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Consumer Ripoffs, Volume 1
From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour
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Brian Dunning touches on the myriad rip-offs claiming health benefits with no real science to back them up. In this first volume of "Consumer Ripof...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bad Blood, Bad Science
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:05
Conversations: David France
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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In this episode, Emily speaks with documentary filmmaker and journalist David France about his films How to Survive a Pandemic (2022) and How to Su...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 46:32
Generational Gene
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
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Generational Gene may seem a special case; a middle-aged school superintendent with a father and grandfather who’ve contracted Type 2 diabetes, Gen...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 18:29
Cyclist for Life Howie: Riding the Ups & Downs of Cancer
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
Caption: Episode Artwork
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
Josie & Joe in Tandem vs. Multiple Sclerosis
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
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Josie's decades-long struggle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is helped by the ongoing support of her husband, Joe, and their much-loved custom tandem...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 17:24
OutCasting 101 -- Healthcare issues faced by transgender people – part 2 of 2
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcasters Carys and Andrew
Transgender people face many obstacles in life. One of the most pressing is the difficulty they can find in getting appropriate healthcare. In th...

Bought by KMUN and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Yogi Jess on a Tightrope: From Mobility to Stability
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
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A passion for movement encounters serious constriction when a yoga instructor and lifelong athlete is diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome. When...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 22:11
Mom-on-the-Run Erin: The Challenges of Postpartum Depression
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
Caption: My Body Odyssey - Episode 4
"Pregnancy is no joke," Erin tells us in this body odyssey that's both deeply personal and all-too-common. Having been on bed rest with preeclampsi...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 20:39
OutCasting 100 -- Healthcare issues faced by transgender people – part 1 of 2
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Caption: OutCasting youth broadcaster Carys and Andrew
Transgender people face many obstacles in life. One of the most pressing is the difficulty they can find in getting appropriate healthcare. In th...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Old Docs Take New Patient: The Climate
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Robin Cooper, Psychiatrist and Climate Activist
Older doctors talk about their journey from medicine to hardcore climate activism. Bill McKibben introduces his new group Third Act and explains w...

Bought by WFHB, KICI Iowa City, KZYX, WFHB, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
But Next Time, Episode 3: Rising Waters
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jaime is speaking to members of the National Low Income Housing Coalition about the 12 Moms initiative., Credit: But Next Time
In cities around the globe community organizers and direct service agencies are often the first line of response when a climate fueled natural disa...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
07 "Will You Be My Archangel?" [Alexandra’s Story]
From: Gautam Gulati
Series: SUPERHUMANS
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
If unable to care for yourself, who would you choose as your guardian angel? After a harrowing health scare, Alexandra Drane shares her SUPERHUMAN...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 36:26
06 "Living in Overtime" [David's Story]
From: Gautam Gulati
Series: SUPERHUMANS
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
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
03 "Celebrate Life In Reverse" [Alex’s Story]
From: Gautam Gulati
Series: SUPERHUMANS
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
If you staged your own funeral, what would your friends and family say about you? This SUPERHUMANS story will tickle your soul by exploring what i...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 35:49
SUPERHUMANS Trailer
From: Gautam Gulati
Series: SUPERHUMANS
Caption: Sometimes, story is the best form of medicine.
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
Reciprocity (episode 5)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
Caption: Growing Old
Explore the role that trees play in human health and urban climate resilience, particularly amid a pandemic. Talk with City of Seattle urban forest...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 32:31
  • Purchases: 2
Sing the Old Songs: Part 2 (episode 4)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
Caption: Growing Old, Credit: Growing Old Project
Picture what it would look like for Seattle's housing and hospital infrastructure to reflect Coast Salish culture. Consider the role that forced st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 26:51
  • Purchases: 2
Be the Hummingbird (episode 2)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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Go to the heart of Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, where an immigrant family and thousands of volunteers turned 20 acres into a Japanese gard...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:47
  • Purchases: 3
Eponymous (episode 1)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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Explore what the Northwest looked like pre-contact, with Native nutritionist and food sovereignty expert Valerie Segrest of the Muckleshoot Tribe. ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:46
  • Purchases: 4
This is the kind of story that begins in a forest
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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This is the kind of story that begins in a forest, on the traditional lands of the Duwamish and Coast Salish People, past and present. It’s a story...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome to Growing Old
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
Caption: Growing Old
This is the kind of story that begins in a forest, on the traditional lands of the Duwamish and Coast Salish People, past and present. It’s a story...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: :59
Vaping: What You Don't Know Can Kill You - Hour Special
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: Vaping: What You Don't Know Can Kill You
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We investigate the dangers of vaping, while listening to the voices of high school administrators, health professionals and students. One thing is ...

Bought by KOSU, WHYY, Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 01:05:51
  • Purchases: 12
Ep. 21: Pain, Pain, Go Away
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: Rapper P.O.S, Credit: Erin Cahanes
For some artists, sickness can fuel their creativity. But for others, illness can drain the inspiration right out of them. In this episode, musicia...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 17:21
S2 E2 Compassionate Release
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Michele DiTomas, a hospice physician who cares for incarcerated men, races against the clock and slashes through bureaucratic tape to help a dying ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 37:16