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Cystic Fibrosis Awareness

May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. CF is a chronic disease that afflicts thousands of people worldwide. Show your support with these editors picks.
Four Failing Lungs
From: Catie Talarski
Caption: Brian Sercus
For a person with Cystic Fibrosis, the transplant may extend life by years – or it could lead to continued suffering and rejection of the new organ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 50:29
  • Purchases: 3
Breathe Easier
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A new outlook for Cystic Fibrosis

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
DISCONNECT -- Max Theriot Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Max Theriot, San Francisco, CA 4/5/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Max Theriot talks breathing right, staying gold, and giving it his all.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 13:42
Dragons
From: Catie Talarski
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A poem and a reflection on living with Cystic Fibrosis... and dragons.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:05
The Voice of Sports: Author Frank Deford
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Frank has a 50-year sports writing career dating back to the beginnings of Sports Illustrated, and his NPR program, Sweetness and Light, has aired ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Barbara Hendricks and Brent Hendricks
From: StoryCorps
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Barbra Hendricks and her son, Brent, discuss what it's like to live with Cystic Fibrosis, and remember Brent's sister Tiffany, who died from the di...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:25
An Interview with Lori Griffith of Chasin a Dream Foundation, Empowering Families with Children Facing Life-Threatening Illnesses
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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An Interview with Lori Griffith of Chasin a Dream Foundation, Empowering Families with Children Facing Life-Threatening Illnesses

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 26:54
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From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: NEXT
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The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are the first of their kind to use mRNA. This week on NEXT, how this new experimental technology could hel...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 50:00
StoryCorps: Howell Graham and Nan Graham
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Howell Graham, one of the longest-surviving double-lung transplant patients, tells his mother, Nan, about the days after his surgery.

Bought by WHQR, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, KGLT, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 5
Conversations: Michael Stephen, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Our lungs connect us to our innermost selves, the outside world, and each other. In this episode, Emily talks to pulmonologist Dr. Michael Stephen...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 45:20
Surrogacy Among Friends
From: Karen Brown
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A woman carries a baby to term for her best friend, whose chronic disease would make pregnancy hazardous.

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:58
Top of Mind - What is Race?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Is race real? Two researchers say biological race is a myth, but that racism is very real.

Bought by KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Lucy and the Bike Girl
From: Hillary Frank
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Lucy can never meet her best friend in person because it might cut her life expectancy in half.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 10:27
  • Purchases: 5
473: Making the Best of It, 1/6/2023
From: WHYY
Series: The Pulse
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It’s the start of a new year — a time when lots of people are thinking about how they can improve their lives … and themselves. We make plans to ge...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
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
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HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying 
3 Pieces

A documentary series about helping people to live well as they face death.

HEART-to-HEART Pgm II: Children Sometimes Die
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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We expect that children will get sick from time to time. But we don't expect them to die.

Bought by Audible and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:39
  • Purchases: 2
How The Amish Live Uninsured But Stay Healthy
From: Side Effects Public Media
Caption: A horse and buggy drive through Holmes Co., the heart of Ohio's Amish community., Credit: PAIGE PFLEGER / SIDE EFFECTS PUBLIC MEDIA
One of the healthiest counties in the Midwest is also the least insured. About 40 percent of the people in Holmes County Ohio do not have health in...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 3
Healing
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
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For most of human history, healing has meant restoring a sense of wholeness to a person, a relationship, or a community. In this episode, we’re inv...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Conversations 
38 Pieces

Emily Silverman, MD, talks with authors, filmmakers, and other media makers about their recent books and films for this ongoing series by The Nocturnists.

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The Pulse 
379 Pieces

Weekly subscribable series. Host Maiken Scott leads this one-hour, weekly tour of the people and places at the heart of health and science.

  • From: WHYY
  • Updated: May 06, 2024
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NEXT 
242 Pieces

NEXT is a weekly, hour-long radio show and podcast exploring the rapid changes in New England, one of the oldest parts of the nation. This feed is for stations that subscribe to the weekly show.


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