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ZILLAH EISENSTEIN discusses her long journey battling cancer
From: Out of Bounds
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Feminist writer, Zillah Eisenstein, author of "Feminism, Racism and the West" and "Manmade Breast Cancer" talks candidly about her personal struggl...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Repairing BRCA1 (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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About 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. Some of the most aggressive forms of breast cance...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
Cancer Research and Treatment (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Repairing cancer-causing genes - A new app designed to make more informed patients

Bought by WJCT, WXDU, WCQS, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 10
48:Nancy Santiago Negrón, Lending To The Poor & Simine Vazire, Changing Research Approaches
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Nancy Santiago Negrón
Nancy Santiago Negrón of the Opportunity Finance Network shares why it took three calls from the White House for her to join the Women's Bureau at ...

Bought by KKRN, KSJD, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
How We Talk About Our Dying: Susan Gubar On Living with Cancer
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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On page 148 of Gubar’s latest book, Reading & Writing Cancer: How Words Heal, published this May by W. W. Norton, she writes: “It seems unlikely th...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 58:47
  • Purchases: 1
Founding Friendships (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-American men and women have maintained close friendships since our country’s founding. -When it comes to racism or sexism, why aren’t good intenti...

Bought by WCNY, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 6
Sudden Collapse: Supercomputing Spotlight on Gels
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
Caption: Roseanna Zia, Assistant Professor, James C. and Rebecca Q. Morgan Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University. Credit: Cornell University., Credit: Cornell University
Cornell researcher Roseanna Zia simulates gel behavior with XSEDE, Stampede supercomputer.

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 11:18
Evolution of Monogamy
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
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UT Austin biologist Rebecca Young traces the genes behind monogamous behavior using Wrangler data-intensive supercomputer.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond Happy (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Specific genetic markers that may predispose a risk of clinical depression. -The balance between work, family, and self-care. -Coping strategies w...

Bought by WCNY, KGUA, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Beyond Happy (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Specific genetic markers that may predispose for a risk of clinical depression. -the balance between work, family, and self-care.

Bought by WJCT, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KVSC, KKRN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
19: Fighting the Cause of Cancer, Dr Sandra Steingraber & Karuna Jaggar
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Dr. Sandra Steingraber, Credit: Laura Kozlowski
The causes of cancer seem to be everywhere. From makeup products, to the clothes we wear, and the furniture we buy. And even if it has a pink ribbo...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUT, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Fugitive Red (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We go in search of the origins of a "perfect red," which once eluded scientists, pirates, and kings. Plus, how scientists are now tracking down rar...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WABE, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
6: Shana Rappaport & Amanda Ravenhill; Julia Prochnik, Negotiating Climate Change
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Amanda Ravenhill & Shana Rappaport
Climate change--one view is doom and gloom and destruction. The other is that things could be far more beautiful and regenerative and sustainable a...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Author Katy Butler and “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In this enlightening memoir about her parents’ deaths, the author lays out some of the difficulties in having the so-called good death when teamed ...

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


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Behavioral biologist Karen Pryor, the scientist who brings out the best in dogs
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Karen's latest book is “Reaching the Animal Mind.” Having started out as the world’s foremost dolphin trainer, Pryor is responsible for developing ...

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


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Opening Door Show - Cathryn Couch
From: Wendy Strgar
Caption: Catherine Couch
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 26:51
The Opening Door Show - Dr. Tori Hudson
From: Wendy Strgar
Series: The Opening Door - Sexual Health & Wellness
Caption: Dr. Tori Hudson
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 26:06
  • Purchases: 1
BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN AND THE FARM MIDWIVES -- Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore, San Francisco, CA 3/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmakers Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore talk revolutionary medicine, natural childbirth, and the importance of just being nice.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 26:12