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Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, President and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WEZU, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:54
  • Purchases: 3
States of Mind: Mental Illness in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: A woman in a "state of hysteria.", Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Recent estimates suggest that more than 50% of Americans will suffer from a “mental disorder” at some point in their lifetime, making the once “abn...

Bought by WEZU, WXDU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Food Sleuth Radio, John Pastor Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Politicians and analysts mark progress by quarterly earnings, but scientists who study life cycles in the real world may need years to document cha...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Adam Dole, Presidential Innovation Fellow
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Adam Dole, recent Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House and former entre...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Psychiatrist Judith Orloff with "Ecstasy of Surrender"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Orloff is an Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA who incorporates energy medicine in her practice. In her fifth book she invites reader...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Elizabeth Bradley, Yale Global Health Initiative
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Elizabeth Bradley Director of the Yale Global Health Initiative and co-author of...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 18, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Two Guys on Your Head: The Persistence of False Beliefs
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Our world these days is laden with a constant flow of information. It’s unavoidable. But how do we determine what information to believe? Once we...

  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Dr. H. Jack Geiger, Physicians for Social Responsibility
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. H. Jack Geiger, co-founder of Physicians for Human Rights and Physicians for Soc...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: David Lochbaum, Credit: Union of Concerned Scientists
The nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 should provide the United States with lessons learned, however, the carefully nurtured tale that technology w...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Age of Radiance
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Craig Nelson
Bestselling author Craig Nelson provides an in depth examination of the history of the Atomic age from x-rays to the 2011 meltdown in Japan.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond Denial
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Failed governance: on the House floor, Washington DC, 2013
In light of a recent all-night vigil on the House floor (see #Up4Climate), World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill was inspired to write this week’s epi...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:13
Congressman John E. Porter, Chair of Research!America
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Today on Conversations on Health Care - hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with former Congressman John E. Porter - who oversaw a drama...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 46: Ronnie Smith/Cannabis Oil Cancer Cure – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Ronnie Lee Smith (aka Roland A. Duby)
Bobby podcasts via Skype with Ronnie Lee Smith aka Roland A. Duby, stand-up comedian, social media personality, and self-proclaimed healer of cance...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:17
Dr. Beverly Malone, CEO of the National League for Nursing
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Beverly Malone, Chief Executive Officer of the National League for Nursing which...

Bought by WRIR and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:50
  • Purchases: 2
Governor Michael Leavitt, Founder of Leavitt Partners
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with former Utah Governor Michael Leavitt, who was also Secretary of the Department of He...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Ardis Hoven, President of the American Medical Association
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven, President of the American Medical Association, the largest and ...

Bought by WRIR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Kentucky Governor Steven Beshear
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Kentucky Governor Steven Beshear, the only Southern Governor choosing to both expand...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Moyers & Company Show 245: The Path of Positive Resistance
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Activists resisting on the front lines. Next on Moyers & Company.

Bought by KVMR, KTRL, KGNU Community Radio, KBRP Community Radio, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 31
Grokking Democracy
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Advancing Technology for Humanity
Hour long news program examines the democratic process and how technology has played a role. Co-hosted by Jonathan Alter and Lisa Mullins.

Bought by WUFT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB, KQED, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 19
Dr. Kavita Patel, Brookings Institution and Bipartisan Policy Cente
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Kavita Patel, Managing Director of Delivery System Reform and Clinical Transformation at the Brookings ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRIR, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Poison Squad: A Chemist’s Quest for Pure Food
From: Sruthi Pinnamaneni
Caption: The Poison Squad dining room in the basement of the Bureau of Chemistry, Credit: FDA
Meet Harvey Washington Wiley, the mastermind behind this experiment where young government employees were fed poison-laced foods months on end. He...

Bought by WHYY, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 8
Author Michael Pollan and "Cooked"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Food guy Michael Pollan’s new book is “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.” He is a personable, well-spoken walking encyclopedia of Ameri...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Senate Immigration Bill Calls For A Drone-Patrolled Border
From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Fronteras: Immigration Reform
Caption: PRX default Piece image
To secure the border, the Senate committee says we need more drones. But it has been widely reported that drones on the border are ineffective.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:12
Sleepwalking to the Asylum
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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BackStory producer Eric Mennel and literature professor Benjamin Reiss brings us the story of Jane Rider, a sleepwalking servant girl whose case in...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 11:38
  • Purchases: 5