Latest Programs
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:47 a.m.
Lavinia Rodriguez, PH.D. clinical psychologist and the author of Mind Over Fat Matters: Conquering Psychological Barriers to Weight Management. PART 1
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:44 a.m.
Jeff Brown, author of Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:41 a.m.
Matt Goulding, co-author of the national best seller, Eat This, Not That, will talk about his latest in the series, Drink This Not That! The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:38 a.m.
Alicia Stanton, MD author of Hormone Harmony: How to Balance Insulin, Cortisol, Thyroid, Estrogen, Progesterone and Testosterone To Live Your Best Life
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:35 a.m.
Judith Wurtman, Ph.D, author of The Serotonin Power Diet: Eat Carbs--Nature's Own Appetite Suppressant--to Stop Emotional Overeating and Halt Antidepressant-Associated Weight Gain
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:32 a.m.
Connie Strasheim, author of Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment: 13 Lyme-Literate Health Care Practitioners Share Their Healing Strategies
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:27 a.m.
Ian Jacklin, Owner of Co-Independent Pictures.com talks about his documentary, icurecancer.com
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:25 a.m.
Bucky Buckaw has an agenda to replace factory farming with backyard agriculture - one coop at a time.. On this rebroadcast Bucky pays tribute to the great, great, great, great grandfather of urban chickening, Ulisse Aldrovandi.
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:24 a.m.
Darra Torres Olympic Swimmer and author of GOLD MEDAL FITNESS. At the age of 42, swimmer and new mom Dara Torres competed in her fifth Olympic Gamesâ¦..and came home with three silver medals, bringing her total to twelve!
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:21 a.m.
Brenda Shoshanna, Ph.D, author of The Anger Diet, will talk about her latest book, Fearless: The 7 Principles of Peace of Mind
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:19 a.m.
Elizabeth Tenhouten, skincare expert and author of Cooking Well: Beautiful Skin: Over 75 Antioxidant-Rich Recipes for Glowing Skin
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:14 a.m.
Chris Linnares, Ph.D Creator of "Diva Dance" part 2
Aug. 3, 2010, 4:12 a.m.
Chris Linnares, Ph.D Creator of "Diva Dance"
Aug. 3, 2010, 1:25 a.m.
Exploring southern bar-band musics, hip-hop, punk rock, country, n' other styles of drankin'...
Aug. 2, 2010, 9:20 p.m.
A U.S. group has unveiled a billboard campaign urging Americans to reconsider their travel plans to Alberta because of the province's tar sands development. We speak with Michael Marx, executive director of Corporate Ethics International.
Survivor Spoken Word with Leah Harris
Aug. 2, 2010, 8:17 p.m.
Leah Harris was orphaned after both parents were diagnosed with schizophrenia and died from medication toxicity. Today she is a leading voice in survivor activism, and her powerful spoken word poetry, including "I Was A Teenage Mental Patient," has been featured in publications including Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution, and DC Poets against the War: An Anthology. Leah is also the co-coordinator of the US Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry. Buy her new cd "Take Refuge" at the National Empowerment Center: http://bit.ly/7f5kyN. www.myspace.com/dharmamamaleah, www.usnusp.org/
Schizophrenia Psychotherapy with Cathy Penney
Aug. 2, 2010, 8:13 p.m.
Can a severe, chronic case of "schizophrenia" ever recover? Is psychotherapy an alternative to medications? What role does trauma play in madness? Hear the inspiring story of how Catherine Penney, RN, was catatonic and locked in a hospital back ward for years, and then emerged to create a new alternative healing community.
Prison Mental Health with Terry Kupers
Aug. 2, 2010, 7:45 p.m.
The US incarcerates more people than any country in the world - and 70% are people of color. Do we need better mental health care inside prisons -- or do prisons themselves cause trauma and madness? Psychiatrist and civil lawsuit expert witness Dr.Terry Kupers, author of Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It, discusses overcrowding, racism, sensory deprivation, isolation, and sexual abuse in the disgraceful US prison system.
Violent Voices with Erica van den Akker
Aug. 2, 2010, 7:40 p.m.
People who hear voices are no more violent than anyone else -- but what about the small number of voice hearers that do actually commit violent crimes? Are medications and locked wards the best way to help those who act on their aggressive "command hallucinations?" Dutch psychiatric social worker and Hearing Voices Movement member Erica van den Akker discusses her innovative counseling work with violent offenders in the Netherlands.
Open Dialog Alternative Mary Olson
Aug. 2, 2010, 7:33 p.m.
Is a 'psychotic' crisis inside one person's mind -- or does it happen between people, in their relationship? Can therapy untangle the web of madness by addressing the family, providers, and entire social network? Smith College social worker and Fullbright scholar Mary Olson discusses the innovative work of Jaakko Seikkula's Open Dialog Approach in Finland, which has achieved dramatic success helping people through extreme states labeled 'psychosis' and 'schizophrenia' -- while relying much less on medication and hospitalization.
Conservatives closing prison farms
Aug. 2, 2010, 7:33 p.m.
Farms have operated in Canadian prisons for more than 100 years. The farms provide meaningful work experience for inmates and contribute to local food sustainability. But they are all slated to close. Jon Steinman of Deconstructing Dinner on Kootenay Coop Radio has been following this story since the closures first started in 2009.
Aug. 2, 2010, 7:01 p.m.
When a South Korean military vessel off the coast of North Korea in March, fingers were pointed at North Korea. Erich Weingartner says the evidence isn't there to support these claims.
"The Erosion of Civilizations (w/David Montgomery & Ronald Wright)"
Aug. 2, 2010, 5:23 p.m.
Schizophrenia and Black Politics Jonathan Metzl
Aug. 2, 2010, 4:48 p.m.
Metzl's new book delves into the history of schizophrenia as a disease. From its beginnings as a housewife's disease the symptoms of which included lack of enthusiasm for housework, to schizophrenia as it's understood today. Along the way, there has been a higher correlation of diagnoses among African American males that began with the civil rights movement and continues until this day. What is schizophrenia? How does it relate to racism and the anger necessary for social change? These are just a few questions provocatively discussed in this episode of Madness Radio.
Aug. 2, 2010, 4:44 p.m.
In 1932, the Bonus Marchers or Bonus Army descended on Washington hoping to be paid their promised bonus ahead of time to ward off the dire effects of the great depression. Although massive, the Bonus Marchers were generally peaceful and even optimistic. Here is a short song made famous from that time.
Corruption in RCMP & CSIS & a G20 Month in Rewind & 'Dispersing the Fog'
Aug. 2, 2010, 4:07 p.m.
Feature interview with Paul Palango author of 'Dispersing the Fog' and clips of the G20 Toronto, a rewind to the weekend with audio from the protests, and more...
July 22, 2010 -- Deep Politics: Personal Reflections
Aug. 2, 2010, 3:28 p.m.
Cheyl interviews Kevin--like herself, an organizer of the recent "Understanding Deep Politics" conference in Santa Cruz. Kevin reflects on several issues discussed at the conference: 9-11 and other "false-flag" operations, fiat currency and the economic crisis, the withering of democracy, and the corruption of the corporate media. Afterwards, Cheryl describes government spying on lawful, peaceful advocacy groups.
Aug. 2, 2010, 1:58 p.m.
This is Peace Radio for June 13, 2010. This week's program includes a discussion of the U.S. and empire building. Includes regular items, such as the Human Toll, news headlines and book and movie reviews.
The Unforseen Cost of Civilization
Aug. 2, 2010, 1:36 p.m.
In this edition of Radio Curious we visit again with Spencer Wells and discuss his latest book, âPandoraâs Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization,â published in 2010.
âPandoraâs Seedâ tells the story of what we humans, with our hunter-gatherer biological construct have created in the past 10,000 years. These multiple live style changes have produced what we call âcivilization,â with systems and mechanisms that will not allow us to continue the life-styles that are emulated by many people world-wide, and exploited by those who have access to them. In other words we canât last much longer doing what we are doing without radically reducing the way we all live, if not outright killing our species .
Penny Wong's marriage rights+Alec Mapa on "The View"+LGBT news
Aug. 2, 2010, 1:22 p.m.
Loyalties collide for a lesbian Aussie Cabinet Minister; a gay comic actor schmoozes with "The View" crew; Jerusalem Pride marches from mourning to commitment, a busted Zimbabwe activist goes free despite the latest presidential anti-gay diatribe, Argentina's first equal knots are tied, couples court rights in New Jersey, Arizona, Montana and Hawai'i, and more LGBT news from around the world.