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Your list of Transcendant Experiences
From: NAISA
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Transcendence expressed as something extraordinary

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 01:00
My Name Is Ryan
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Weed, cocaine, morphine, oxycontin, crack, Ryan has tried them all. Once he developed a tolerance for one, he just moved on to the next. Now he's i...

Bought by Remix Radio and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 2
Healer
From: Voices of Our World
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Repairing a torn psyche or a scarred soul is possible but the methodology has yet to be confined to a specific set of protocols.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 28:05
The Cigarette Bath
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Emily and her cousin Sarah come up with a novel scheme to save her grandfather from his smoking habit. Rather than being rewarded, their efforts la...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
Rent-A-Pet
From: Adam Allington
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Who wants a three-legged one-eyed pittbull mix?

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFIU, and KZSC


  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 4
Movements
From: Emily Howard
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A news magazine devoted to reporting, learning from, and analyzing social movements.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
Endocrine Disruptors in Your Home - Dr. Theo Colborn
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Dr. Theo Colborn discuesses the dangers of common household chemicals - bisphenol A and phthalates. Bisphenol A is found in baby bottles and toys...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2007
  • Length: 28:56
RN Documentary: An Ode to Health and Ignorance
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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What it?s like to suffer from a disease that little is known about.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV, and WBEZ


  • Added: Nov 23, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Digital Diary: A youth anti-violence activist in the Philippines tells her story
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Youth producer Cora Buala from the Phillipines, a youth anti-violence activist, reports her own story

Bought by WXLV-FM and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 2
INFORUM-Africa Health Panel
From: Commonwealth Club of California
Series: Commonwealth Club of California-Weekly Public Affairs Radio Program
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A panel discussion on health issues in Africa

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Healing Healthcare
From: WHYY
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An in-depth look at the relationship between healthcare providers and patients

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCBU, KTNA, WMRA, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 7
Greg Palast - GMO's in Iraq!
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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What do GMO?s (genetically modified foods) have to do with Iraq?? Good Question! Greg Palast, investigative journalist and author of Armed Madhous...

Bought by WERU


  • Added: Sep 26, 2006
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
Savoring Swine: The Economics and Politics of Pork
From: A World of Possibilities
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This is a program about the meat production industry.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, AIFM, and WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Single Payer Health Insurance
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Bree Johnston, MD physician-spokesperson from the group Physicians for a National Health Program discusses single payer health insurance systems

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 1
Body Pain
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Health educator Layna Berman discusses underconsidered reasons for bodywide pain including unresolved infections, hormone imbalances, allergies, an...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2006
  • Length: 58:55
Smoking: The Truth
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Stan Glantz, MD professor of medicine at UC San Francisco and an anti-tobacco activist unpacks the science behind smoking's dangers and overweight'...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and AIFM


  • Added: Aug 22, 2006
  • Length: 59:19
  • Purchases: 2
Back and Joint Therapy: Supporting the Whole Person
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Thomas Dorman, MD discusses Prolotherapy and its place in supporting the whole person in treating back and joint conditions.

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2006
  • Length: 59:34
  • Purchases: 1
Turning Health People Into Patients
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Medical writer Roy Moynihan, co-author with Alan Cassels of Selling Sickness, discusses how medical institutions have invented diseases under the g...

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 08, 2006
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 1
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Health educator Layna Berman discusses nutrient-based therapies and new laboratory testing for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2006
  • Length: 57:51
  • Purchases: 1
BAR OWNERS CHALLENGE STATE SMOKING BAN
From: KRCC-FM
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Colorado's ban on smoking inside bars and restaurants.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2006
  • Length: 01:41
This I Believe - Anthony Fauci
From: This I Believe
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A belief in personal responsibility drives Dr. Anthony Fauci?s work to find a cure for HIV-AIDS.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
After the Dumpster
From: Elizabeth Chur
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Drowning in stuff, a hoarder discovers how to let go of some objects.

Bought by KVMR, WDBM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 7
Voices of Reform #1: Norm Stamper- Marijuana Bust 1968
From: NORML Foundation
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Norml Stamper, fomer Seattle Police Chief, speaks about his first Marijuana bust in 1968

  • Added: May 03, 2006
  • Length: 07:31
Cell Phones - Health Hazards Revealed - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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How safe ARE cell phones???? Dr Geoge Carlo MD, author of Cell Phones : Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age tells your listeners about the TRUE h...

  • Added: May 02, 2006
  • Length: 29:19
Cell Phones - Health Hazards Revealed - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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How safe ARE cell phones???? Dr Geoge Carlo MD, author of Cell Phones : Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age tells your listeners about the TRUE h...

  • Added: May 02, 2006
  • Length: 29:06