Jun 26, 2022
In this episode we are focusing on something positive. Scientists are coming up with ideas that could solve some of the toughest problems we're facing: the climate crisis and wildfires, and the epidemic of obesity and diabetes. First, Taifo Mahmud with Oregon State University's College of Pharmacy just had his...
Jun 20, 2022
Research that’s now nationally published, from Oregon State University shows a link between COVID-19 and certain psychiatric disorders.
The O.S.U. study found people had a roughly 25 percent increased risk of developing a psychiatric disorder in the four months after a COVID-19 infection, compared to people who had...
Jun 13, 2022
We are talking about air and water in this episode. First, air.
You can help make your own lungs healthier, while promoting clean air and lung health, with a big climb that’s coming up at Portland’s “Big Pink” Building, on June 26th. It’s called, “The Fight for Air Climb.” I checked in with...
Jun 6, 2022
Juneteenth is coming up soon, on Sunday, June 19th. I had the opportunity for a wide ranging conversation, with Pulitzer prize winning author and Harvard professor, Annette Gordon-Reed, after she visited Portland recently. We talked about her book about Juneteenth, Portland’s rally against hate, the recent mass murder...