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Lethal Doses (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The author of Dreamland on the opioid crisis rocking America - A new study shows that opioid addiction may begin on the operating table - One fathe...

Bought by WCNY, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 13
Lethal Doses (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The author of Dreamland on the opioid crisis rocking America - A new study shows that opioid addiction may begin on the operating table

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WJCT, WCQS, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
AMOS 17.096: Money and Marriage, 5/15/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Money and Marriage

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.074: Single Fish Female Seeks Good Father, 4/13/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Single Fish Female Seeks Good Father

  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Take Care #98
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Complementary medicine and pre-hospital hotel stays.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
AMOS 17.023: Parenting Styles and Bullying, 2/1/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Parenting Styles and Bullying

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Deafness & Brain Structure
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The brain architecture for processing sound is the same in deaf people as in hearing people.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KSFR, KENW and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
True Love Waits
From: Jessica Ripka
Caption: Dave Ripka with two of his favorite stuffed animals, Credit: Deanna Kay
EVEN WITH THE RISE OF ONLINE DATING WEBSITES AND WAYS TO CONNECT, THERE IS STILL A LARGE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT THEY HAVE YET TO HELP. FROM GLEN BURNIE,...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:16
59: America The Anxious; Cooperative Games; Negotiate in "Man Pants"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Ruth Whippman
Lauren's guests this week are Ruth Whippman, author of "America the Anxious. How The Pursuit Of Happiness Is Making Us A Nation of Nervous Wrecks";...

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KKRN, WGBH Radio Boston, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 10
Take Care #90
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Generic drugs and pet care for those in hospice.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Breast Milk Bank Resurgence Helps Premature Babies, But Who Will Pay?
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
Caption: A 100 ml bottle of pasteurized, donated breast milk at the new non-profit milk bank in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. These cost $15 each., Credit: Karen Shakerdge
There's a reason donor milk is called "liquid gold" -- the fluid can make a big difference to premature babies with underdeveloped digestive system...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #88
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Cross contamination and talking to a cancer patient

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 52: The Checklist
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to Episode 51: Money Tree before you listen to this one. While working on our last episode, we became curious about ...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 23:23
  • Purchases: 1
288-Coming Out Of Monsoon
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Watching the night sky for you.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, Radio Newark, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Take Care #82
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Discussing scary news with kids and acupuncture.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Take Care #80
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Bariatric surgery and doctor/patient decision making.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Take Care #79
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Concierge medicine and the hidden brain.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Rachel Toor - Misunderstood - 260
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Rachel Toor explains the origins of our misunderstandings about rats and reads from her book 'Misunderstood: Why the Humble Rat May Be Your Best Pe...

Bought by 'The Sea', KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Take Care #77
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: A new way to purchase prescriptions and mindful eating.

Bought by WNMU-FM and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Take Care #76
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Art therapy and gall bladder disease.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WRIR, WJCU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Carolyn Shoemaker and Phred Salazar
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Carolyn Shoemaker (left) and her son-in-law, Phred Salazar (right)
Astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker remembers her late husband, renowned astrogeologist Gene Shoemaker, whose ashes are buried on the Moon.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:16
Take Care #70
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: What pharmacists do and container herb gardening.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Extreme Heat
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: This Won't Hurt A Bit
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Can you drink your own urine? Run yourself to death? This week we explore the science and physiology of how extreme heat effects our bodies.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KVSC, WYAP, and WART FM


  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 26:50
  • Purchases: 4
RDD: Positivity and Progeria
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This story on The Rough Draft Diaries was given to us by Lexi Staples and it involves the Kudzia family. Tune in to hear how Heather Kudzia chooses...

  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 06:12
Dr. James Downing and St. Jude: Giving All Children a Chance Against Cancer and Other Illnesses
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Dr. James Downing, president and CEO of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, on how the organization provid...

  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 45:26

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