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Are Herpes Simplex 1 and other microbes contributing to, if not causing, the brain changes in Alzheimer's Disease? Prominent Alzheimer's researche...
- Added: Feb 28, 2020
- Length: 28:19
Love comes in many forms - for Lacy, it all started during Hurricane Florence with a few, loose sheep.
- Added: Feb 26, 2020
- Length: 07:55
A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment, instead of just sending them out the door when they’re well again. Two doctors, ...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 28:04
Some people with chronic pain now rely on medical marijuana in place of opioid painkillers. But, in the absence of formal medical guidance, many pa...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 24:49
We investigate the dangers of vaping, while listening to the voices of high school administrators, health professionals and students. One thing is ...
Bought by KOSU, WHYY, Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media and more
- Added: Dec 03, 2019
- Length: 01:05:51
- Purchases: 12
Our radio adaptation of the film, The Murder of Fred Hampton, produced by filmmakers Mike Gray and Howard Alk, provides a glimpse into the life of ...
- Added: Nov 26, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Addiction hits home for the top dog of a disaster-prone county. An old-school cop gets a wake-up call and learns “handcuffs and a trip to jail” jus...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 26:39
A life lost, a life saved. The main character of this episode isn’t a person. It’s a nasal spray. Naloxone (aka Narcan) saves lives from opioid ove...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 23:51
- Purchases: 1
At a clinic in Everett, Washington, a nurse pushes his patients to work hard, and the patients embark on their road to recovery. This episode we're...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 25:34
- Purchases: 1
The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don’t necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget “Just say no.”) Research shows ...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 29:58
The Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project, created and directed by the Carr-Petrova Duo, is designed to give voice and visibility, through music and fil...
- Added: Oct 02, 2019
- Length: 18:36
This week on the show: The reality for many children in Chicago’s notorious West Side is a short life in the fast lane. Gangs, drugs and crime are...
- Added: May 01, 2019
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show : Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in Morocco, is a European town on African soil. It's often the frontline of clashes between Afr...
- Added: Nov 08, 2018
- Length: 29:55
Wildfire victims rebuild all solar, all electric homes with help from their community energy program. Hear one family's story, learn what makes a h...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer and more
- Added: Oct 13, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 6
After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, a group of activists formed a community kitchen to help feed those in need. That community ki...
- Added: Oct 11, 2018
- Length: 29:00
Following the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, a small boat belonging to Takata High School in Rikuzentakata was swept o...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:29
- Purchases: 1
From measuring the "size of the wiggle" to monitoring a "seismic moment", Geologist Lori Dengler discusses the scientific endeavor to quantify ear...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:50
- Purchases: 1
David Hecht reports on the condition of Sierra Leone's diamond trade
- Added: May 08, 2018
- Length: 05:07
Learn how scientists are using social to monitor endangered monk seals and the people who see them in the wild.
- Added: Jan 19, 2018
- Length: 04:25
Recorded during CPhI World Wide, October 24 - 27, 2017 in Frankfurt Germany, Peter Hofland and Sonia Portillo interview Charlie Johnson, the CEO of...
- Added: Nov 08, 2017
- Length: 26:42
Recorded during the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), being held June 2 - 6, 2017 in Chicago, Ill, the team ...
- Added: Nov 08, 2017
- Length: 27:47
(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more
- Added: Aug 28, 2017
- Length: 52:58
- Purchases: 10
It all started out as a plan to steal some comic books, sell them and split the cash. That was before a busted lip, a heart attack, and federal pro...
- Added: Aug 08, 2017
- Length: 29:34
Today 50% of all college students are the first of their families to go to college. They carry the hopes and dreams of there families in their back...
Bought by KRZA and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Apr 06, 2017
- Length: 05:49
- Purchases: 2
