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Tune in to KBOO 90.7 FM at 11:00am the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Mondays of each month

Upcoming shows

• Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche
  Mar 15, 2010
  An interview with Ethan Watters, author of "Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche." Not only is America exporting Mc Donald's, strip malls and the latest movie blockbuster, according to Watters we are also exporting Western ideas about mental illness. Learn why Watters says: "We should worry about the loss of diversity in the world's differing conceptions for mental illness in the same way we worry about the loss of biodiversity in nature."
• The Holistic Baby Guide
  Mar 1, 2010
  An interview with Randall Neustaedter author of "The Holistic Baby Guide: Alternative Care for Common Health Problems." Learn holistic solutions for colic and other worrisome digestive disorders, for healing eczema, cradle cap, and diaper rash, for treating colds, fevers and ear infections and for strengthening your baby's immune system.
• The Ten Things You Need to Eat
  Feb 15, 2010
  An interview with New York Times health and science writer Anahad O'Connor about his new book Ten Things You Need to Eat and 100 Easy and Delicious Ways to Prepare Them.
• A Holistic Approach to Depression
  Feb 8, 2010
  How well do pharmaceuticals really work for mild to moderate depression? It turns out, not much better than placebo. Dr. Kim Hapke, a local naturopathic physician, and professor of psychology at the National College of Natural Medicine, discusses the long-term benefits of approaching depression, not simply from the perspective of neurotransmitter deficiency, but from a holistic individualized perspective.
• A Holistic Approach to Weight Loss
  Feb 1, 2010
  Local naturopathic physician, Dr. Jennifer Tufenkian, discusses the benefits of using a holistic, individualized, mind-body approach to achieve your optimal weight.
• Change Your Genetic Destiny
  Jan 11, 2010
  An interview with Dr. Peter D'Adamo, the author of the bestselling, Eat Right 4 Your Type, about his new book, Change Your Genetic Destiny: Your Personalized Plan to Lose Weight, Boost Energy and Improve Immunity.
• Hormone Balancing
  Jan 4, 2010
  A discussion with the co-founders of Menopausibilites about ways to identify and treat hormone imbalances naturally.
• Community Acupuncture
  Nov 16, 2009
  Discussion of the Community Acupuncture model, making acupuncture accessible to all income levels.
• Healing Digestive Disorders
  Nov 9, 2009
  Herbalist Andrew Gaeddert, author of Healing Digestive Disorders: Natural Treatments for Gastrointestinal Conditions, and Chinese Herbs in the Western Clinic, discusses natural approaches to chronic digestive complaints.
• Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human
  Nov 2, 2009
  Richard Wrangham, professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University, discusses how our switch from raw to cooked foods was a key factor in human evolution.
• Victory Over ADHD
  Oct 19, 2009
  Deborah Merlin, the author of Victory Over ADHD discusses a holistic approach for helping children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
• The Ultramind Solution
  Oct 12, 2009
  An interview with Dr. Mark Hyman, author of The Ultramind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First.
• NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
  Oct 5, 2009
  NurtureShock is a groundbreaking collaboration between award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. They argue that when it comes to children, we've mistaken good intentions for good ideas. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, they demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked. Nothing like a parenting manual, the authors' work is an insightful exploration of themes and issues that transcend children's (and adults') lives.
• How to Boost Your Immunity During Fall/Winter
  Sep 21, 2009
  An interview with Ellen Goldsmith, acupuncturist and professor of Chinese Diet Therapy.
• Progressive Mental Health for Young Adults
  Sep 14, 2009
  Members of the Early Assessment and Support Alliance talk about their program to help young adults who suffer from the type of psychosis that if left untreated would lead to schizophrenia. Early effective treatment helps young people to graduate from school, keep their friends, maintain family unity and, have successful careers and lives in our communities.
• Birth Day
  Aug 17, 2009
  Dr. Mark Sloan discusses his book "Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth."
• The Menopause Thyroid Solution
  Aug 10, 2009
  New York Times bestselling author Mary Shomon discusses her new book The Menopause Thyroid Solution: Overcoming Menopause by Solving Your Hidden Thyroid Problems.
• The Complete Eldercare Planner
  Aug 3, 2009
  An interview with Joy Loverde, a leading consultant in adult caregiving, and the author of The Complete Eldercare Planner: Where to Start, Which Questions to Ask and How to Find Help
• The End of Overeating
  Jul 20, 2009
  An interview with former FDA commissioner, Dr. David A. Kessler, about his book "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite," a book that reveals just how the food industry is fueling the country's dangerous and costly eating epidemic
• Building Bone Vitality
  Jul 6, 2009
  An interview with Amy Lanou, the author of Building Bone Vitality. Learn the dietary keys to osteoporosis prevention, the problems with the calcium hypothesis, and a wealth of other bone-health information.
• Flu Prevention and Treatment
  Jun 1, 2009
  An interview with doctor of Oriental Medicine and author of the Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, Randall Neustaedter, about the swine flu. How to prepare for its return this fall. Strategies of prevention and treatment.
• The Benefits of Yoga
  May 18, 2009
  An interview with Yogi Amrit Desai, one of the earliest pioneers of Yoga in the West. Yogi Desai has been an internationally recognized authority on yoga and holistic living for over 40 years and is coming to Portland to lead a seminar in Amrit Yoga.
• Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty
  May 11, 2009
  An interview with Mark Winne about his book Closing the Food Gap. Closing the Food Gap exposes America's dangerous dietary split: from patrons of food pantries, bodegas, and convenience stores to the more comfortable classes who increasingly seek out organic and local products. Calling largely on his own experience in food activism, and mixing in surprisingly witty observations, Mark Winne ultimately envisions realistic partnerships in which family farms and impoverished communities come together to get healthy, locally produced food onto everyone's table.
• Magnificent Mind At Any Age
  May 4, 2009
  An interview with New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel G. Amen about natural ways to treat anxiety, depression, memory problems, ADD and insomnia.
• Life Over Cancer
  Apr 20, 2009
  An interview with Dr. Keith Block about an integrative approach to cancer treatment and recovery.
• Guide to the Great Beyond
  Apr 13, 2009
  A practical primer to help people prepare medically, legally and emotionally for the end of life. An interview with New York Times health columnist Jane Brody about her new book.
• Medical Errors and Patient Safety
  Apr 6, 2009
  Learn about medical errors, and what you can do to protect yourself. An interview with Jim Dameron, the administrator of the Oregon Patient Safety Commission, and Joyce de Monnin, the chair of the commission and a leader on economic security and health care quality for AARP Oregon.
• Herbal Medicine
  Mar 16, 2009
  An interview with herbalist and naturopath Dr. Sharol Tilgner about her book "Herbal Medicine: From the Heart of the Earth"
• Meaningful Care Conference
  Mar 9, 2009
  A round table discussion about the specific health concerns, and obstacles to healthcare for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.
• The Role of Food Intolerances
  Mar 2, 2009
  Local naturopathic physician, Dr. Courtney Jackson discusses how to identify food intolerances, and why their removal can improve one's health.
• Chef MD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine
  Feb 9, 2009
  Dr. John LaPuma demonstrates how to use your kitchen as a medicine cabinet, in his book ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing Disease and Getting Really Healthy. With easy to make recipes, Dr. LaPuma shows us what food to eat, and how to prepare it in a tasty fashion, for a variety of health conditions.
• The World is Fat
  Feb 2, 2009
  An interview with Barry Popkin, professor of global nutrition at the University of North Carolina, about his book The World is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies and Products that are Fattening the Human Race. Popkin argues that widespread obesity and chronic diseases that contribute to the bulk of deaths in the world are less a result of poor individual dietary choices than a consequence of governments and multinationals having more and more power to shape our everyday lives.
• What is Adrenal Burnout and How Can you Deal with it Naturally?
  Jan 12, 2009
  An interview with naturopathic physician, acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist, Dr. Gary Weiner.
• Vegan Cooking
  Jan 5, 2009
  David Gabbe, the author of David's Pure Vegetarian Kitchen, discusses the benefits of a vegan diet
• You:Being Beautiful; An Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty
  Dec 1, 2008
  An interview with bestselling author Dr. Michael Rozen about his new book.
• Comfortably Numb
  Nov 24, 2008
  Interview with Charles Barber about his book "Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation." Barber explores the ways pharmaceutical companies exert pressure on Americans to medicate themselves, how America has come to account for 66% of the global consumption of antidepressants, and how without an industry to promote them, nonpharmaceutical approaches that have the potential to help millions, are tragically overlooked.
• Chinese Diet Therapy for Fall and Winter
  Nov 10, 2008
  Acupuncturist and herbalist, Ellen Goldsmith, talks about how to optimize one's health in fall and winter with Chinese Diet Therapy.
• Unstuck
  Nov 3, 2008
  An Interview with Dr. James S. Gordon about "Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression" Heralded by holistic doctors from Andrew Weil to Dean Ornish to Christine Northrup, Unstuck is a practical guide to healing depression without the use of anti-depressants by a world-renowned Harvard-trained psychiatrist.
• The Queen of Fats
  Oct 27, 2008
  Interview with author Susan Allport about "The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed From the Western Diet and What We Can Do To Replace Them."
• Getting Whole, Getting Well
  Oct 6, 2008
  An interview with Dr. Iris Bell, board-certified psychiatrist, alternative medicine researcher, award-winning author and university professor. She will discuss her new book "Getting Whole, Getting Well: Healing Holistically From Chronic Illness." Instead of offering an encyclopedia of different therapies, Getting Whole, Getting Well helps you create a personalized holistic healing plan that works. It guides the reader in choosing the best alternative therapies for their conditions, how to integrate alternative therapies into one's existing medical care, explaining what to expect and how long different therapies should take to work, and how to avoid common mistakes when using alternative medicine.
• Pet Food Politics
  Sep 29, 2008
  Marion Nestle, author of of Food Politics and What to Eat, uncovers unexpected connections among the food supplies for pets, for farm animals and ultimately for humans, identifying huge gaps in the global oversight of food safety. Marion Nestle discusses her new book, Pet Food Politics: the Chihuahua in the Coal Mine.
• HIV in Portland African & African-American Communities
  Sep 22, 2008
  Interview with Catherine Azouyangui, case manager of the Minority AIDS Initiative. She will talk about the challenges and barriers towards getting medical care to Portland's HIV positive African and African-American communities.
• Cold Prevention and Immune Boosting
  Sep 8, 2008
  An interview with Randall Neustaedter, author of Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, and The Vaccine Guide, about strategies for preventing colds and boosting immunity in adults and children.
• Health At Every Size
  Aug 25, 2008
  Dr. Jonathan Robison discusses this new paradigm for helping people with eating and weight-related concerns, called Health at Every Size.
• The Body Toxic
  Aug 11, 2008
  Journalist and author Nena Baker discusses her book "The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being"
• Omega-3 Cuisine
  Aug 4, 2008
  Interview with Udo Erasmus, author of Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill.
• Alternatives to Anti-depressants
  Jul 28, 2008
  An interview with Dr. Kim Hapke, naturopathic physician
• The Health Benefits of Colonics
  Jul 14, 2008
  An interview with Jill Simons, certified colon hydrotherapist at All's Well that End's Well in northeast Portland.
• The Falling Age of Puberty in U.S. Girls
  Jun 23, 2008
  Ecologist and Author Sandra Steingraber discusses the Breast Cancer Fund report she authored, entitled "The Falling Age of Puberty in U.S. Girls: What We Know, What We Need to Know"
• The Jungle Effect
  Jun 2, 2008
  An interview with Dr. Daphne Miller, the author of The Jungle Effect: A Doctor Discovers the Healthiest Diets from Around the World--Why They Work and How to Bring Them Home
• The Food and Mood Connection
  May 26, 2008
  Syndicated Radio Show Host, Gary Null, discusses his new book, The Food and Mood Connection.
• Bottom Feeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
  May 12, 2008
  An interview with Taras Grescoe, author of Bottom Feeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood.
• Nourishing Hope: Nutrition Intervention for Autism
  May 5, 2008
  An interview with Julie Matthews, author of Nourishing Hope, a book that discusses how diet can improve autism and a step by step holistic guide to its implementation.
• The 30 Day Diabetes Miracle
  Apr 28, 2008
  An interview with one of the authors of the 30 Day Diabetes Miracle, a complete program to stop diabetes, restore health, and rebuild natural vitality.
• Our Daily Meds
  Apr 14, 2008
  Interview with author Melody Petersen about her book, Our Daily Meds, a devastating look at the pharmaceutical industry and its transformation into a marketing machine.
• Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms
  Apr 7, 2008
  Dr. Naimon interview veteran medical journalist Joan Liebmann-Smith about her book "Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective."
• Interview with Michael Pollan about "In Defense of Food"
  Mar 31, 2008
  Dr. Naimon interviews New York Times bestselling author, Michael Pollan about his new book "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." This will be an hour long pledge-drive special interview.
• Health Disparities in the LGBT Community
  Mar 5, 2008
  Dr. Naimon hosts a round table discussion about health disparities in minority populations with a particular focus on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community.
• Interview with Dean Ornish about "The Spectrum"
  Feb 25, 2008
  Dr. Naimon interviews Dean Ornish about his new book "The Spectrum"

All shows are on KBOO 90.7 FM, from 11:00-11:30 am, on Mondays