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Veterans are at higher risk of eating disorders. The pressure of military life may be one cause.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Chandler Rand accepts her trophy at the 2018 All American Marathon at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Rand was the first female to complete the race., Credit: Fort Bragg Family & MWR
A VA study concluded that veterans experience bulimia at about three times the civilian rate.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, KWMU St. Louis, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 8
The VA wants to close and replace older hospitals. But there's opposition in some communities.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The Fort Meade, S.D. VA hospital, built in 1956, is among the facilities that would close under the VA restructuring plan. It would be replaced by a new hospital approximately 30 miles away in Rapid City., Credit: Department of Veterans Affairs
The VA wants to close and replace older hospitals. But there's opposition in some communities.

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 5
Growing up too soon: When kids and teenagers are caregivers for disabled veteran parents
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Lara and Trey Garey stand at the bedside of Tom Garey, an Air Force veteran with advanced ALS. 19-year-old Trey has spent much of his teenage years caring for his father at their home in Cedar Park, Texas., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
More than two million American children and teenagers live with a wounded or ill veteran. Many help with the veteran's care and face challenges lik...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 6
Underfunded and understaffed, some state veterans homes are turning residents away
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Amanda Eldridge, a certified occupational therapist assistant, works with a veteran at the state-run St. James Veterans Home in St. James, Missouri., Credit: Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio
Labor shortages exacerbated by the pandemic have left facilities around the country with empty beds, even though veterans are on waiting lists hopi...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 6
More Vietnam vets now qualify for disability benefits, but it may be years before they see the money
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Vietnam Veteran Jim Scott, who now volunteers for the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, shared his story at the 2018 Bladder Cancer Think Tank. Scott attributes his disease to his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam., Credit: Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
Veterans suffering from certain medical conditions became eligible for "presumptive" VA disability benefits last year. But the claims they're filin...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 7
California opens a dedicated prison yard for veterans, hoping camaraderie helps rehabilitate them
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: More than 100 incarcerated veterans attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony in May 2021 for one of the nation's largest prison units dedicated exclusively to former service members. The veterans hub in Soledad, California is designed to provide unique rehabilita, Credit: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California incarcerates nearly 7,000 military veterans scattered throughout 34 different prisons. Now, the state is planning to house them together...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 6
For these veterans, poetry and prose help treat the moral injury of war
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: George Pettigrew leads a virtual Reader's Theater event for Kansas City veterans. Among those who read their original works Heather Smoot, who served in the Air Force., Credit: Missouri Humanities
In Kansas City, the Moral Injury Association of America sponsors a writing group that’s worked with thousands of veterans and family members since ...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 5
Fly-fishing programs catch on as therapy for troops and veterans recovering from trauma
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Around the country, groups are teaching wounded troops and veterans to fly fish. While there's not much research on the therapeutic benefits, some say the experience helps them heal., Credit: Studio Macleod
Around the country, groups are teaching wounded troops and veterans to fly fish. While there's not much research on the therapeutic benefits, some ...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 7
For the first time, the VA is helping some veterans with PTSD get service dogs
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army veteran Scot Pondelick said Venus, his PTSD service dog, has helped him feel more comfortable spending time in public and around groups of people., Credit: Chris Haxel / American Homefront
Congress has mandated a pilot program that will pay to train service dogs and place them in veterans' homes.

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 5
Community Safety in a Time of Insurrection
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The last US soldier to leave Afghanistan returned home this August, but private security personnel long outnumbered US troops in that war, and the ...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
In hot real estate markets, buyers using VA mortgages can have a hard time competing for homes
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Real estate agent Leslie Alford said the housing market near Ft. Riley, Kansas has been "crazy" this year,” with “a whole lot less houses for sale, a whole lot more competition for them, and higher prices.”, Credit: Courtesy Leslie Alford
Troops and veterans sometimes are hurt by misconceptions about VA mortgages, or they encounter sellers who don't want their home to go through a VA...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
American Veteran: She joined the Army to learn to cook. She ended up a prisoner of war
From: American Homefront Project
Series: American Veteran 2021
Caption: Specialist Shoshana Johnson, veteran of the U.S. Army, Credit: Insignia Films
Shoshana Johnson was the first Black female prisoner of war in American history. The trauma of that experience has stayed with her for years.

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 12
American Veteran: How 'The Reaper' made peace with the aftermath of war
From: American Homefront Project
Series: American Veteran 2021
Caption: Army veteran Nick Irving., Credit: Ben Bloodwell
Nick Irving earned a reputation as one of the deadliest Army Rangers in history. But civilian life was far less straightforward.

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 10
American Veteran: From eager recruit to conscientious objector
From: American Homefront Project
Series: American Veteran 2021
Caption: Private First Class Clifton Hicks, veteran of the U.S. Army., Credit: Amanda Lalezarian
After joining the Army in response to the 9/11 attacks, Clifton Hicks found the reality of war was nothing like the movies he’d grown up watching.

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 8
American Veteran: 'So different than what we thought it would be'
From: American Homefront Project
Series: American Veteran 2021
Caption: 1st Lieutenant Edie Meeks, veteran of the U.S. Army., Credit: Insignia Films
Serving as a nurse in Vietnam, Edie Meeks struggled to balance compassionate care for her patients with the anger she felt about the war.

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 8
American Veteran: His mom hoped he'd patrol Coney Island. Instead, he was a witness to history.
From: American Homefront Project
Series: American Veteran 2021
Caption: Frank DeVita, veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, holds a picture of himself in uniform when he served in World War II., Credit: Amanda Lalezarian
70 years after he worked a landing craft off the coast of France on D-Day, the memories of World War II still haunt Frank DeVita.

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 8
A study shows PTSD carries a stigma for veterans - regardless of whether they suffer from it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America erected this window display in New York City as part of a 2015 PTSD awareness campaign., Credit: IAVA
Fewer than 20 percent of veterans suffer from PTSD, but most Americans think the disorder is far more common.

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 7
Arlington National Cemetery is filling up, so the Army may limit who can be buried there
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Kathi Dugan, 73, retired from the Navy after 30 years. Her parents are both buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but Dugan may not be able to join them if the Army proceeds with a plan to cut eligibility for in-ground burials., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
Many former troops consider an Arlington burial their final veterans benefit. But space for in-ground burials is getting scarce, so some vets may b...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
The VA is mandating vaccines for its health care employees, but enforcement may be a challenge
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Employees at the VA Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska take part in a December 2020 employee vaccination event. The VA now is ordering more than 100,000 of its health care workers to get vaccines by mid-September or risk losing their jobs., Credit: A Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System
The Department of Veterans Affairs said its frontline health workers must get vaccinated by mid-September or they'll lose their jobs.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 6
Tiny Home projects are expanding, offering homeless veterans independence and security
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The first Veterans Community Project campus in Kansas City, Mo. features 49 tiny homes for homeless veterans. The organization hopes to have similar villages in eight cities by the end of 2022., Credit: Chris Haxel / American Homefront
In cities nationwide, groups addressing veteran homelessness by replacing the traditional shelter model with tiny homes.

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 7
Some states are doing what the federal government won't: Giving veterans benefits to gay ex-troops
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Former Navy sailor Louis Miller stands on the deck of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier. Miller was kicked out of the Navy in 1992 for being gay., Credit: Courtesy Louis Miller
Thousands of troops were expelled for being gay before Congress changed the law in 2011. Though many still don't qualify for federal veterans benef...

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  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 8
The Marines' first west coast female boot camp is over, and it may be years before it happens again
From: American Homefront Project
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A group of female recruits completed Marine boot camp in San Diego this spring - the first time the Corps has trained women outside of Parris Islan...

Bought by KMXT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KPCC


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
GN_4.03_Shakespeare Therapy
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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“Shakespeare with Veterans” is a counseling focused theatre troupe, run by Kentucky Shakespeare.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
for Memorial Day -- Scott Simon hosts Alan Seeger: Instrument of Destiny
From: Murray Street Productions
Caption: Alan Seeger - Soldier, Diarist & Poet
From the trenches of The Great War, Alan Seeger's poems, letters and diaries spring to life in the voices of Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 46
Sport Shooting Olympian and History Channel's Top Shot Finalist Gabby Franco on the Moving Meditation of Competitive Shooting, Exercising Your Freedoms, and Pushing through Fears.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Sport Shooting Olympian Gabby Franco was Venezuela's first Female Shooter to represent at the Olympics. Gabby Franco was also History Channel's To...

Bought by WCNY and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 2

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