LGBTQ community. Read more

Arjun Makhijani on the Nuclear Power Fiasco

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Thirty years ago this country's nuclear program came to a halt after the disasterous accident and meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility in Pennsylvania. Since then we are still debating how to safely store in perpetuity countless tons of high level radioactive ... Read more