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Young Woman in Ukraine Works to Fight Spread of HIV
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! Iryna Kalinichenko tells her story of how HIV has affected her life.

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
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
Perinatal Hospice: A Story of Support
From: Miles Eddy
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Thousands of parents a year are faced with making informed decisions when their unborn baby has an uncertain outcome due to birth defects and other...

Bought by KRCC-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Perinatal Hospice: A Parents Story
From: Miles Eddy
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Hospice care is something that most people associate with elderly people, or at least terminally ill adults. But what happens when the life that is...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 2
WTU: Vegan Diet May Stop Cancer.
From: Mike Mossey
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Researchers discover switching to a vegan diet may stop or reverse prostate cancer.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
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
Autobiorama - To Drink or Not to Drink
From: WMNF
Series: Autobiorama
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first person stories on a theme

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
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
Exo-Bots
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Inventor develops new robotic exoskeleton to aid handicapped

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:25
Soldiers' Mental Health - Part 2
From: KRCC-FM
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Interview with psychiatric advisor to Surgeon General of the Army

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 04:19
Soldiers' Mental Health - Part 1
From: KRCC-FM
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Army claims services are adequate, others are not so sure

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 09:35
Blissful Oblivion
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jess Perlitz visits her grandmother and discovers that coping with memory loss is as much about the present as it is about the past.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 2
Patsy's Silent World
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Trish Kelly explores her mother's silent world.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 1
Walking The Wards
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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As a security officer in a large Vancouver hospital, Art Beck must be ready for anything.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 13:05
  • Purchases: 1
She's Just Like Me
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Leah Rumack seeks out her mother's best friend to find out about the mother she never knew.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 3
Can You Hear Me Now?
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Derek Ruediger documents his friend Chris's decision to have a cochlear implant operation.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 12:54
  • Purchases: 1
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
Army Mental Health
From: KRCC-FM
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Controversy over whether the Army is providing adequate services

  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
RN Documentary: The Dutch Doctor and the River Spirit
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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In Africa, some two million women have VVF or Vesico Vaginal Fistula, a condition caused by prolonged labour. According to Dr. Kees Waaldijk, a Du...

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming more successful can be dangerous to your health
From: Michael Jackman
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At the moment life is great, and I've got the scars to prove it.

Bought by WKMS


  • Added: Oct 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
Ruach: Playing flute for Susanne's memorial
From: Michael Jackman
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Our strangely intertwined melodies led me to play flute at Susanne's memorial service.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2005
  • Length: 02:45
A Cook's Notebook: Congee
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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for stronger chi

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Operation Just One Soldier
From: KRCC-FM
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People seeking to help soldiers are rebuffed by military

  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 09:03
Miniclinics (#133)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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An example of how doing good and self-interest can coincide.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Hello My Name is Ellen and I am a Spaz
From: Ellen Birkett Morris
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An undectectable case of cerebral palsy allowed the commentator to reflect on living in two worlds and what it will take to get people to reach out...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1

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