PRX - Pieces for Topic: Health

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

20 results


Feng Shui Minute (TM) - A Cluttered Office is Like a Hairy Swimmer
From: Robyn Bentley
Series:
Piece image
Less clutter at work means fewer obstacles on yoru career path

  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: :59
End of Life Health Care Costs
From: KUOW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The cancer drug Avastin can extend life, but only for a few months, at best. The drug can cost 100 thousand dollars a year. Is it worth it? Krak

  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 12:30
What Would Happen if Tomatoes Killed 400,000 Americans Every Year
From: The humble Farmer
Piece image
145 people got sick and tomatoes were pulled from store shelves

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jun 11, 2008
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1
Breaking Bad Habits with Stickk.com
From: Karen Fritsche
Piece image
Want to quit a bad habit? Put a contract out on yourself.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming the local food supply: a chef turns dairy farmer
From: With Good Reason
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A chef reflects on what led her to stop talking about the benefits of local food supply and become a part of it instead.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
CHINA SYNDROME!
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We will talk with Dr. Michael Hansen, who can rationally explain what we need to look out for in regards to products made in China.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
Cheez
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tribute to the foodlike substances of my youth.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:53
This I Believe - Jeffrey Hollender
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
Piece image
Vermont businessman Jeffrey Hollender believes being present isn't easy but it is the best way to live life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
KERA Commentary: Kellogg's Cereal Advertising
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Reaction to Kellogg's decision to change how and what cereals it markets to children

  • Added: Jul 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
Cigarette? Try The Candy Aisle
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Piece image
The 1998 "Master Settlement Agreement" was supposed to stop cigarette companies from marketing to kids. So why are those Marlboros right next to th...

Bought by WXLV-FM and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 29, 2007
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2
Don't We All Deserve (and Need) a Sabbatical?
From: Deb Krumholz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
inspiring interview about sabbaticals and how everyone can and should take one

  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 27:24
Can Your Lunch Kill You?
From: Tanya Ott
Piece image
Mad Cow. Avian Flu. Mercury-contaminated fish. Every day there seems to be a new threat to the U-S food supply. But how real is the risk and are co...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 2
Paying for Organs?
From: Tanya Ott
Piece image
People die every day because of organ shortages, but a group of medical, legal, economics and ethics specialists propose a controversial system tha...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 16, 2006
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
BIRD FLU - THE THREAT TO COMMERCIAL POULTRY
From: KRCC-FM
Piece image
People who raise birds commercially are keeping a close eye on brid flu

  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 05:38
The Naked Truth
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visit the Richmond Saunas in Richmond Maine. Your clothing is optional.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
Small Town Doc
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
Small town doctor, Mike Lambke, reaches out emotionally to his patients.

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
THINK GLOBAL: Bill McKibben commentary
From: Public Radio Collaboration 2005
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentator Bill McKibben argues that thinking local makes sense both for people and the planet.

Bought by WSLR, KLCC, WUAL, WBST, WNKU and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 12
Five Things
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
Motivational speaker Bill Picard meets the challenges of cerebral palsy.

Bought by KALW, HowSound, KUOW, SALTcast Podcast, American Public Media and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 6
Garbage Man-Long Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
Piece image
A trashman talks frankly about his life and work

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUT, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, KVNF and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7
Garbage Man-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
Piece image
A trashman talks frankly about his life and work

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Delta College Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2003
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 11