PRX - Pieces for Tone: Polished

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

32 results


92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.

  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 18:33
Surprise! Plans To Resolve High Medical Bills Are Still a Mess
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting about the prices.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 17:20
‘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
Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
Companies claim they can catch cancer sooner with new blood tests and full-body MRI scans. What are the risks and benefits?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 18:02
  • Purchases: 1
Age Gracefully: Unveiling Wellness Secrets with Prevention Magazine Interview Series, January 2024
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Not Old Better Show, Prevention Magazine Healthy Living Series
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Prevention Magazine Interview Series
🎙️ Dive deeper with our Prevention Magazine Interview Series on The Not Old Better Show! 🌟 🍏 Explore the link between diet and anxiety - practical ...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
Medical or recreational? States Debate where Psychedelics Belong
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
A wave of new research is showing the promise of psychedelics to help with mental health conditions —- like depression and post traumatic stress di...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 16:39
Ransomware Attacks: Bad for Hospitals, Deadly for Patients
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
In 2021, University of Minnesota health economist Hannah Neprash listened to a Tradeoffs story on ransomware in health care and was inspired to stu...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 24:29
Ozempic Hype Forces Employer Calls on Obesity Coverage
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
Employers are facing a big dilemma: How do they pay for the new highly effective and popular obesity medications without breaking the bank? This we...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 21:56
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 23:21
2022-09-09 No Going Back: EVs and Clean Tech Tipping Points with Albert Cheung
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Piece image
In the tech world, there’s a common belief that once a new device hits 5% market penetration, it rapidly goes from a niche to mass adoption. Accord...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WGCU, WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGUA and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
20220909: No Going Back: EVs and Clean Tech Tipping Points with Albert Cheung, 9/9/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
Piece image
In the tech world, there’s a common belief that once a new device hits 5% market penetration, it rapidly goes from a niche to mass adoption. Accord...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
2022-07-22 Turning Down the Heat: Decarbonizing Cement and Steel
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Piece image
Along with aviation, the construction industry is one of the hardest to decarbonize sectors in the global economy. Cement and steel production toge...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Maine Public Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
20220722: Turning Down the Heat: Decarbonizing Cement and Steel, 7/22/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
Piece image
Along with aviation, the construction industry is one of the hardest to decarbonize sectors in the global economy. Cement and steel production toge...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
2022-05-13 Russ Feingold on Biodiversity, Climate and The Courts
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Piece image
Russ Feingold became a household name co-authoring the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, more commonly known as McCain-Feingold. It’s the only major ...

Bought by KGUA, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, WLPR , Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
20220513: Russ Feingold on Biodiversity, Climate and The Courts, 5/13/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
Piece image
Russ Feingold became a household name co-authoring the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, more commonly known as McCain-Feingold. It’s the only major ...

  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
2022-04-08 Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Piece image
Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...

Bought by WGCU, Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
20220408: Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?, 4/8/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
Piece image
Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
2022-01-21 Corporate Net Zero Pledges: Ambitious or Empty Promises?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Piece image
Corporate pledges of reaching net zero carbon emissions have quickly become commonplace. Critics argue that such pledges are mere greenwashing, and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 9
220121: Corporate Net Zero Pledges: Ambitious or Empty Promises?, 1/21/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
Piece image
Corporate pledges of reaching net zero carbon emissions have quickly become commonplace. Critics argue that such pledges are mere greenwashing, and...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
Where in the World Are All the Vaccines?
From: Mateo Schimpf
Piece image
On this week’s episode, Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, talks with Ray Suarez about overcoming the challenges of vaccine distr...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
How to Channel Eco-Anxiety into Climate Action
From: Mateo Schimpf
Piece image
In this episode, Caroline Hickman, a co-author of the study and a climate psychology researcher at the University of Bath, joins co-host Ray Suarez...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Woke Washing, Operation Condor, Hibernation
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
Piece image
Topic 1: Can Brands Be True Advocates for Social Issues? Topic 2: How We're Saving the California Condor. Topic 3: How Bear Hibernation Might Work ...

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 51:46
  • Purchases: 1
The plant chemicals that shape ecosystems
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
Piece image
Plants have many and incredible chemical compounds that they use to survive in our desert. These chemical compounds found in plants can have intera...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George, KVNF, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 10, 2018
  • Length: 24:17
  • Purchases: 3
Food Sleuth Radio, Brenda Davis Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
Piece image
Did you know that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed with diet and exercise? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn,...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Atlas for the End of the World: Urbanization Joins Conservation
From: Teosson Wells
Piece image
“It's the end of the world where we thought nature was an infinite resource and we could exploit it without consequence,” Professor Richard Weller ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 57:07