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¿QPM? S7 Ep. 5 Latinos & Health Care Rights

From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

During the pandemic, Cleveland officials and local health care providers took too long to get translators for Spanish speaking COVID-19 patients. T...

¿QPM? S7 Ep. 3 Latinos & Education

From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

We go back to Schuyler, Nebraska to learn whether educational equity is being achieved there. We found that while changes are happening, more is ne...

The Spiritual Edge: Celebrating the commonalities at Oakland’s ‘Sushi’ Mosque

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge

Caption: Musicians lead the congregation in Praise Singing at ICCNC, Credit: Hana Baba

Mosques here are generally identified by sect, you have, say, the Sunni Mosque, the Shia Mosque, the Sufi Mosque. But the Islamic Cultural Center o...

At The Crossroads, Part 3: As Old Hepatitis C Treatment Fades Out, New Treatments Stoke Hope

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It

In just a few weeks, another pharmaceutical company will likely win FDA approval for a new drug to cure hepatitis C. That makes three breakthrough ...

At the Crossroads, Part 1: A Tale of Two Epidemics

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It

Caption: Rapid screening test for hepatitis C infection, Credit: Kristin Gourlay

Baby boomers make up the majority of the estimated five million people who have hepatitis C. Most caught the disease – from sharing needles, or a b...

Bought by WMMT

NaNoWriMo

From: David Berner

A newly updated piece on NaNoWriMo. November is National Novel Writing Month, sometimes known as NaNoWriMo. In a studio loft on the Chicago's North...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The "Ghost Church"

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Before the great speech maker Patrick Henry died, he credited a Presbyterian minister named Samuel Davies with “teaching me what an orator should b...

Bought by KENW and West Virginia Public Broadcasting

A starting place for former foster youth

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Darrell Molett in his living room, Credit: Rachel Wong

Dejon Lewis was 11 years old when child protective services arrived to take him and his twin sister away from their mother, whom he says is a drug ...

Second Chance Diploma: Examining the GED

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

Caption: Studying for the GED at an adult education school in Washington, D.C., Credit: Emily Hanford

Millions of high school dropouts hope their ticket to a better job is getting a GED. But critics say passing a test is not the same as getting a hi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, WITF, 90.5 WSNC and more

Future Docs 3: The Changing Face of Residency

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs

Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky begins morning rounds on the surgical intensive care unit., Credit: Kristin Gourlay

After medical school, most doctors go through a kind of on-the-job training called residency. Residency programs have been around for a while, but ...

I'll Take You There: Using Music To Revitalize Soulsville

From: Eleanor Boudreau

Caption: The home of bluesman Memphis Slim, a historic site next to the Stax Museum. A partnership with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra plans to turn this house into a place where musicians can practice and record.

It has been more than 50 years since a small recording company moved into the old Capitol Movie theater on East McLemore Avenue, and took the name ...

Bought by PRX Remix

In Amish Country, Fracking Here to Stay

From: Reid Frazier

$Caption: A Chesapeake Energy rig in Carroll County, Ohio, where fracking is taking place in Amish communities. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier$

In Ohio, some of the best pockets of oil and gas in the East run right under Amish country. Reid Frazier found the drilling boom is confronting the...

Opera in the Coalfields

From: With Good Reason

One of America’s greatest composers was Aaron Copland, who wrote among other things, an opera called The Tender Land, which premiered at the New Yo...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Soundtracking "The Descendants" With "Real" Hawaiian Music

From: Heidi Chang

Caption: Gabby Pahinui (center), playing music in his backyard with Leland “Atta” Isaacs (left), and his sons – Phillip, Cyril and Martin Pahinui (from left to right). , Credit: Photo courtesy of the Pahinui Ohana.

The groundbreaking soundtrack of "The Descendants," marks the first time a Hollywood movie has ever been scored entirely with Hawaiian music. It fe...

Pink Gloves Boxing

From: Emilie Ritter Saunders

Caption: Joyce Garrels, Garret Garrels, Credit: Emilie Ritter

Two recent college grads are trying to beat the recession and become the next big thing in fitness

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

A Crisis in Primary Care -- the Massachusetts Health Care Experiment

From: Karen Brown

Caption: Dr. Dan Levy, who left his private practice, Credit: Karen Brown

Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there’s an unintended consequ...

Bought by KRUA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Bassist Lyle Ritz: Father of Jazz Ukulele

From: Heidi Chang

Caption: Lyle Ritz "Father of Jazz Ukulele", Credit: Courtesy: Lyle Ritz

Ever since Lyle Ritz recorded the world's first jazz ukulele album in 1957, he earned the title, "Father of Jazz Ukulele." He was also a bass play...

Bought by PRX Remix, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and WYSO

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