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Viagra: Medical and social effects of Viagra.
From: Barry Vogel
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Viagra, a drug with infinite name recognition and touted benefits is, as we know, pervasively advertised on television and the Internet. But what i...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:01
The Disappearing Lake
From: Seattle Globalist
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Eastern Ethiopia's Lake Haramaya disappeared in less than 10 years.

  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 05:31
Physician Depression-Part 3
From: KUOW
Series: Troubled Doctors: Addiction and Depression in Medicine
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Examines depression in physicans

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 2
The Intervention-Part 2
From: KUOW
Series: Troubled Doctors: Addiction and Depression in Medicine
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Treating medical professionals

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 2
William Utermohlen
From: Eric Molinsky
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An artist paints self-portraits while battling Alzheimer's

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 2
The Water Walker
From: Seattle Globalist
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A day in the life of an Ethiopian woman who walks hours each day fetching water.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 3
Navigating in Nebraska
From: Lawrence Lanahan
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Two years ago, 166 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans ended up in Omaha, Nebraska. Two years out, one man is trying hard--perhaps too hard...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT-HD


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 2
Into a Million Pieces
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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John Halligan talks about the loss of his son to suicide.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 3
Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
From: KLCC
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Veterans and PTSD

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Suicide
From: KLCC
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Preventing Youth Suicide

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KSFR


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
Sit With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Twelve year old Cameron Ledoux talks with his father about his dad's depression.

Bought by HowSound, KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 4
My Family Remembers
From: Radio Rookies
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Edward Llanos digs into his family's past to uncover the lasting effects of his brush with a near-fatal illness.

Bought by WXLV-FM and KRCB Voice of Youth


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 2
Heroin
From: Radio Rookies
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Janesse reports on her father's herion addiction.

Bought by WITF, New Hampshire Public Radio, SALTcast Podcast, KXOT Public Radio, and WUAL


  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 5
Patrick's Loyalties
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
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Patrick returns to help his estranged father die of AIDS

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Parents Story of Perinatal Hospice
From: Miles Eddy
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A parent faces making informed decisions when their unborn baby has an uncertain outcome due to a life threatening heart defect.

  • Added: May 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:58
Joan Didion and The Year of Magical Thinking
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, National Book Award winner Joan Didion talks about The Year of Magical Thinking. Then, helpful hints on getting the best health care for you...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:10
Mom's Good Move II
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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An update of the Long Haul Production's series "Mom's Good Move."

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 1
Perinatal Hospice
From: KRCC-FM
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Tough choices for new parents

  • Added: Sep 30, 2005
  • Length: 07:44
Asia-AIDS
From: Steve Herman
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Asian tsunami blamed for increasing AIDS risk

  • Added: Jul 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:04
Girls Kick ALS
From: jessica lockhart
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How a group of friends confront ALS

  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 04:24
Losing a Friend to AIDS
From: Youth Radio
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Hearing that her friend has had unprotected sex with an HIV-positive person leads Youth Radio’s Leah Chapple-Stingley to reflect on another time an...

Bought by WFUV, YouthCast, KUCB, WSHU, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 5
Life on the Outside
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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Two mentally ill and homeless repeat offenders attempt to break the cycle -- one that for years has spun from jail, to psychiatric hospitals, to th...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 3
A Danger to Self and Others
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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"A Danger to Self or Others" documents everyday life inside the Chicago Cook County Jail's Mental Health Division - the largest provider of mental ...

Bought by PRX Remix and WYBC


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2