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Bridge for Brain Health and World Peace with New York Times and International Columnist Bridge Expert Phillip Alder
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Bridge for Brain Health and World Peace with New York Times and International Columnist Bridge Expert Phillip Alder. More than just a game, for dec...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Take Care #105
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: The "medicine of exercise" and socks.

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


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Claudia Dewane and Bill Dewane
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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When Bill and Claudia met in 1973 Bill had recently suffered a spinal cord injury that left him partially paralyzed. They came to StoryCorps to tal...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:37
Project Survival & the genetic fight against Pancreatic Cancer with Harvards Dr Jim Moser
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Doc Ken talks Pancreatic Cancer advancements and genetics with Harvards Dr. Jim Moser

  • Added: Jan 29, 2017
  • Length: 26:09
01192017: Creating Excellent Health and Social Connections for Vibrant Aging with Dr. Sharon Bergquist and Dr. Leslie Martin, 1/19/2017
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
Caption: Happiness [is an inside job]...
Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on longevity. Guest...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2017
  • Length: 53:51
StoryCorps: Judy Charest and Harold Hogue
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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A woman speaks with one of the men who saved her life on Christmas Eve 1956, after her mother jumped with her off a bridge and into the river below.

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps OutLoud: Leslye Huff and Mary Ostendorf
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Leslye Huff (left) and Mary Ostendorf (right)
When they met in 1983, Leslye was open about her sexuality while Mary kept hers private. With a family Thanksgiving approaching, that all changed.

Bought by KRVS, Radio Catskill, WMUU-LP, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 4
Holding on to the Man in the Mirror
From: Zach Dyer
Caption: “Stranger in the Mirror.” Marlborough, MA. November 2003. , Credit: Stephen DiRado
Family has always been an important theme for photographer Stephen DiRado’s work. So when tragedy struck, it wasn’t a surprise that Stephen turned ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
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
Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
09082016: Courageously Earnest Conversations About Life & Death , 9/8/2016
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on life and death. ...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 49:24
An Ageist Age: Is Classic and Craggy the New Key to Cool? The Middle Edges #105
From: Teosson Wells
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How old is old to you? Imagine what it would be like if the only tool you had for determining a person’s “oldness factor” was the vibrancy of his o...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 24:21
The Man in the Black Hat
From: Greg Barron
Caption: The Man in the Black Hat: "I recall when things were very different..." What have left behind?
An acoustic story about growing up in the 1950s and society's loss of innocence since.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2016
  • Length: 26:05
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
Weekly Arts Calendar – NW Minnesota and Beyond!
From: KSRQ
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The “Weekly Arts Calendar” is a weekly listing of events and activities that highlight the arts, music and culture of the region and within Minnesota.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:12
Monuments Men/ Fads/ Robotic Surgery/ Tinkering/ Brain Health
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Robert Edsel/Monuments Men/ Segment 2&3: Jonah Berger/Fads Segment 4: Watson&Hanley/robotics Segment 5: Karen Wilkinson/tinkering Segmen...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:48:00
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #66
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: "Silver" divorce and urinary Incontinence.

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


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Slipping Away: An Alzheimer's Story, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Triptych photo illustration, Credit: Doug Dobey.
For the longest while I would think of my mother as a husk like the shell left behind by a cicada, all the internal meat gone, just a crisp skin re...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 27:38
Slipping Away: An Alzheimer's Story, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Frances Hilary McGuigan
As a boy I always thought it would be terrifying to be a tree rooted in the ground when developers arrived with backhoes and chainsaws. How you cou...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 27:22
Auntie
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip's Aunt
A heartfelt goodbye to a favorite Aunt.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Take Care #35
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Lessons for loving and omega 3s.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Chloe Longfellow
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Chloe Longfellow
Chloe Longfellow came to StoryCorps to remember some of the life lessons she learned as a kid, while spending time in her grandmother’s kitchen.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 9
StoryCorps: James Kennicott and Kara Masteller
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: James Kennicott (L) and Kara Masteller (R)
Recorded using the StoryCorps app, a granddaughter learns about a difficult upbringing, loved ones lost, and gets advice on growing older.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio , WTJU, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Teresa Valko
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Teresa Valko remembers what it was like to see her mother’s memory deteriorate from Alzheimer’s, and to undergo her own genetic testing.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 4
Culture Clique Presents "Latsch and Sons"
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we will learn about the life of both John Latsch Sr and John Latsch Jr who together ran Latsch and Sons in Winon...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 20:54

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