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Thought + Action
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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Thought and Action are much more connected than we typically think: Simply imagining or watching actions can influence how you perform similar acti...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 05:56
Automatic Athlete
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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The best athletes are experts at automatizing their movements. When monitored correctly, they experience peak performances. Hear psychologists and ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 12:55
Finding Center
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: Teeba Alkhudairi, hooping in Dubai desert
Horse whisperers, Muslim astronomers, hula hoopers find their spiritual and physical centers.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 1
Sport Fandom: Why we care about sports
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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As sport fans, we subject ourselves to anxiety and depression nearly every week. Why do we do it? This episode explores the reasons why we care so ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 15:07
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #69
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Golf and tennis injuries and foods that sound healthy, but aren't.

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


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Recovering from Stroke
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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Physical therapist Catherine Lang explains her research on ischemic conditioning and its exciting potential for helping patients recover from stroke.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 10:15
Concussed
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: This Won't Hurt A Bit
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This episode we discuss concussions, the sequelae that happen as a result of concussions, and the long term effects of repeated head trauma.

Bought by WART FM


  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 35:23
  • Purchases: 1
Ideas Books: Jeremy Taylor: Body by Darwin - How Evolution Shapes Our Health and Transforms Medicine
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
Caption: Ideas Books: Jeremy Taylor
Interview with author Jeremy Taylor about his book, Body By Darwin. Jeremy Taylor argues in Body by Darwin, that we can trace the roots of many med...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 33:16
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Lisa McDowell Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that smart sports nutrition focuses on “food first” and the “recovery” period post-exercise? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registere...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Jason Koger Story: Making the Most of a Double Amputation
From: Jay Scott
Series: Big Buck Registry's Deer Hunting Podcast
Caption: Jason Koger with a Big Whitetail Buck , Credit: Jason Koger
When life robs you of your bow and arrow, just pick up a crossbow or gun instead. Jason Kroger knows this all too well after colliding with a downe...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:13:36
Take Care #29
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Saving heart attack victims and dehydration.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
The Physics of Baseball
From: Hold That Thought
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Physicist Kasey Wagoner explains the science behind America's greatest pastime.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio and Monarch Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 13:59
  • Purchases: 2
Take Care #4
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode Topics: Winter sports injuries, common causes and ways to minimize risk and 'modern loss' and an online resource to assist those in their t...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Born to Run: Is Nearly Barefoot Best?
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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As runners gear up for race season, Christopher McDougall's book is timely. He spurred on the barefoot running revolution several years ago with hi...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and Radio Newark


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 2
The Monkey Dance -- Groks Science Show 2015-05-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this episode, we talk with English professor and cage fighter Dr. Jonathan Gottschall.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KPVL


  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 26:47
  • Purchases: 2
Football Physics -- Groks Science Show 2015-02-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Timothy Gay discusses the physics of football.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 37:56
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Matt Miller mixes talk therapy & exercise in 'running therapy'
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Instead of sitting in a room, Minneapolis therapist Dr. Matt Miller runs or walks by a client's side during their session. He talked with WTIP's Bu...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 42:48
  • Purchases: 1
HORT480 - Golf Course Management
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: The Uncommon Core
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The Uncommon Core is a series that examines unusual college courses being taught in schools across the United States. From designing courses to man...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
Food Sleuth Radio, Nancy Clark Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Getting into shape is one of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions. Before embarking on a fad diet or spending your hard earned cash on questiona...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Concussions: Your Brain or the Game?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Scrum-1, Credit: Maree Reveley
They say a smart athlete will use their head. But what if using your head cost you everything? That's a question being asked in locker rooms the wo...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Joking
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human we’re investigating how people use joking to create new realities for themselves and the people around them.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 2
No End in Sight
From: Peter Frick-Wright
Series: 30 Minutes West
Caption: Brian Bushway, Credit: Danny Zapalac
As a teenager, Brian Bushway lost his sight. But as he adapted to his blindness, he began exploring his world through sound...and took up extreme s...

Bought by KSJD and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 2
Steven Kotler: In The Zone
From: Mary-Charlotte Domandi
Series: Radio Cafe
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Many dramatic transformations take place during athletic activity. Researchers have found that in the midst of a famous "runner's high" the brain r...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2014
  • Length: 23:59
New study launched on youth football and concussion
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Football and concussions have been in the news more and more lately. Dr. Andrew Peterson of the U of Iowa Sports Medicine department joined WTIP's ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 17:05
  • Purchases: 1
Can you really get a great workout in just a few minutes? Mayo fitness expert weighs in
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Edward Laskowski, co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, shares his ideas about the recent trend toward very short, intense wor...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 1