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Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now it’s making one of the few treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 23:50

  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The Not Old Better Show
Katrina Madsen, Community Manager at Ancestry.com for Find a Grave. We learn from Katrina Madsen about the history of Find a Grave, some of the rec...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 39:29
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"Race correction" is a practice based on the premise that Black bodies are inherently different from White bodies. Medical students are trying to c...

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 48:57
Caption: The career ladder at her home health agency allowed Serena Maria to go from home health aide to manager of care teams in four years., Credit: Constanza Hevia H. for Tradeoffs
There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans in their homes and nursing facilities. And it’s only expected to get worse. Could ...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 21:23
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
Polarization is an ongoing problem that has been linked to violence in our streets, angry outbursts in our homes, and civil unrest. Numerous groups...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 44:12
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In early January, Medicare took an unprecedented step to restrict patients’ access to the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 22:47
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A postcard from Cuzco, Peru.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Composer Blake Allen with his Album Cover Shards Of An Honor Code Junkie, Credit: Blake Allen
Composer Blake Allen wrote a musical treatment of his experience as a gay man while a Mormon and a student at Brigham Young University in Salt Lake...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 10:04
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Beauty pageant contestants use their platform to call out violence against women.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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The ‘California Air Resources’ board in the summer of 2018, conclusively showed that California had met its 2020 emissions goal four years earlier ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: The Wind
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An ode to the coyote. Dan Flores and his book Coyote America, dueling press releases, and The Wind Inaugural Coyote Calling Contest.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 47:41
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A community in Germany fights back an annual nazi parade with pledges to a group that counters hate groups.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Our work in the correctional facilities in New York City didn't stop during the pandemic. We talked with the Justice Initiatives team at BPL to hea...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 26:38
Caption: Sarah Bellamy, Artistic Director of Penumbra Theater, Credit: Ann Marsden
On the heels of Penumbra Theatre's 2.5 million dollar Ford Foundation grant, KFAI's Sheila Regan talked with Sarah Bellamy, Lily Tung Crystal, and ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode, we seek to make sense of the recent New York Times articles about the President’s tax returns. We also explore the U.S. tax system...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit, we'll be returning to the world of science to get an update about the present struggles of Lake...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 06:08
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Topic 1: University partnerships with corporations. Topic 2: A conversation with a CDC ecologist.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KOWS


  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 49:49
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Lee Plaza at one of her organizing meetings, Credit: Photo by Rebecca Ressler
Like many low-wage immigrant workers in Los Angeles, Aleja "Lee" Plaza spends her days taking care of the elderly — emptying bedpans, giving sponge...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2019
  • Length: 07:35
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This a news radio piece about a cannabis business conference in San Francisco, and more largely, about the weed industry in California, a year into...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 13:04
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A racial justice book group confronts the reality of racism on Cape Cod.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 04:32
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A research team is testing a novel new approach to helping orphans in Kenya get mental healthcare.

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 03:25
Caption: Photo of the Texas Capital building on March 11, 2019, during a rally for education finance reform., Credit: Pius Wong
Texans across the state and across the political divide agree: public school funding needs fixing. What that means exactly, however, is tricky. In ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 41:58
Caption: Stan Lee
A feature-style interview with Stan Lee looking back at his life and career.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2018
  • Length: 09:03
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In his audio diaries recorded while driving cross-country, artist David Wojnarowicz tries to describe how he feels after being diagnosed with AIDS....

Bought by WLRH


  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 47:04
  • Purchases: 1