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After being hospitalized for a month due to a complicated surgery that resulted in a blood infection, Sonia Flunder-Mcnair turned to food and the p...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: What was life like before childhood vaccines?, Credit: Illustration by Frank Harris
In this episode, hear from people who grew up in the shadow of a crippling disease—among them, “polio pioneers,” schoolkids from the clinical trial...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
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How can sound heal a body? With our guides, Susan Rogers—who recorded albums for Prince and David Byrne—and hypnotherapist Daniel Ryan, we explore ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 35:28
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An audio essay that combines science, personal moments, and the wit and wisdom of four 100-year-old (and up) women.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 10:26
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Nailah Stevenson talks candidly about why she stayed in an abusive relationship. And when she realized it was time to go.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 08:04
Caption: Floating Classroomm, Credit: Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the stark juxtaposition of two ocean stories, extreme in their differences, lin...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Man throwing cast net , Credit: Mangrove Action Project | MarinePhotobank.org
In the last edition of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill suggested reciprocity as a value on which to build our response to the environmental deg...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
Caption: Gertrude Nakigudde, Credit: Joanne Silberner
American reporter Joanne Silberner compares her experience with breast cancer to what happened to a Ugandan woman.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WRST-FM Oshkosh, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 4
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On a recent visit to Kauai host Peter Neill had some chance encounters that prompted this reflection of what it means to be connected to real, mean...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:42
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Corn: that most American of grains. These days corn is feed, fuel and ubiquitous sweetener, the biggest of business and some say the core of an ind...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Andrew Hiller
According to a 2008 report by the Centers for Disease Control, one third of Americans are obese. Yet many hospitals are serving cheap, heavily pro...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andrew Hiller
A humorous commentary about the function of gyms and our resolve.

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mary Van Pelt
Psychiatric Survivor and Human Rights Activist, Mary Van Pelt, speaks about job discrimination, holes in the Americans with Disabilities Act, and t...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:37