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Critical Conversations
by KPOV High Desert Community Radio
Critical Conversations - A Special KPOV Project Our mission at KPOV is to strengthen community, the arts, local culture and democracy through our independent, non-commercial radio portal. This is confidently supported by Critical Conversations, a special project developed to feature unique perspectives and the courage it takes to “go there,” challenge mundane thought, and question the norm.
Episodes
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86: The Kids Are All Right
Since 2015, 21 young people have been engaged in the ongoing battle to sue the United States government for denying their constitutional right to life and liberty by supporting and prioritizing profiting enterprises over the right to life and liberty. Juliana v. United States, which transcends...
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85: Mental Disorder Is Not A Crime
This important conversation brings to light the idea that most veterans of war are never given the opportunity to fully understand the effect their service has on their psyche, and some are driven down a cascade of crime due to an undiagnosed psychiatric disability. It is becoming more…
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84: Epidemic Of Apathy
Having a title within city government means nothing unless you practice what you preach, fulfill your duties and walk the walk. It is so important during this “epidemic of apathy” for community members to engage with active managing bodies in a civil, respectful manner. Economic pressure,...
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83: Oath To Growth
Steadfast growth in Central Oregon is continually demanding the attention of city leaders, permitting agencies and area developers, but the issue remains that housing is completely unaffordable by even median level income earners. How can we be a model for growth when the supply and demand chains...
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82: Every Seven Seconds
This intriguing conversation about sexuality begins with Shanti’s and Atom’s individual experiences in the public sauna, continues into how this type of environment can trigger human biology and, ultimately, tells of the type of interactions that ensue. The true challenge lies within each of us…
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81: Chief Cheerleader
Oregon’s 39th Governor, returning from a listening tour that spanned every county in the Beaver State, is thanking Oregonians for continuing to step up and work together to solve societal problems. In every community, there are folks spreading the hope that there is success in our future if we…
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80: Go Fresh And Go Clean
Diane Hodiak, AKA Carbonfreeda, is preparing for the battle with climate change by arming herself with spears of knowledge, shields of determination and daggers that motivate others to take action. Most of what she does is interpret government policy for the average person to understand and learn...
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79: Small Town Goes Big
The cities of Bend and Redmond, Oregon are intrinsically tied together, as they are dependent on each other’s success to continue to upgrade Central Oregon as a whole. To the folks in Redmond, density is coming, and to the folks in Bend, your little brother city is growing up now. The future...
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78: Whistleblowin' In The Wind
Subtle discrimination is much more widespread than egregious sexual assault, and it’s very easy to overlook the unconscious bias facing women in the workplace. Affirmative action, of course, demands equality, but it is not enough just to ‘open doors’ to women. So The 16 were born, and their…
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77: Old Habits Die Hard
Our own carbon footprint could be one of the hardest things for us to alter or rethink since we are creatures of habit, but it is of the utmost importance that we all do so to the best of our abilities to create lasting change on planet Earth. The Environmental Center advocates reducing, reusing,...
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76: The Only Way Is Up
Whether we like it or not, the topic of urban growth is all the rage, with boundaries needing expansion and residential living quarters going vertical. The idea is to go up and not out, to protect more of what our community thrives off of; the forests and open lands surrounding cities. Our Friday...
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75: Why Pronouns Matter
After the Culver School District removed students from outdoor school due to concerns with gender expansive youth and counselors staying overnight in cabins, Camp Tamarack and The Environmental Center are joining forces to bring education and awareness to the forefront of the issue. As…
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74: Mindful Today Keeps The Doctor Away
Mindfulness and food are an intrinsically linked duo offering unique opportunities to build awareness from everyday necessity while noticing how we can be more present in our choices. We are missing out on a lot when we eat or live life too fast. Just by noticing the sensations of chewing…
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73: You Are Lovable Perfection
Reaching for a higher level of self-awareness can be very exciting and very scary at the same time and requires us to show up as our true authentic selves. Whitney Walker, Mental Health Therapist and creator of Women Waken, shares her own story of transformation and teaches that by moving toward...
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72: For You, For Me, For We
Since the murder of George Floyd, Central Oregon Black Leaders Assembly has adopted the mission to build an equitable community, taking on the fight to remove racist language from Oregon's land covenants. The archaic language discriminating against the sales of property to certain racial groups...
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71: Let Go and Heal
Imagine a type of therapy that treats the entire body and mind in a single touch, identifies and aligns emotional and spiritual bodies, and shatters any resistance for healing that may exist. Mike Macy shares his story of trauma and transformation that led him to master and, ultimately, write the...
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70: When Disaster Strikes
It takes a strong gut just to watch the commercials that show animal suffering and the amazing people at Pet Evacuation Team are in the middle of these scenes during the heat of the moment to provide emergency care with smiles in their hearts. With their reliance solely on volunteers and…
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69: Dead On The Doorstep
A terribly heart and law breaking hate crime occurs in what feels like not such a small town in Oregon anymore, in an investigation that is still underway. A still unknown perpetrator left a raccoon carcass at the steps of the mayor’s law office labeled with his name and that of the only black…
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68: Vegans For Planetary Evolution
After vividly dreaming of merging into full understanding with animals, Gwenna Hunter began a vegan community that continues to grow and realize its own strength and purpose. The fight for freedom continues beyond animals into human rights, social justice and encouraging people from all different...
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67: Now Receiving All Crises
There is a massive societal shift happening in regards to assisting those needing mental health resources, from the traditional use of detainment as the only solution by police to now resolving situations with the use of immediate crisis intervention services. Community organizations are…
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66: Sleeping Securely
Just leaving your car unattended to go to work or the windows down for fresh air while sleeping is a risk when the vehicle is also your home. It is no less than traumatic to live under such daily stress, and Mountain View Community Development is providing more specialized services than ever for...
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65: Gotta Have Faith
So many drug addiction recovery success stories are based on dramatic lifestyle and routine changes, and that is exactly how this faith-centered, inpatient ministry has decided to lead young men on their healing journey. In order to treat depression, anxiety and stress without the use of...
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64: Coo Coo Bananas
It’s the sentiment of some young parents today that the labyrinth of child rearing is more overwhelming than ever, with so much information to wade through and extreme financial challenges that strap a family into a cycle of stress. For pregnant women and new moms, access to support and…
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63: No More Poppies
Staggering quantities of cheap, synthetic drugs manufactured in Mexico have covered the United States in recent years and reimagines the profile of the stereotypical addict. Families who experience loss of a loved one to addiction are often left with more questions than answers, but it’s the pain...
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62: The Parenting Bible
Sally Griffin’s take on how to guide and support students to actual life preparedness is the closest thing there is to The Parenting Bible. Her lifetime of experience, and many degrees in education, has led her to take a basic approach to working with children in the school system by being…
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61: Plants Over Pills
Microdosing psychoactive psilocybin mushrooms is becoming more mainstream than ever as states legalize its use in therapeutic settings and people around the world advocate the countless associated benefits. Listen firsthand to the journey of an already licensed psychotherapist training to add...
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60: Show Me The Money
Habitat For Humanity does everything they can to provide as much quality housing to as many deserving families as they are able in as convenient a time as possible. Their funding is provided largely through city and state municipalities and private donors, but, in reality, how is this money…
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59: The Importance of Presence
You’ll thank yourself for transforming thoughts about thought transformation and lifting the veil to find the courage to bring your true authentic self to each moment. In this life-changing conversation, hear how it is possible to slow down and bring yourself to the present, and explore a 2,500...
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58: Through Black Lenses
Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we can use to create understanding and compassion, and this is Kenny Adams’ main focus with his documentary Blend: On Being Black in Bend. By creating a film that provides an unfiltered look at lived experiences, he hopes to be an agent of change,...
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57: Sending Letters and Saving Lives
Through his own journey of depression and darkness comes a light so bright that people all over the world are reaching out to embrace and heal their wounds with personalized, handwritten hope. After spending time writing and journaling, Robert Mason’s situation had improved. He immediately felt...
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56: Give In And Give Back
All humankind has a generous heart, and it is people like Mary who remind us how many different ways there are to give back to the community. In her younger years, she herself was homeless and continued to work at the food bank to make the world a better place. We all have gifts to share and the...
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55: More Then Kegels
Young and old, it turns out urinary and sexual dysfunction are super common, but it doesn’t have to be anyone’s reality. Open conversation successful treatments to support struggling individuals to bring comfort and formality to an experience that’s generally left unattended. There is no shame in...
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54: Woman on Woman Action
The scope of women in the workplace has shifted immensely during the recent past and the professional world is offering more resources than ever for female business owners. Women have also stepped up to listen to and support fellow women; connecting to and for each other. The simple act of...
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53: Look Up, People
A highly controversial topic, the existence of contrails or chemtrails in the skies above and a current government program designed to alter planet Earth’s climate, is brought to light in this fringe conversation. A group of climate activists questions and spreads awareness about dangerous and...
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52: Beer Profits Local Community
In true craft spirit, the owners of Cascade Lakes Brewing Company are breaking the beer industry mold by becoming the first nonprofit brewery in Central Oregon. In the past, they have worked alongside Habitat For Humanity, Central Oregon Trail Alliance and Brightside Animal Center but decided to...
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51: Continuing Reproductive Services
Planned Parenthood’s Bend Health Center Manager, Joanna Dennis-Cook, gives us an update on services and affairs after the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade. Neighboring states have since banned abortion and other reproductive services, putting more pressure than ever on the clinics in...
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50: Each One Teach One
A true innovator and interpreter of the local landscape takes an interesting look at the current components in the school system that are meant to support yet hinder students to reaching their full potential. We must first fully acknowledge, as a society, that there is a problem and that students...
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49: Achievable Housing For All
Homelessness has increased at an amazing rate in recent years in Central Oregon, and the available homeless services don’t come close to serving this incredibly under-counted population of struggling community members. It is going to take full commitment to engaging diverse perspectives, having...
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48: Realities Of Race
How do we raise children to be racially responsible and what does this mean in our ever-changing social world structure? At the collegiate level, sociology professor Tom Barry recognizes and teaches the sometimes unpleasant realities of our collected times in order to understand the present...
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47: The Purpose Of Drag
Drag queens are champions of the community, declares Alex Simpson AKA Deb Auchery, because of their boldness, excitement and celebration of liberation. Hear how the journey into drag helped Alex learn about Deb and be able to finally love and express herself completely. The LGBTQ+ community...
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46: Veterans Need Natural Healing
An immensely brave veteran and human, Javier Romo, turns his back on the mainstream VA medical system and finds freedom from his trauma with natural ways of healing. After struggling for years with prescription drugs, alcohol use and criminal activity to suppress his pain, he knew he needed...
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45: Voices Calling For Change
Gun control activism continues to gain momentum as younger and older generations are coming together to lift their voices and draw national attention to the issues that taunt them daily. Adults are now reaching out to youth protesters to add support and organizational assistance and highlight the...
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44: Vulnerable To Violence
From rescuing rabbits and tortoises to studying PTSD in elephants in Africa, animals are in desperate need of our compassion to harness healthy relationships within their own communities and beyond. The fact is that every sentient being can undergo trauma and the lasting effects are devastating…
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43: Doula Drawn To Death
Virtually every conversation we have about death is actually about life and can positively alter the way we perceive our time, the people we spend it with and our all-around life experience. If we can be more involved in the end-of-life process with loved ones, it can give us the renewal to honor...
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42: Water Goes Where Money Flows
As clean drinking water continues to become a scarce resource around the world, it is baffling to understand why we are endlessly giving away water “rights” to those who do not have the best for the planet in mind. Columbia Insight is bringing awareness to water allocation issues and pushing for...
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41: Blood On Their Hands
Students hold lawmakers accountable for continued school shootings and call for gun control laws to be implemented in Oregon. Open-hearted youth share perspectives they hold on second amendment rights, the availability of military-grade weapons to the public and arming their teachers while...
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40: Respond Rather Than React
Helping students succeed socially and emotionally is the end-goal for parents and teachers, but we all run into tough times one way or another during the process. The best thing we can do for children and ourselves is to stay calm and connected in order to remain regulated and ready to teach. We...
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39: Life's Messy, Live Happy
Most negative feelings we experience are about things that never happen and can be described as self-imposed suffering. Cy Wakeman gives timeless strategies for making subtle shifts in moving through the world to raise your level of daily contentment. We cannot prevent adverse human experiences,...
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38: From Taboo To Yahoo
Topics our grandmothers would frown upon are taking the spotlight in this important discussion about women’s sexual, urinary and reproductive health. Incontinence, pain during sex and other dysfunctions prevent women from having a healthy and life. The good news is that treatment is approachable...
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37: Pain Shared Is Pain Halved
During any traumatic time in life, Dr. Elena Lister encourages everyone to be open, honest and share their experience with trusted loved ones in order to ease their pain. This is especially true with children, who are instinctively very perceptive of and continually seeking guidance from their…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Critical Conversations - A Special KPOV Project
Our mission at KPOV is to strengthen community, the arts, local culture and democracy through our independent, non-commercial radio portal. This is confidently supported by Critical Conversations, a special project developed to feature unique perspectives and the courage it takes to “go there,” challenge mundane thought, and question the norm.
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KPOV High Desert Community Radio
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