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Patrick's Loyalties
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Patrick's Loyalties

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: The Walker
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A documentary about walking; its benefits and cultural history.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KRZA, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Intersect Perinatal Hospice
From: Miles Eddy
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Explores the difficult subject, in four segments, of preparing simultaneously for a baby's birth and for a baby's death. Includes perspectives of...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2005
  • Length: 28:28
RN Documentary: Night Frights
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The curious connection between sleep paralysis and night frights….

Bought by WKMS, KUER, KRZA, KFAI Minneapolis, KISU and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 14
Life as a Penguin
From: David Lewis
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A look at arthritis and its affects on young people

  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 20:37
The Gerson Legacy, Three Generations: Medical Evidence v.s. Persecution
From: Edward May
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Three generations of Gerson's have been persecuted by the medical and pharmaceutical industries, yet they continue to educate the public about the ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 01:10:44
HEART-to-HEART Pgm I: Beyond Pain
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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It is possible for almost everyone to be pain free at the end of their lives

Bought by WDCV, Audible, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:06:33
  • Purchases: 3
HEART-to-HEART Pgm II: Children Sometimes Die
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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We expect that children will get sick from time to time. But we don't expect them to die.

Bought by Audible and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:39
  • Purchases: 2
HEART-to-HEART Pgm III: Respecting Diversity
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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Respecting Diversity looks at the influence of culture, race and religion on dying; how the assumptions behind "good end-of-life care" do not nece...

Bought by KMXT, WETA, Audible, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KALW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 5
Deep Brain Stimulation
From: jessica lockhart
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Going inside the operating room with a man having brain surgery for Parkinson's disease.

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 24:40
Here There is No Moon (European version 31:54)
From: Susan Stone
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a portrait of the long dark tunnel of the suicidal mind

Bought by PRX Remix, WBEZ, WYSO, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Apr 28, 2005
  • Length: 31:55
  • Purchases: 4
Here There is No Moon (U.S. version 26:37)
From: Susan Stone
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A portrait of the long, dark tunnel of the suicidal mind

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVNF, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2005
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 15
Bruce Bauer Fishing Tales
From: Edward May
Series: Fishing Tales
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Bruce broke his arm and severed two arteries, his crew and a small fishing village worked together to get him to a hospital.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 11:43
Shades of Gray
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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an hour-long audio mosaic about abortion in America

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 18
Trauma and Recovery: A Cambodian Refugee Experience
From: Karen Brown
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A documentary on Cambodian refugees still coping with past trauma.

Bought by KBOO, WGBH Radio Boston, and CKMO


  • Added: Nov 16, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Wild Child: Coping with a Bipolar Youth
From: Karen Brown
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This documentary follows three young people as they navigate puberty and adolescence with bipolar disorder.

Bought by WRPI, KUER, WXXI Rochester, PRX to iTunes, Central Florida Public Media and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 14
Three Women
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A Chicana, African American and Romanian talk about their breast cancer.

Bought by KUER, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUCB


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 3
Gut Reaction
From: Richard Paul
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Documentary about Celiac Disease

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WCPN, WLRN, KXOT Public Radio, WMRA and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2004
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 13
Taming the Snake
From: KUOW
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This documentary takes a graphic look at the reality of IV heroin addiction.

Bought by KVNF, KDUR, WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, and KLCC


  • Added: Jun 10, 2004
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 5
Alzheimer's: Losing a Mind
From: WHYY
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The latest information about Alzheimer's and the impact on families.

Bought by WPSU, WFUV, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 29, 2004
  • Length: 59:37
  • Purchases: 3
The Breast Cancer Monologues
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A one-hour documentary special intricately woven from interviews, readings and original music about how breast cancer has affected the lives of wom...

Bought by WJSU, KVSC, KWIT, KPVL, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2004
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 16
The Brandon-Ukiriguru AIDS Awareness Project
From: David Kattenburg
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Two communities -- one in Canada, the other in Africa -- working together to fight the AIDS pandemic through awareness

Bought by WFUV and Public Interactive


  • Added: Nov 25, 2003
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 2