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Howie has been an avid cyclist most of his adult life, with mileage equivalent to a few laps around the planet. But more remarkable is that he has ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2022
- Length: 18:08
What would you do if your life took a turn and you were suddenly given more time to be alive?
In this SUPERHUMAN story, Dr. David Fajgenbaum faces...
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 46:29
Superhumans is an immersive audio docu-series that takes you deep into the unspoken intersection of health & humanity. In each episode, real people...
- Added: Feb 18, 2021
- Length: 04:39
"I was a drug smuggler for love, I was a drug smuggler for my mom."
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 09:05
- Purchases: 2
When Brandy Gibson was pregnant the first time, she noticed that opening her freezer gave her an odd, pleasant feeling. But when she got pregnant a...
- Added: Sep 27, 2015
- Length: 15:59
- Purchases: 2
- Added: May 15, 2015
- Length: 03:45
Hair loss is taboo and the measures people take to replace hair are rarely mentioned out loud, but for Richard Theodore on Cape Cod, hair replaceme...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 08, 2014
- Length: 04:47
- Purchases: 3
When you’re sick, looking up symptoms online is not always the best idea. But if you have a disease that’s poorly understood and often overlooked b...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 13:15
- Purchases: 2
More babies are being born dependent on the opioid drugs their pregnant mothers were taking. Their condition, called neonatal abstinence syndrome, ...
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 06:47
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 09:26
It’s a rare sensitivity to normal, everyday sounds, like typing, or footsteps, or even breathing. And it’s being increasingly diagnosed. Researcher...
Bought by Hark!
- Added: Oct 21, 2012
- Length: 09:32
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 23, 2012
- Length: 05:42
- Purchases: 1
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
Aileen LeBlanc tells a very personal story of her friends Conrad and Evelyn who fell in love in older age.
- Added: May 11, 2011
- Length: 18:25
This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio
- Added: Jul 16, 2010
- Length: 05:17
- Purchases: 4
Between 50 and 80 percent of American adults carry oral herpes, the virus that causes sold sores. Many people with oral herpes never show any symp...
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 07:19
