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Returning vets at risk for suicide--a challenge to mental health care in the armed forces

Airs at: Fri, 12/17/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30pm
Hosts Northwest Vets for Peace discuss suicide among veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. They also feature an interview from the Talk Nation Radio show with 1st Infantryman Jeff Hanks who went AWOL to avoid redeployment to Afghanistan. Hanks had a panic attack ... Read more

Mad Pride: Living With Mental Diversity

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Join KBOO Madness Radio host Will Hall and guest Myriam Rahman, who are both survivors of severe mental illness diagnosis but who no longer view themselves as sick. What does it mean to live with madness? What can people with psychiatric diagnosis do to empower themselv... Read more

Black Farmers Settlement with USDA; Food Safety Modernization Act; Interview with the Curious Cook Harold McGee

Airs at: Sun, 12/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Food Show
President Obama just signed into law a $1.15 billion settlement with thousands of black farmers who were discriminated against by the United States Department of Agriculture. So we began the show with an update from John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmer... Read more

The Death of the New Deal - or - Obama's Tax Cut "Compromise"

Airs at: Tue, 12/14/2010 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris. Join Abe and Joe as we mourn the death of the New Deal. President Obama's  tax cut "compromise" spells out, in painful detail, the final death of the idea of liberalism as a governing philosophy. Obama was elected at the head of a po... Read more

Hohohomo Holiday Season

Airs at: Tue, 12/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Normal 0 Are you stressing about the holidaze? Tis the season to celebrate in our own hohohomo way, with gaymazing holiday music and more. We start the show with a song from the Indigo Girls "Your Holiday Song" Our first guest is Miranda May and we talk about how to sur... Read more

Neighborhoods Versus Cell Phone Towers

Airs at: Tue, 12/07/2010 at 12:00am
 Host Joe Uris invites concerned NE Portland Neighborhood Activists Susan Prows and Steve Cole in to talk about Cell Phone Towers in Portland.  Many city residents are opposed to the towers, and to the less-than-transparent methods being used to place them. See RespectPD... Read more

Daniel Mackler, a former psychotherapist who specialized in treating people with psychosis without medication.

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Madness Radio
 Host Will Hall speaks with Daniel Mackler, a former psychotherapist who specialized in treating people with psychosis without medication. He directed the recent film “Take These Broken Wings: Recovery from Schizophrenia Without Medication.” He is currently working on tw... Read more

Professor Dr. Courtney Campbell on "The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Society Stronger"

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Health and Healthcare Forum Produced by Roberta Hall A discussion of the book The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, by Richard Wilkenson and Kate Pickett. The authors compiled extensive international data to support their premise.  Dr. Courtney... Read more

More Talk Radio on 11/29/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
What kind of health care do you have?  Are you happy with it? What changes would you make?  On todays show Cecil Prescod hosts a call in show about health insurance. CD-1840   Read more

Oregon CAP talks about World AIDS day

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
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