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It’s been one year since 988 — the country’s new mental health crisis line — went live with hopes of transforming crisis services in America. So fa...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 24:53
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"Race correction" is a practice based on the premise that Black bodies are inherently different from White bodies. Medical students are trying to c...

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 48:57
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After Medicare’s decision to restrict coverage of the controversial new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, we look at how this one drug has forced the natio...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 22:11
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Searching for Meaning in Kensington

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 55:22
Caption: Dr. Abdelwahhab Azzawi
Escape is only the first challenge.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 30:39
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Using 21st-century medicine to maintain a 300-year-old way of life.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:16
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Lasers, tattoo removal, and second chances.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 20:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WCPN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: "Read" in braille, Credit: ARTWORK BY ANGELA JOHNSTON
Marco Salsiccia is a huge movie buff. He owns hundreds of DVDs. They fill his small apartment in the Sunset District. Some are piled on his dining ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A coal terminal in Eastern Kentucky., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier
Can the Appalachian Mountains recover from centuries of mining? What will happen to the thousands of coal miners projected to lose their jobs in th...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This two-part series examines the debate by world-class scientists if a connection between tics, Tourette's, obsessive-compulsive disorder and ext...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 20:30