Century of Lies

Century of Lies, with 16 years on air, has more than 30 affiliate stations in the US and Canada. Running 29 minutes per episode, Century of Lies is currently produced by Doug McVay, editor of Drug War Facts.

 

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09/06/21 Avi Yocheved


Avi Yocheved

On this edition of Century of Lies we talk with Avi Yocheved, a harm reduction activist and member of the Portland Drug User Union, about safe consumption sites and safe supply; plus we talk with Lill Prosperino, Southern States Regional Organizer for the National Harm Reduction Coalition, about community building.


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Guest(s): Avi Yocheved
Organization(s): Portland Drug User Union
Link(s): Portland Drug Users Union Facebook Page
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08/30/21 Ria Tsinas


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This week on Century of Lies we talk about harm reduction and International Overdose Awareness Day with Ria Tsinas, Co-Founder of the Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction; Avi Yocheved, harm reduction activist and member of Portland Drug Users Union; and Lill Prosperino, Southern States Regional Organizer, National Harm Reduction Coalition.


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Guest(s): Ria Tsinas
Organization(s): Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction
Link(s): Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction
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08/23/21 Overdose Awareness


Overdose Day,

Decriminalization advances in cities across Canada, and the Drug Users Liberation Front on safe supply, harm reduction and International Overdose Awareness Day, which is August 31.


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Guest(s): Doug McVay
Organization(s): Drug Users Liberation Front
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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08/16/21 Doug Kress


Doug Kress

This week on Century of Lies: The San Diego Sheriff’s Department fakes an overdose video, and residents of Somerville, MA work to save lives by opening a supervised consumption site.


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Guest(s): Doug Kress
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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08/09/21 Maia Szalavitz


Maia Szalavitz, Undoing Drugs:

On this edition of Century of Lies, part two of my conversation with Maia Szalavitz, her new book is Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction. Plus we speak with Wanda Bertram, Communications Strategist with the Prison Policy Initiative, about PPI’s new report “Building exits off the highway to mass incarceration: Diversion programs explained.”


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Guest(s): Maia Szalavitz
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction
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08/02/21 Maia Szalavitz


Maia Szalavitz, Undoing Drugs

On this edition of Century of Lies, part one of a conversation with award-winning journalist and NY Times best-selling author Maia Szalavitz. Maia and host Doug McVay talk about harm reduction, drug policy, and Maia's new book Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction.


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Guest(s): Maia Szalavitz
Link(s): Health Systems Facts, Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction
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07/26/21 Elan Hagens


Elan Hagens and Rebecca Martinez

On this edition of Century of Lies, we discuss magic mushrooms, psilocybin therapy, equity, and social justice with Elan Hagens and Rebecca Martinez, co-founders of the Fruiting Bodies Collective.


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Guest(s): Elan Hagens
Organization(s): Fruiting Bodies Collective
Link(s): Fruiting Bodies Collective
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07/19/21 Brandon Marshall


 Professor of Epidemiology at the Brown University

On this edition of Century of Lies, host Doug McVay is joined by Brandon Marshall, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health and founding director of the People, Place & Health Collective, to discuss harm reduction, recovery, community organizing, and Rhode Island becoming the first state in the nation to approve establishment of supervised consumption facilities.


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Guest(s): Brandon Marshall
Organization(s): Professor of Epidemiology at the Brown University
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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07/12/21 Annajane Yolken


Annajane Yolken

Rhode Island is now the first state in the United States to authorize the establishment of supervised consumption sites. To learn more and find out what this legislation will mean for the people of Rhode Island, host Doug McVay speaks with Annajane Yolken, co-chair of the Substance Use Policy, Education, & Recovery (SUPER) PAC and Director of Programs at Project Weber / RENEW, a Providence, Rhode Island, nonprofit providing services to the community.


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Guest(s): Annajane Yolken
Organization(s): Drug War Facts
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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07/05/21 Elizabeth Dickinson


Elizabeth Dickinson

This week on Century of Lies we examine the protests rocking Colombia. Congress’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing on the Colombia protests July First. We hear from three of the witnesses: Elizabeth Dickinson, a Senior Analyst for Colombia with the International Crisis Group; Angela Maria Penagos, Director of the Agri-food Initiative at the University of the Andes; and José Miguel Vivanco, Director of the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch. We’ll also hear from Claudia Cardona with Corporación Humanas in Colombia on “strengthening the role of the UN human rights system in drug policies: The case of arbitrary detention.


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Guest(s): Elizabeth Dickinson
Organization(s): Human Rights Commission
Link(s): Drug War Facts
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