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California Bets Big on Housing in Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Dale Stout is one of the first people to benefit from the additional housing supports in California’s new Medicaid initiative, CalAIM. , Credit: Ryan Levi
California is in the early days of one of the most ambitious initiatives ever to address Medicaid patients’ social needs in hopes of improving thei...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 30:48
Dr. Peter McCullough - The Vaccine as the Manifest Destiny of the Pandemic
From: Ray Samuels
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In this explosive interview, cardiologist and epidemiologist Dr. Peter McCullough speaks to Dr. Sam Dubé as to why he, as well as a multitude of hi...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:18:30
Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp
Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 6
Can drownings be eliminated on the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Lifeguards performing a drill at Silver Beach County Park, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
With lifeguards, warning signs, 911 phones and education efforts, beaches across the Great Lakes are preparing for emergencies. But how effective a...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 8
Great Lakes drownings hit small Michigan county
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Waves crash against pier near Silver Beach, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Berrien County, Mich., is a tourist destination because of its beautiful beaches and 50 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. But the community also ha...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 7
Deadly currents -- why they hit the Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Silver Beach County Park in St. Joseph, Michigan, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Since 2002, powerful currents in the Great Lakes have caused more than 150 drownings, researchers say. A look at the science behind the currents.

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRVO Public Media, WMUK, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 9
Inside a coal fired power plant
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: The Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania., Credit: Reid Frazier
How do you clean up 100,000 tons of air pollution? Boatloads of air filters, and some basic high school chemistry. This story takes the listener in...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
The GMO Deception
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JUNE 2014
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Are we being told the truth about GMO foods in our midst? Sheldon Krimsky is Editor/reader here and Ralph Nader wrote the foreword to this informat...

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
Overtreatment: How health care makes us sick
From: Nathanael Johnson
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The health-care debate is focused on quantity: how many people – and how much care they will get. But perhaps quality, rather than quantity of care...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 5
Quest_Graywater Guerillas
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A report from the frontlines of D.I.Y eco-plumbing.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
QUEST_Big Plans for Big OIl
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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As Chevron hatches expansion plans for one of California's largest oil refineries, Richmond's Green Party mayor considers the future of her city, a...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
QUEST_The Science of Making Decisions
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Scientists use MRIs to study the neurology of shopping

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 2
After Oil
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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When we look at all the things that made America what it is, It's fair to say that for the last hundred years or so, America has been shaped, more ...

Bought by KZYX, WILL, Marfa Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 39
American Chestnuts Roasting Again?
From: The Environment Report
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Saving the American Chestnut

  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:51
Personalized Medicine
From: Steve Herman
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Researchers in Japan are moving out of the lab the technology for personalized medicine

  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 06:25