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Voices from the Edge 03-17-11 A new look at Oregon's Measure 11 and its impacts

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  A new look at Oregon's Measure 11 and its impacts Kevin Mannix promised voters in 1994 that his Ballot Measure 11 establishing minimum mandatory sentences would create certainty in Oregon's criminal justice system. While the measure tripled the state's prison populatio... Read more

Nuke disaster worsens

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Al Jazeera reported  this morning that the Japanese Prime Minister had been heard shouting at the head of TEPCO, the nuclear power corporation in Japan,  ""What the hell is going on?!"  And surely the world echoes with his question.   Who developed Japanese nuclear power? W... Read more

Against Domestic Violence: The Movement

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In another of their series The Left and the Law, attorney Mike Snedeker talks with pyschologist Jan Haaken about her new book Hard Knocks: Domestic Violence and the Psychology of Story Telling.  They discuss some of the misleading dichotomies that have grown up in the stru... Read more

Dr. Gary Weiner talks about losing weight in a sustainable, healthy way

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Hosted by Dr. David Naimon Local naturopath and acupuncturist, Dr. Gary Weiner, of Pearl Natural Health,  discusses how to achieve sustainable, long-lasting weight loss in a healthy fashion. Read more

Voices from the Edge 03-10-11 Wray Harris

Airs at: Thu, 03/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
How's the war economy working for you? That's the question many Americans will be asking on March 19, the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. U.S. policymakers have little to show for eight years of fighting in Iraq and nine years of war in Afghanistan other t... Read more

Marriage Equality as Neoliberal Project

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise and Yasmin connect the struggle for LBGT rights with struggles against privatization and criticize how marriage equality obfuscates the fact that essential services like healthcare are not available to all, or in the case of education are under attack. Yasmin Nair is... Read more

Dr. Arnold Mindell discusses communicating with people diagnosed with mental illness.

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Madness Radio
 Hosted by Will Hall What is reality?  What does quantum physics tell us about reaching people in states labeled psychosis, bipolar, and schizophrenia? Are we living inside of a collective dream? Can therapists join with the alternate realities of their clients? Arnold Mind... Read more

Neoliberalism and the War on Women

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel reviews recent attacks on reproductive rights considers how "the neoconservative movement to enforce gender conformity and women's subordination dovetails with the neoliberal agenda of cutting social programs." The full-text version with media-links can be f... Read more

Dr. Mark Bricca discuses the importance of a Whole Person approach to Cancer Care

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Hosted by Dr. David Naimon Local naturopath, Dr. Mark Bricca, of Bodhicitta Healing Arts, discusses the importance of an individualized, whole-person approach to cancer care. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 7th

Airs at: Mon, 03/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today's show, hosted by Joe Clement, features interviews about teachers struggling against the businessizing of education, single-payer healthcare in Oregon, neoliberalism and gay marriage, and a Well Read Red about  the connection between the war against women and labor st... Read more