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A Peace Choir and a Peace Elder
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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We'll meet the founders of the New Mexico Peace Choir, and also a military veteran and long-time peace activist Sally-Alice Thompson who, at 95, is...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Mar 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Peace Choir and a Peace Elder
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We'll meet the founders of the New Mexico Peace Choir, and also a military veteran and long-time peace activist Sally-Alice Thompson who, at 95, i...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
The Pentagon has settled a lawsuit over allegedly defective earplugs. Now veterans are suing, too.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Gen. William J. Gothard (right) receives a spent shell casing as part of his 2014 retirement ceremony at Fort Jackson, S.C. Gothard says his 36 years of service left him with hearing loss and tinnitus., Credit: Shantelle Campbell / U.S. Army
The settlement with earplug manufacturer 3M has focused attention on service-related hearing loss, one of the most common health problems among vet...

Bought by KPBS, WUSF, Texas Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KPCC and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 6
Most veterans who kill themselves are 55 or older. The VA is trying to learn why.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 76 year old Army veteran Robert Neilson writes notes of encouragement to fellow veterans who have contemplated suicide. He's struggled with mental health issues since he left the Army in the 1960s., Credit: Matt Bowler / KPBS
Veterans are about twice as likely as non-veterans to die by suicide. But the majority of those suicides are among veterans aged 55 or older -- who...

Bought by WUSF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, North Country Public Radio, KRZA, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 5
Take Care (Monthly) #11
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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The theme of this show is aging today.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 52:01
Rearranging the Numbers
From: Martine Chaussard
Caption: Ted Davis’ completed (and oddly shaped) Sudoku puzzles from a book called “Tricky Sudoku”
Pat and Ted Davis have been married for more than fifty years. But since Ted started showing signs of depression and dementia, he has become so qui...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 10:52
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for October 24, 2018
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Republicans Vow to Make Deep Cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medica...

Bought by WRIR, KMXT, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
As America's veterans grow older, the VA faces a long-term care crisis
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Participants in Oxnard Family Circle's Adult Day Healthcare program get transportation to and from home on weekdays., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
The number of veterans in the VA healthcare system who are 70 or older is expected to grow 30 percent in the next eight years.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUSF, KMUD, and KPBS


  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
Philosophy of Retirement
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is retirement just an evil scheme invented by capitalists to get rid of higher-paid workers?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
Palliative Care: The Search For Comfort And Healing In The Face Of Death
From: JoAnn Mar
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For those who are dying, palliative medicine can go a long way in relieving the pain and suffering that often accompanies the final stages of death...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Daniel Ellsberg, The Pentagon Papers and The Post
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a 1997 conversation with whistle blower Daniel Ellsberg who released “The Pentagon Papers” in 1971.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
#804- Shopping for Medicare and Medigap insurance
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Compare prices, how, why and why of Medicare .

  • Added: Dec 31, 2017
  • Length: 04:09
Remembering the Debunked "Primal Scream" Founder
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with "Primal Scream" founder Dr. Arthur Janov, who died on October 1, 2017. The therapeutic method promoted b...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Fight for the Peaceful Pill
From: Zach Dyer
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Dr. Roger Kligler had been fighting prostate cancer for 14 years before he got the news: it's terminal. With no more treatment options, Roger sued ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 1
Memory in my Hands: Folk Art and Aging
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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We’re joined in the studio by Jon Kay to discuss his recent book Folk Art & Aging: Life-Story Objects and Their Makers.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 57:55
Life of the Law #93: Last Count
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Douglas Collier outside his cell, Credit: Greg Eskridge and Elisabeth Fall
Douglas Collier is a life-term inmate at San Quentin State Prison. For years he shared a 9'x4' foot cell with his friend Tony, a fellow inmate -- u...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 17:52
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
Bemidji Community Food Shelf
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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About thirty years ago, Bemidji churches got together to address a basic need: hunger. Since then, the Bemidji Community Food Shelf has provided me...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 11:51
Iris Keilsling not running for reelection on Monroe County Commissioners
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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After serving almost three decades as on the Board of Monroe County Commissioners, she announced she won't be running for reelection

  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 08:43
Why powerful men cheat, chronicles of raising a gay son, behind the scenes on election night, spa vacations for pets & wine pairings
From: Julio Gonzalez
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Segment 1: Terry Orbuch/relationship expert Segment 2 and 3:John Schwartz/gay son Segment 4: Dave Wasserman/elections Segment 5: Bob Vetere/pamper...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
Vintage Bernie Sanders 1991
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a 1991 conversation with Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who had just begun his political career as a freshman in congre...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:02
Senator George Mitchell: Peace in the Middle East?
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This American statesman's newest book is "The Negotiator." He knows a thing or two about heated negotiations from his role as Senate majority leade...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 1
Cross Country Bike Ride to Fight Parkinson's Disease
From: Kenneth Flowe
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In this sit down interview Producer Kenneth Flowe sits down with Henry Prescott; a physical trainer determined to ride his bi-cycle from Seattle Wa...

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:37
Society’s Obsession with Weight Loss
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, society's pressure to be thin has morphed into a relentless cultural obsession with weight and body image. Harriet Brown has explores the id...

Bought by WCNY, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMXT, WCWP, KEDT and more


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 6
The American Dream: In Crisis?
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, if the idea of the American Dream is synonymous with independence endless opportunity, then the next generation may be heading into a crisis...

Bought by WCNY, Harford Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, and WCWP


  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 4