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Restoring our First Responders, and Service Men and Women with Connected Warriors founder and Yoga Instructor Judy Weaver
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Restoring our First Responders and Service Men and Women with Connected Warriors founder and Yoga Instructor Judy Weaver. Military, First Responder...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 26:48
Confederate names are being removed from bases, but is a KKK image at West Point 'more nuanced'?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Three bronze panels were mounted on a West Point classroom building in 1965 to display key events in American History. One of the images depicts a hooded Ku Klux Klan member., Credit: Elizabeth V. Woodruff / U.S. Military Academy
The Defense Department is planning to eliminate Confederate names from bases and more than 1100 other things in the military. But it's not clear wh...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 6
Vietnam Veteran W.D. Ehrhart on What Americans Still Don't Know About the War
From: Current Affairs
Series: The Current Affairs Radio Hour
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A veteran of the war discusses how his opinions of the United States changed through exposure to the brutal realities of conflict abroad.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2022
  • Length: 54:14
With steady paychecks and a nomadic lifestyle, military personnel are frequent targets for scams
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: New York Assistant Attorney General Deanna Nelson (right) assists a soldier after leading a presentation about identity theft at Fort Drum, New York in 2017., Credit: U.S. Army
AARP says military families and veterans are almost 40% more likely than civilians to become victims of scammers, and 80% of the attacks specifical...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 7
The White House hopes to speed up the immigration process for Afghans who helped U.S. troops
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Abdul is one of more than 500 Afghan refugees that the Connecticut-based resettlement agency IRIS is helping to navigate the legal system. He did not want his full face or name to be used due to fear for his family's safety in Afghanistan. , Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
This month, the Biden Administration hopes to expedite the process by eliminating temporary humanitarian parole and concentrating resources instead...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
Lawyers are seeking clients for Camp Lejeune water claims, but veterans may be better off waiting
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Surrounded by veterans, family members, and others at an August 2022 ceremony, President Joe Biden signs legislation designed to compensate people who were exposed to toxic substances during their military service, including people who lived on Camp Lejeu, Credit: C-Span
Lawyers are aggressively advertising potential windfalls for people exposed to contaminated water at the base. But it's too soon to know how the cl...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 5
Archives, artifacts, and 'a lot of rocks': The Army Corps of Engineers is training veterans for jobs
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Matthew Hanks labels a pottery shard in the Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis office. Hanks is part of the Corps Veterans Curation Program, which employs veterans to help maintain artifacts unearthed in various Corps projects., Credit: Eric Schmid / American Homefront
An Army Corps of Engineers program teaches former troops how to do curation work, while also preparing them for jobs in other fields.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 6
Episode 5: Charting an uncertain future
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 5: Disinformation and media manipulation are everywhere. Nobody can really know what’s going on in a ‘fog of war’. You’ll hear from displa...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 15:21
Episode 4: The Road Ahead for Ukrainian Research
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 4: Not surprisingly, in a time of war, most of the funding available to science in Ukraine is gone. You’ll hear how Canada can help rebuild...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:09
Episode 2: Ukrainian Scholars in Times of War
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 2: How can you conduct research under extremely difficult conditions, such as they are in Ukraine? A sociologist and researcher at the Cen...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:25
Episode 3: Protecting data in wartime
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 3: The war in Ukraine is proving to be a real-time lab study of staying one step ahead of the hackers and finding ways to protect and prese...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 20:30
Episode 1: Our first look inside Ukrainian research
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 1: It's the early days of the war. Scientists in Canada and France offer a helping hand to Ukrainian colleagues. A research scientist at t...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:59
Most abortions are banned at military hospitals. Advocates want Congress to change that.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Nurse practitioner Carmen George conducts an ultrasound at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio Texas, March 11, 2022., Credit: Melody Bordeaux / U.S. Air Force
As states across the country restrict abortion, President Biden and some other Democrats want to ease federal restrictions on the procedure.

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2022
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
For veterans trying to help their Afghan allies come to the U.S., it's a slow, frustrating process
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Eric Terashima (right) stands with an interpreter, an Afghan Army Colonel, and some Afghan children in a 2010 photograph., Credit: Courtesy Eric Terashima
Since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, many American veterans have tried to help Afghan allies escape the collapsing country. Though s...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 4
After a year in the U.S., Afghan refugees face day-to-day challenges and an uncertain future
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Margaret Costantino, right, director of the Center for Refugee Services in San Antonio, organizes donations for Afghan refugees. She is assisted by Mohammad, an employee who himself is an Afghan refugee. He asked that his last name be withheld because he , Credit: Center for Refugee Services
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan one year ago led tens of thousands of people to flee the country and come to America. But for some who are her...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4
Responding to sailors' pleas, the Navy is working on a program to prevent and treat eating disorders
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Retired Navy senior chief Leah Stiles leads a group of sailors on the final night of induction season September 15, 2011. , Credit: U.S. Navy
Some service members and health experts say the Pentagon isn't doing enough to address eating disorders, which are sometimes linked to the military...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 4
10% of National Guardsmen are unvaccinated. Some states say they should be allowed to serve anyway.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Tucker Salls, a member of the Connecticut National Guard, receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, Jan. 2, 2021., Credit: Steven Tucker / U.S. Air National Guard
The Pentagon said unvaccinated guardsmen won't get paid and can't participate in federally-funded deployments, but some states are concerned that w...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
Jason Kander's INVISIBLE STORM. A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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With INVISIBLE STORM Jason Kander has written the book he himself needed in his darkest moments of PTSD. After Afghanistan, his day job was politic...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 10:01
After Dobbs, troops seeking abortions may face long drives, career risks, privacy concerns
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: People on both sides of the abortion issue rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1, 2021., Credit: Victoria Pickering / Flickr
More than 100 military installations are in states where abortion is now banned.

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 6
The Space Force will track troops' fitness with wearable devices. Will that keep them healthier?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Air Force troops run a timed 1.5 miles during their annual physical fitness test at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois on June 9, 2022. The U.S. Space Force intends to do away with a once-a-year assessments in favor of wearable technology that constantly tr, Credit: Eric Schmid / American Homefront
Instead of an annual fitness test, the devices will monitor troops' activity throughout the year.

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
'You let him die': A mother blames the Navy for her son's death after SEAL 'Hell Week' training
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Navy SEAL candidates participate in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training in a 2018 photo. For nearly a week, candidates are submerged in the Pacific Ocean - forced to continually swim or march with boats on their backs., Credit: Abe McNatt / U.S. Navy
An autopsy showed Kyle Mullen received inadequate medical care for pneumonia after Navy SEAL "Hell Week" endurance training in February.

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 4
The military is offering to transfer troops affected by anti-LGBTQ laws, but the process isn't easy
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Service members and guests - including Space Force Command chief master sergeant John Bentivegna (center) - attend the Air Force LGBTQ Pride celebration at the Pentagon on June 6, 2022. This image has been altered to obscure security badges. , Credit: Eric Dietrich / U.S. Space Force
Military families can move to new bases if they're stationed in states with laws hostile to LGBTQ people. But families who try to take advantage of...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 4
The Army suicide rate is at its highest level in years. Plans to reduce it are getting mixed reviews
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Malia Nemetz, an Army retiree who is now Fort Leonard Wood’s Suicide Prevention Manager, gives a mini-presentation to soldiers, family members, and civilian employees during the base’s Resiliency Fair, part of the effort to improve mental health and reduc, Credit: Jonathan Ahl / American Homefront
Soldiers are dying by suicide at the highest level since 9/11, and while some bases are trying do more to help prevent suicide, critics say its not...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 7
Fighting stigmas and regulations, the VA is giving clean needles to veterans who use illegal drugs
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: VA pharmacist Jacqueline Byrd (left) and Dr. Minh Ho (center) provide supplies to a patient in the syringe services program at the Orlando VA Medical Center. The program provides veterans who inject illegal drugs with clean supplies and instructions about, Credit: Patrick Baxter / Orlando VA Medical Center
The program at eight local VA hospitals offers clean supplies, mental health care, and other services to reduce some of the risks of substance abuse.

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 6
Most military recruits come from families of people who served. Experts say that's not sustainable.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Military and community leaders, including Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (second from left), applaud new military recruits at a "Community Salute to Service" May 11 at Waynesville, Mo. High School., Credit: Dawn Arden / U.S. Army
The military is having a tough time finding new recruits, and one factor may be its heavy reliance on families of those who’ve served.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6

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