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Timothy Leary - National
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Psychologist Timothy Leary predicts the establishment of a National Department of Psychedelic Education by 1985.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Cracked Open
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Richard Handler shares his pungent insights into brain surgery, actually, his own brain surgery.

Bought by WBEZ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 2
THINK GLOBAL: Bill McKibben commentary
From: Public Radio Collaboration 2005
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Commentator Bill McKibben argues that thinking local makes sense both for people and the planet.

Bought by WSLR, KLCC, WUAL, WBST, WNKU and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 12
1992 Steven Taylor - Villanelle
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Steven Taylor (of the Fugs) sings one of his own beautiful poems, addressing AIDS

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
Losing a Friend to AIDS
From: Youth Radio
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Hearing that her friend has had unprotected sex with an HIV-positive person leads Youth Radio’s Leah Chapple-Stingley to reflect on another time an...

Bought by WFUV, YouthCast, KUCB, WSHU, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 5
A Menace As Great -- or Greater -- Than Steroids
From: Dick Meister
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Smokeless tobacco is threatening the health of major league baseball players and millions of others.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Nip and Tuck, Stretch Your Luck
From: Carl Hammerschlag
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Even with today's plastic surgery technology, beauty is still only "skin deep."

  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 03:39
Goodbye, Ma
From: Carl Hammerschlag
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Saying Goodbye

  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 05:11
Ect + Vns = Tlc
From: Carl Hammerschlag
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Strengthening your Body's Signals

  • Added: Oct 18, 2004
  • Length: 03:58
Your Own Health And Fitness: Promo
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Promottional piece for Your Own Health And Fitness suitable for broadcast on any station

Bought by AIFM and Internet Partnership Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2004
  • Length: :48
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Christiane Northrup's Mind, Body, Spirit: a Holistic Approach to Wellness
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Dr. Northrup makes the distinction between "health care" and medical crisis intervention.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 13, 2004
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Graham Shelby and the Heartbeat Story
From: KUT
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Graham Shelby learns his wife is pregnant with triplets.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:20
My Drug of Choice
From: Merle Kessler
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If steroids are outlawed, is coffee far behind?

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Intersection Of Health Care Policy And Politics
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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A Washington Post journalist examines the health care issue.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Global AIDS Crisis
From: Charline Spektor
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Dr. Judith Auerback, Vice President , Public Policy for the American Foundation for AIDS describes the worldwide epidemic.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
Therapy Killed the Radio Star
From: Merle Kessler
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Humorous look at C EOs and rock stars on the couch.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 02:16
Health Insurance Dilemma
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A young mother weighs the costs of buying health insurance against the risks of living without it.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WMPG, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 4
The Ears Have It! [excerpt]
From: Geo Beach
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The indefatigable Geo Beach tells us about one travel accessory that's small enough to fit in your pocket, cheap enough to purchase with pocket cha...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: :30
An Anatomy of Humanity
From: Geo Beach
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Five thousand miles from New York, commentator and medic Geo Beach had to practice a different kind of medicine, praying for a minister at Ground Z...

Bought by WZBC, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, WYSO, and prpdstation


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4