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A Telehealth Report Card: What’s Worked and What Hasn’t
From: Tradeoffs
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As Congress figures out the future of telehealth, we get a reality check from a top researcher about what this care has and has not delivered.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2024
  • Length: 15:21
92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned
From: Tradeoffs
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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
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Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting about the prices.

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 17:20
  • Purchases: 1
Medical or recreational? States Debate where Psychedelics Belong
From: Tradeoffs
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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
The Latest Threat to the Affordable Care Act
From: Tradeoffs
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The Affordable Care Act faces yet another in a long string of legal challenges. Last Thursday's ruling, by a conservative federal judge who has tar...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 14:07
The Treacherous Transition Awaiting Millions Losing Their Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
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We dig into three research papers to make sense of what will happen to 15 million people set to lose their Medicaid over the next year.

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 16:55
  • Purchases: 1
What is the Future of Abortion in the Americas?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez talks to three women north and south of the U.S. border to understand how overturning Roe v Wade would fit into the region's reproductiv...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Fixing the Obamacare 'Glitch' That Pushed One Couple to Divorce
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Liana Wolk (L) and Owen Marshall at their wedding in May 2019. Owen is one of 5 million Americans stuck in the “family glitch.” , Credit: Molly Haley
The Biden administration is trying to close a gap in the Affordable Care Act that blocks 5 million people from getting affordable health care.

  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 18:40
Fixing the Obamacare 'Glitch' That Pushed One Couple to Divorce - Two-Way
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Liana Wolk (L) and Owen Marshall at their wedding in May 2019. Owen is one of 5 million Americans stuck in the “family glitch.”, Credit: Molly Haley
The Biden administration is trying to close a gap in the Affordable Care Act that blocks 5 million people from getting affordable health care.

  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 03:47
Can the War in Ukraine Push an Asian Economy Over the Edge?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez talks with The Washington Post’s Gerry Shih and Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, a Sri Lankan geopolitical analyst, to understand why-and-how Sr...

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  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Mystery of Putin’s Wealth
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we try to follow the money trail to better understand the connection between Putin’s power, his oligarchs, and whether econ...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Putin Back Together the Russian Empire
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at three pieces of the puzzle– Belarus, Georgia, and Armenia–and how each post-communist republic’s struggle to define its...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Framing the Games: China’s Human Rights Problem
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What's the calculation for an Olympic athlete determined to make a protest statement at the games? And how has China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinj...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Nothing About Ukraine Without Ukrainians
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We’re joined by Iryna Tsilyk, documentary filmmaker from Kyiv, and historians Katherine Younger and Emily Channell-Justice, to hear the story of mo...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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What in the World Happened in 2021?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking back at 2021’s biggest stories from around the world.

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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The Secret Meeting that Transformed the World Economy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, NPR’s Chief Economics Correspondent Scott Horsley talks with Jeffrey Garten, former Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton Admi...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Episode 4 ~ Online Gaming Communities
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Randall Coleman and I talk about the impact video game communities have on the development of new titles.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
The Future of Student Assignment in Boston Public Schools
From: ZUMIX Radio
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Huge decisions are being made everyday under our noses without us being aware. This includes the student assignment for elementary and middle schoo...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:35
Week 15 of "Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream."
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: WGVU Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream.
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Steve Chappell, Grant Writer & Project Manager, WGVU

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:29
Week 14 of "Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream."
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: WGVU Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream.
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Bridget Cheney, Principal, Grand Rapids Public Schools

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:59
Week 12 of "Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream."
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: WGVU Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream.
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Steve Chappell, Grant Writer & Project Manager, WGVU

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 10:09
Week 11 of "Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream."
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: WGVU Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream.
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Bobby Springer, GVSU Office of Multicultural Affairs

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 14:57
Week 9 of "Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream."
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: WGVU Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream.
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Susan Ledy and Lindsay McHome, Literacy Center of West Michigan.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 18:14
Week 8 of "Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream."
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: WGVU Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream.
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Stacy Stout, Hispanic Center of Western Michigan

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:35
Week 6 of "Get Your Diploma. Get Your Degree."
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: WGVU Get Your Diploma. Get Your Dream.
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Tony Campbell, VP United Way West Michigan & Mary Ann Prisichenko, Sibley Elementary School.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 18:50