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Sensitive sounds and sweaty skin: Unraveling hyperacusis and hyperhidrosis

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf

On this episode of Audacious, meet a man with hyperacusis - extreme sensitivity to sound, and a woman with hyperhidrosis - unpredictable, controlla...

Aftershocks: Life after getting struck by lightning

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf

On this episode of Audacious, hear how two people's lives were changed after getting hit by lightning. And an expert will talk about ways to avoid ...

What is foreign accent syndrome? After a stroke, one man’s southern drawl turned British

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf

On this episode of Audacious, meet Kenley Byrd, who is one of fewer than 100 people ever known to have had Foreign Accent Syndrome.

Conception deception: The fight for transparency in the fertility industry

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf

On this episode of Audacious, what if you found out that your sperm donor was not the man your parents chose... But their fertility doctor? Two wom...

Cyclist for Life Howie: Riding the Ups & Downs of Cancer

From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey

Howie has been an avid cyclist most of his adult life, with mileage equivalent to a few laps around the planet. But more remarkable is that he has ...

Science unscripted (Spectrum) 05/31/2022

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week on the show: Word has spread of a therapy — only found in Germany — that can help with long COVID. What is it? And does it really work?

BONUS: How Shannon got off drugs

From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One

Caption: Shannon McCarty on April 26, 2018 before all her teeth were pulled., Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

For Shannon McCarty, two things were crucial in her recovery: connections and timing. It started with timing – a key encounter just when she wanted...

Noble Works

From: Giovana Romano Sanchez

Maggie Bernard is a teenager with cerebral palsy. She overcame her disability with the help of her best friend. Now, he is the one who needs to be ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Musician's Spotlight - Beth Nielsen Chapman - 687

From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight

Singer songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman has carved out a career of over two and a half decades writing hit songs for artist like Faith Hill, Willie ...

Bought by WZRE, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio

03222018: Demystifying and Dialoguing About Alzheimer’s and other Dementias with Dr Gayatri Devi and Dan Perkins, 3/22/2018

From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio

Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on Alzheimer’s and ...

Episode 80: Photo, Hair, Fingerprint

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

In 1988, a man in Hickory, NC was sentenced to life in prison based on evidence that experts would later call “junk science.” It took him 24 years ...

Bought by PRX Remix

Long Live Cassini!

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: NASA's flashy Cassini Grand Finale poster!, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Join us at JPL and Caltech on the bittersweet morning the Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn. We’ll hear from several of the mission’s leaders...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WTJU, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KRZA and more

"Heroin Abuse Sucks": A Recovering Addict Tells His Tale

From: Rebecca Sheir

Eleven years after kicking a heroin habit that nearly ended his life, Raj Aggarwal is ready to tell his tale to the world.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA

Changing Everything: Naomi Klein on Capitalism and Climate Change

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

In her new book: “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate”, Naomi Klein argues that while it’s too late to stop climate change, we can ...

Bought by KMUN and WNJR

Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"

From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane

Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

Wild Journey: The Anne Innis Story

From: Sandy Bourque

When Anne, a young Canadian woman in the 1950’s, is told it’s not possible to study giraffe in the wilds of Africa because she’s a woman, she sets...

Bruised

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and PRX Remix

StoryCorps: Jeff and Penny Ingram

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Penny Ingram and her husband, Jeff, talk about living with his rare form of amnesia.

Bought by WEZU and New Hampshire Public Radio

My Saints Alive

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

A man whose wife died of breast cancer manages to find love again. But then he learns the woman who will be his second wife is diagnosed with breas...

Bought by WJCT

WorldCanvass (excerpt): Nov 2009, The Man Who Cured Clubfoot: Dr. Ignacio Ponseti

From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass

200,000 children are born each year with the deformity of clubfoot. Dr. Ignacio Ponseti's non-surgical cure has treated thousands and allowed them...

Feature Report - I’m Too Young For This @#!%

From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News

John D. Shearer is an artist from Indiana that won his battle over a rare form of brain cancer. His multi-media show entitled “I’m Too Young For Th...