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Playing "Advergames" with Kids' Health
From: Dick Meister
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This is a commentary noting that the Internet has become a major tool for selling easily exploited kids the junk food that has helped make childhoo...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
Digestive Wellness for Children
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Nutritionist Elizabeth Lipski, PhD discusses her new book Digestive Wellness for Children about preventing and healing digestive disorders in child...

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Jul 25, 2006
  • Length: 57:37
  • Purchases: 1
Martin Bell's Democratic Republic of Congo Child Alert
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! Ex-BBC War Correspondent Martin Bell gives a report on Dr Congo and the affects of war, disease and hunger on children there

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Jul 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Daniel Ferri
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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A natural disaster and a family medical crisis made Daniel Ferri believe in the kindness of strangers.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
A Lion in the House -
From: Aileen LeBlanc
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A look behind the scenes of the new PBS documentary about families living with kids who have cancer. A Lion in the House airs on PBS June 21st, 22nd.

Bought by WYSO, WYSO, and WMUB


  • Added: May 30, 2006
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 3
Singing for sanitation: Teen in rural Nepal teaches her village about water safety
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Shanta, age 14, teaches her community in rural Nepal about water and sanitation, and learns to come out of her shell

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio and KWCW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Apocalypse Nanny
From: Merle Kessler
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Of clowns and music in surgery. Oh, and nannies.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:47
A telephone hotline starts up in Bam, Iran
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Correspondent Miranda Eeles reports on a new telephone hotline in Bam , Iran

  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:58
Radio Club
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Eight young boys with autistic spectrum disorder have formed "The Radio Club" to tell you what it’s like to view the world through the lens of autism.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 1
Perinatal Hospice
From: KRCC-FM
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Tough choices for new parents

  • Added: Sep 30, 2005
  • Length: 07:44
Commentary: Rubella Is History
From: KRCC-FM
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A personal reflection on rubella eradication

  • Added: Aug 19, 2005
  • Length: 04:04
Back to School Immunizations
From: KRCC-FM
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Colorado boosts child immunization rates

Bought by KSUT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2005
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 1
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
Listening For A Name
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Monique Attinger prepares for the possibility of losing a child to miscarriage.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Overweight Kids in California
From: David Barasoain
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Looking at ways of educating kids about fitness and nutrition.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 3
Other Answers
From: marybethkirchner group
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One-hour special/pilot on children’s health with pediatrician Dr. Jay Gordon and guest, actor Noah Wyle of “ER.”

  • Added: Apr 12, 2005
  • Length: 55:16
Child Trafficking Around the World
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! - Story of the problem of Child Trafficking in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa

Bought by AIFM and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Ridding Cambodia of Landmines
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! - Landmines in Cambodia are still a huge problem, effecting millions of children 

Bought by WBEZ, KFAI Minneapolis, and American Independence Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 3
One Heart for Asia Tsunami Relief Special
From: David Hahn
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A music and interview special to garner aid and volunteers for 23 Tsunami relief agencies

  • Added: Jan 18, 2005
  • Length: 28:43
Holding Your Breath
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Micheal Geary has cancer. It could be getting worse. What do you tell the kids?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 1
Reaching the Autistic Child - Part 2 - Treatment
From: Karen Brown
Series: Reaching the Autistic Child - Diagnosis and Treatment
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Part two of a 2-parter on early diagnosis and treatment for autism.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 05, 2005
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 1
Reaching the Autistic Child - Part 1 - Diagnosis
From: Karen Brown
Series: Reaching the Autistic Child - Diagnosis and Treatment
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Part one of a 2-parter on early diagnosis and treatment for autism.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 05, 2005
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Fraying Safety Net
From: Patrik Angstrom Poore
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Health Care options for Oregon's uninsured look grim

  • Added: Oct 01, 2004
  • Length: 29:32
Children and Bipolar Disorder
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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News feature about children with bipolar disorder, and the controversy surrounding the diagnosis.

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Jun 04, 2004
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1