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Walking Blind
From: Sarah Dalsimer
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Sarah Dalsimer follows one blind New Yorker on his morning commuter.

Bought by KZSC, Marfa Public Radio, and WFUV


  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 3
Women's Rights: an Unfinished Agenda
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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An examination of women's reproductive rights.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 1
Toxic Living
From: Voices of Our World
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Deirdre Imus explains the connection between household chemical cleaning agents and pediatric cancers.

Bought by KUNM, KHSU, KVSC, and KMXT


  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
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
My Body My Temple
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Women writers reading their own works about how breast cancer affects their body image

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KLCC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 30, 2005
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 4
A Menace As Great -- or Greater -- Than Steroids
From: Dick Meister
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Smokeless tobacco is threatening the health of major league baseball players and millions of others.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Living Well Show - Dr. Steven Woolf, MD
From: KRZA
Series: Living Well Show
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Dr. Steven Woolf, MD discusses his research into the racial disparities in health care in the US.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:47
Your Own Health And Fitness: Promo
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Promottional piece for Your Own Health And Fitness suitable for broadcast on any station

Bought by AIFM and Internet Partnership Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2004
  • Length: :48
  • Purchases: 2
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
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
When All Else Fails
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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"When All Else Fails" is a first-person account of a man undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock (Award Winner:...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 21:19
  • Purchases: 2
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
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
Crossing the River Lethe
From: Laura Jackson
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Coming to terms with my aging mother's dementia.

Bought by WKSU and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Fast Food: What and Why
From: Barry Vogel
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Fast food: What it is; how it is sold; what it does to us.

Bought by KVSC, KUNM, KVSC, KRZA, KOSU and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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
Powdered Eggs and Spam
From: Hillary Frank
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A 44-year-old disabled man is confined to a nursing home for ten years while he hunts for affordable housing.

Bought by KPFA


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Prison Cure
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Sick kids behind bars and what happens when they get there: a Colorado youth prison sheds light on a national problem.

Bought by KPIK-LP, WSKG, PRX Remix, WRPI, and Audible


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 5
Life in a Brothel
From: Barry Vogel
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Prostitutes and their customers: Who are they, why are they there, and who supports them.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2003
  • Length: 29:00