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As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.

  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 18:33
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Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting about the prices.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 17:20
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A wave of new research is showing the promise of psychedelics to help with mental health conditions —- like depression and post traumatic stress di...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 16:39
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Interlochen Public Radio's Ed Ronco talks with science journalist Ed Yong.

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
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San Francisco saw more people die from drug overdoses than from COVID-19 over the last two years. We take a deep dive into the complex factors cont...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Peter Lee, outgoing Executive Director of Covered California, Credit: Photo used with the permission of Covered California
This week, we speak with Peter Lee who has led Covered California, the state’s Affordable Care Act health benefit exchange, for a decade. As he pre...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 18:08
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In this episode, we discuss vaccines – the science that has brought us such an incredible solution to public health crises; the human response to v...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
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While hundreds of soft-story buildings in San Francisco have been upgraded by their owners to survive a major quake, city officials said 700 such b...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:33
Caption: Headshot: Dr. Monica Gandhi
In this episode, we explore where we’re at with the COVID-19 pandemic - regionally, nationally, and internationally - and begin to assess where we’...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we explore carbon offsets, and how their promise as a way to mitigate carbon emissions - and thus climate change - have not yet pa...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we discuss the current state of California’s climate - how it’s changed in recent years, and what we face in 2021, including a sig...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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Combating misinformation has become more important than ever during the pandemic. The novel coronavirus, social media, and a polarized political en...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Dr. Renee Joy Dufault, Credit: Provided by Dr. Dufault
In her book, “Unsafe At Any Meal: What the FDA Does Not Want You To Know About the Foods You Eat,” former food investigator for the Food and Drug A...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 17:29
Caption: California Climate Map, Credit: Photo by: Ali Zifan (CC BY-SA 4.0) (derived from World Köppen Classification (with authors).svg)
In this episode, we explore California’s dynamic and shifting climate, which impacts so much across the Bay area, region, and state, including our ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Some people rely on Medicaid to access health care. Or they use other federal benefits, like food stamps and housing assistance, to build the found...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2019
  • Length: 05:52
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1