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Painting the Town Safe
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: City activists are painting sidewalks hoping to encourage more street life in Kolkata., Credit: Sandip Roy
Kolkata is often regarded as a city that has slipped behind other metropolises in India when it comes to money and industry. But the country's crim...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
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How Pushing Hospitals to Give Away More Free Care Could Backfire
From: Tradeoffs
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With high health bills drowning patients in debt, some lawmakers want nonprofit hospitals to give away more free care. But experts warn that could ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 15:44
‘She Didn’t Want to Die. But She Didn’t Want to Suffer’
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Steven Petrow (R) and Jay Petrow (L) kiss their sister Julie Petrow-Cohen. Julie used New Jersey’s medical aid in dying law after a six-year battle with ovarian cancer., Credit: Courtesy of the Petrow family
A handful of states allow terminally ill people to take life-ending medications prescribed by a doctor instead of waiting for death. This week, we ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 21:12
A lack of base housing is forcing Navy sailors to live on ships, even when they're home in the U.S.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Commander Robert Molinaro, Executive Officer of the USS Ramage, inspects the ship's sleeping quarters March 22, 2023. Though the Ramage is back in port in Norfolk, Virginia, some sailors have to live on the ship because of a shortage of barracks space on, Credit: Adriones Johnson / U.S. Navy
A lack of barracks space - as well as poor living conditions in some barracks buildings - are contributing to complaints about sailors' quality of ...

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 03:51
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Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools
From: Tradeoffs
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Companies claim they can catch cancer sooner with new blood tests and full-body MRI scans. What are the risks and benefits?

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 18:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mass Shooting Sequence: In Memoriam
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
We know too much of the sequence of the aftermath of a Mass Shooting Sequence.

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 02:45
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Veterans who need financial fiduciaries can lose their gun rights. Critics say that's unfair.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Sgt. Corey Briest (left) poses with his son Connor and wife Jenny, as Connor joins the South Dakota Army National Guard in Sioux Falls, March 11, 2022., Credit: South Dakota Army National Guard
Congress is considering whether to override a VA policy that says veterans who need financial fiduciaries may be reported to the FBI’s background c...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2024
  • Length: 03:56
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NY Times Columnist David Brooks on How to Know and See a Person
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with New York Times columnist David Brooks, about his new book - How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
5 ways America's Courts Could Change Health Care in 2024
From: Tradeoffs
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Key court decisions in 2024 about prescription drug prices, abortion bans, gender affirming care and the Affordable Care Act could change the way h...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 18:49
What’s Wrong, America? A 2024 Election Special
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Turns out Americans don't feel great about the direction of our country. But what exactly are they upset about, and are things as bad as they think?

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Take Stock in Children Executive Director Nancy Stellway on the growing importance of Early Mentorship, Guidance, Scholarships, Grants, Education, and The Arts in today's changing world. 
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Take Stock in Children Executive Director Nancy Stellway on the growing importance of Early Mentorship, Guidance, Scholarships, Grants, Education, ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 26:56
Why Are People Afraid of the Most Popular Opioid Addiction Treatment?
From: Tradeoffs
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Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now it’s making one of the few treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 23:50
A new lawsuit says the VA has failed to live up to its promises about gender-affirming care
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough (right) talks with VA social worker Art Akkerman at a June 2022 LGBTQ Pride event in Denver, Colorado., Credit: Elaine Buehler / U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, two years after the department said it would provid...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
Season 1, Episode 7 - 'Green Amendment' feat Maya K van Rossum
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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We all deserve clean air and clean water.

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
Nikki Haley's Emergence
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Nikki Haley’s Emergence January 22, 2024 Photo by Gage Skidmore Analysis | Nikki Haley: Navigating Challenges and Shaping the 2024 Republican Pr...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 05:28
Look For The Helpers - Part 1
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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In the first part of this special Clean Transportation mini-series Jess talks with Adam Browning of Forum Mobility about the future of heavy-duty e...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
A Pentagon report finds that troops' suicides are often preceded by legal or administrative troubles
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Ryan Cuppernall leads SafeTALK suicide training in Norfolk, Va. on Aug. 9, 2023. SafeTALK is a three-hour course that trains sailors and civilians how to prevent suicide., Credit: Jacqueline R. Ramos / U.S. Navy
About a quarter of all suicide deaths occur among troops caught up in legal or administrative battles - sometimes for minor infractions.

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:44
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How Einstein Understood E=mc Squared
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Poetry Month and Einstein creating E=mc squared

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: :55
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Doctors turn to AI and wearable monitors to measure the effects of burn pits on veterans' health
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: At his office on Long Island, New York, Dr. Anthony Szema models the smart ring that tracks health data for veterans who were exposed to fumes from toxic burn pits overseas., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
A long-term study hopes to shed light on an array of vague symptoms that can affect veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 03:43
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Essay | http://wprnPublicRadio.com The Neglect Of Rural America
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Mainstream media’s neglect of rural America is a multifaceted issue with deep-rooted causes and significant consequences. First and foremost, the e...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 14:33
Despite policy changes, critics say the Army doesn't do enough to find soldiers who go missing
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Kevin and Lisa Bushling - the parents of Joseph Bushling - take a break during a 2012 search for their son near Dugway, Utah. The search, conducted mainly by volunteers, was one of several unsuccessful attempts to find Kevin, who disappeared in 2011 and w, Credit: Tooele (Utah) Transcript Bulletin
After a string of high-profile deaths and disappearances, the Army is trying harder to find soldiers who fail to report for duty.

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 8
100+ Women Who Care South Florida Founder Melody Spano
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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100+ Women Who Care South Florida Founder Melody Spano, on Building Bridges, Addressing Family Needs, and Locals Making a Significant Impact on the...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 26:40
A Sonnet for the Quantum Mechanics of Poetry
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "...to a wider grasp...", Credit: Susan J Cook
Poetry best helps us grasp the Quantum Mechanics topic of the latest Nobel Prize in Physics.

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 1
An Interview with Lori Griffith of Chasin a Dream Foundation, Empowering Families with Children Facing Life-Threatening Illnesses
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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An Interview with Lori Griffith of Chasin a Dream Foundation, Empowering Families with Children Facing Life-Threatening Illnesses

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 26:54
More Hospitals Move to Confront Medical Errors Head On
From: Tradeoffs
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One out of every four Medicare patients in the hospital is the victim of a medical error. Over the past 20 years, a growing number of hospitals hav...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 22:59

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