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Stephen Buhner - The Secret Teachings of Plants
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Stephen Buhner author of The Secret Teachings of Plants discusses how ancient and indigenous peoples learned about plants FROM the plants themselve...

  • Added: May 18, 2005
  • Length: 29:23
Surprise! Uh oh.
From: Merle Kessler
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What I always thought: surprise parties could kill you.

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:33
Deep Brain Stimulation
From: jessica lockhart
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Going inside the operating room with a man having brain surgery for Parkinson's disease.

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 24:40
A House With Many Rooms
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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In this intimate and compelling memoir, Marti Em offers a rare glimpse into what it is like to live with multiple personalities.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
My Body
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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This program looks at society's fixation with breasts -- a fixation that can be playful -- or downright painful.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:45
  • Purchases: 1
Cracked Open
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Richard Handler shares his pungent insights into brain surgery, actually, his own brain surgery.

Bought by WBEZ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:40
  • Purchases: 2
He's My Brother
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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If your brother is a drug addict, what do you do?

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Voice Of Warning
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Jade's voice speaks a loud warning to thousands of students.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 3
Finding My Place
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A memoir piece about overcoming depression and finding hope

Bought by KVSC, KVSC, and KUT


  • Added: May 07, 2005
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
Anti- Malarial Bednets Make a Difference in Tanzania
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! A program to provide bednets to prevent malaria in Tanzania, starting with the women and children, is a huge success.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:10
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
Girls Kick ALS
From: jessica lockhart
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How a group of friends confront ALS

  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 04:24
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
Dr. Masaru Emoto - Hidden Messages in Water
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Dr. Masuru Emoto's work with water crystals show that our thoughts and words affect the physical world.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
Anger Control
From: Tunde A. Obazee
Series: Empowerment Radio
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How anger affect blood pressure

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Apr 18, 2005
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 1
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
THINK GLOBAL: Bill McKibben commentary
From: Public Radio Collaboration 2005
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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
Hollywood Beauty Reigns in Asian-American Eyes
From: WFUV
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WFUV's George Bodarky reports on the growing number of Asian-Americans seeking plastic surgery to look more like their favorite American celebrities.

Bought by Outer Voices, New Hampshire Public Radio, WGVU, WAER Syracuse, NY, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 7
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
Japan-Allergies
From: Steve Herman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cedar and cypress allergies nothing to sneeze at in Japan

  • Added: Mar 25, 2005
  • Length: 04:09
1992 Steven Taylor - Villanelle
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Steven Taylor (of the Fugs) sings one of his own beautiful poems, addressing AIDS

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
Altoids, India Style
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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Interview with shopkeeper in Seattle's Pike Street Market reveals herbal etiquette following an Indian meal.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
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
RN Documentary: Pride and Prejudice
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Comparing the lives of gay men over two centuries.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1

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