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OCD often goes misdiagnosed and misunderstood … and if left untreated, can impact platonic, intimate and familial relationships in challenging ways.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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Humans are the only animal to produce emotional tears. Asking questions about this behavior can help us better understand how we live our lives.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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Between the ages of 40 and 70, more than half of all people with penises will deal with some form of erectile dysfunction. While that experience ca...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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Many incarcerated people are also parents. Their children navigate social stigma and barriers to staying in contact with their loved ones.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
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In this digital age of flawless, perfect, poreless skin, dealing with adult acne can be incredibly isolating. Two skinfluencers and a photographer ...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
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Complex PTSD describes the existence of long-term trauma. An artist, a therapist, and a researcher seek to unravel the nuances of C-PTSD, while sti...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
Caption: Ian Henderson fishing on the Mahakali — in Champawat., Credit: Anietra Hamper
"All we want to do is leave." Anietra and Ian basically went into survival mode to find a way out of India. As the first episode mirrored a scen...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 24:00
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We celebrate National Poetry Month with Mark Doty as he discusses his work, including FIRE TO FIRE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, winner of the 2008 Nati...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Short Description: MEMOIR about her soldier son who committed suicide. She talks about writing non-fiction and her earlier elegiac book, EMBALMING...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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A new generation is telling their stories of overthrowing corrupt regimes. And in the digital age, their lessons can spread more quickly than ever ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00