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California Climate:Heat, Drought, Flood, Lightning, & Fire w/ Dr. Michael Anderson
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: California Climate Map, Credit: Photo by: Ali Zifan (CC BY-SA 4.0) (derived from World Köppen Classification (with authors).svg)
In this episode, we explore California’s dynamic and shifting climate, which impacts so much across the Bay area, region, and state, including our ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Re-purposing Good:Sustaining Heart, Finding Truth During the Pandemic
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...all doing their part, Credit: Susan Cook
The pandemic has brought much repurposing for good. As the current President comes to Maine for Public Relations at a factory churning out 1 milli...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 07:32
Dr. Michael Osterholm on Covid-19: "We Will Get Through This But We'll Never Go Back to Normal"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Conversations on COVID-19
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, is director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and author of the book, Dead...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 15:48
  • Purchases: 2
S2 Ep 6: Treating addiction from the ER
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Justina Bauthues (center) poses for a photo with her parents, Lisa and Tom Hilton.
A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment, instead of just sending them out the door when they’re well again. Two doctors, ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:04
S2 Ep 3: Treating Chronic Pain
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Physical therapist, Dr. Timothy Zepelak, meets with patient Kimberly Bergrud at Swedish Hospital in Seattle on her first day in the Structured Functional Restoration Program for people with chronic pain., Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
On this episode we zoom out and get a more complete picture of chronic pain, so we can understand where opioids fit in. We find out about one solu...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:56
S2 Ep4: Some Patients Find Relief in Medical Marijuana
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Robin Guerrero overdosed on black-market fentanyl, but now has found tremendous relief from pain and anxiety by using medical marijuana.
Some people with chronic pain now rely on medical marijuana in place of opioid painkillers. But, in the absence of formal medical guidance, many pa...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 24:49
The Pentagon says wildfires, driven by climate change, are a growing national security threat
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A fire fighter monitors a controlled burn Sept. 18, 2019 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The burn was intended to reduce the risk of wildfires., Credit: Aubree Milks / U.S. Air Force
A 2019 Department of Defense report concluded that the effects of a changing climate, including wildfires, threaten dozens of military bases.

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 4
Ep 3: Treating the opioid epidemic like a natural disaster
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: Sheriff Ty Trenary, Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
Addiction hits home for the top dog of a disaster-prone county. An old-school cop gets a wake-up call and learns “handcuffs and a trip to jail” jus...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 26:39
Ep 1: Fighting the opioid epidemic with Suboxone and telemedicine
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: A patient video conferencing with a medical provider at Ideal Option the clinic in Everett, WA., Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
At a clinic in Everett, Washington, a nurse pushes his patients to work hard, and the patients embark on their road to recovery. This episode we're...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 25:34
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C-HIT The WorkUp: Public Charge
From: Lynne DeLucia
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Some people rely on Medicaid to access health care. Or they use other federal benefits, like food stamps and housing assistance, to build the found...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2019
  • Length: 05:52
When Cancer Patients Ask About Weed, Many Doctors Say Go For It
From: Side Effects Public Media
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The majority of states have medical cannabis laws that allow cancer patients access. And a new study finds nearly half of all oncologists recommend...

  • Added: May 11, 2018
  • Length: :46
FDA Cracks Down On Teen Vaping, ‘Juuling’
From: Side Effects Public Media
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The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday they will take steps to crack down on the sale of e-cigarette products to children and teenagers...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: :46
The Surgeon General Wants Us All To Carry Narcan, But It Can Be Hard To Get
From: Side Effects Public Media
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, issued an advisory. More people, he says, should carry naloxone, the opioid overdose an...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2
The Best Medicine For Chronic Pain Is Not A Drug, Experts Say
From: Side Effects Public Media
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Nearly 1 in 3 Americans lives with chronic pain - for which there is simply no quick fix. But pain experts generally agree that a low-tech approach...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 3
Opioid Overdoses May Be Seriously Undercounted
From: Side Effects Public Media
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When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues a report on the number of overdoses in the U.S., it’s only as good as the data states se...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 4
New CDC Research Links Scott County Syringe Program With HIV Testing, Prevention
From: Side Effects Public Media
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An analysis released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides further links between syringe services programs and preve...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:10
As States Embrace Cannabis As Opioid Alternative, Science Lags Behind Policy
From: Side Effects Public Media
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Across the country, states that are desperate to prevent opioid addiction are considering medical cannabis as a solution. But some fear the policy ...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can Freestanding ERs Replace Rural America's Struggling Hospitals? It's Complicated
From: Side Effects Public Media
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When the hospital closed in rural Ellington, Missouri, a town of about 1,000, the community lost its only emergency room, too. About 700 rural comm...

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  • Added: Jan 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
An Indiana Law Makes Harm Reduction For Opioid Addiction Into A Yearly Battle
From: Side Effects Public Media
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In 2015, Indiana legalized syringe exchange programs to prevent spread of HIV and hepatitis C. Yet unlike other states, which let programs continue...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
Getting Down And Getting Tested At Underground LGBTQ Balls
From: Side Effects Public Media
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Since it started in Harlem in the 1980s, ballroom culture has been an anchor for LGBTQ black and Latinx communities everywhere. At each ball, conte...

Bought by WYSO and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 2
In One Ohio County, Police Try Something Different: Door-to-Door Interventions For Drug Users
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
Caption: Officer Ron Meyers in Ross County, Ohio., Credit: Seth Herald/Side Effects Public Media
After a string of fatal overdoses last year, a team of law enforcement officials and treatment experts from southern Ohio formed the Post-Overdose ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
$5 Per Tooth Extractions Draw Those Without Affordable Dental Care
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
Caption: A hygienist numbs a patient in preparation for a tooth extraction at Smiles of Hope., Credit: Marissanne Lewis-Thompson/Side Effects Public Media
In many low-income communities, especially in rural areas, charity clinics provide dental care for a population whose needs are not fully met by th...

Bought by KRPS, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
Former CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt Talks Graham-Cassidy And Need for Bipartisanship
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Andy Slavitt, former Acting Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid S...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
In the Department of Poetic Justice: Take Them Off Our Agenda (Ending Affordable Care)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The Senate Republicans have introduced a bill to send all Affordable Care Act funding back to the states so states can deny coverage to citizens an...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:01
Deadly Opioid Overwhelms First Responders And Crime Labs in Ohio
From: Side Effects Public Media
Caption: Bob Topmiller, chief of toxicology at the Hamilton County Coroner's Office, holds a small vial containing carfentanil extracted from a sample of blood., Credit: Jake Harper/Side Effects
Heroin isn't new in Cincinnati, but the recent surge in overdoses is being blamed on an even more potent drug called carfentanil. It's 100 times st...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1