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For COVID Patients, Recovery is a Hurdle of Its Own
From: Lucas Woods
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Many recovering COVID patients need rehabilitation before they go home. That's stretching inpatient rehab facilities to their limits.

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 05:36
The Definition of Essential Care, Through Physical Therapy
From: Lucas Woods
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Many healthcare services have been either cancelled or moved online due to the pandemic. Others are considered essential. But how do you decide wha...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
Infectious Agents and Alzheimer's Disease
From: Deborah Van Fleet
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Are Herpes Simplex 1 and other microbes contributing to, if not causing, the brain changes in Alzheimer's Disease? Prominent Alzheimer's researche...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 28:19
World in Progress 06/21/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
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World in Progress: Harsh but fair? Norway's restrictive refugee policy - On this week's show: Norway has the toughest immigration laws in Eu...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 29:58
World in Progress 03/29/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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World in Progress: Mental health issues - On this week's show: Find out why it's so hard to get adequate treatment for mental health patients...

Bought by WXDU, KRJF-lp, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 5
IE: Inside Europe, 3/16/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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On today's program: Will the Russian money embedded in Britain complicate the UK's response to a nerve agent attack? DW correspondents summarize ...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Can drownings be eliminated on the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Lifeguards performing a drill at Silver Beach County Park, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
With lifeguards, warning signs, 911 phones and education efforts, beaches across the Great Lakes are preparing for emergencies. But how effective a...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 8
Great Lakes drownings hit small Michigan county
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Waves crash against pier near Silver Beach, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Berrien County, Mich., is a tourist destination because of its beautiful beaches and 50 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. But the community also ha...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 7
Part Three: The Small But Mighty Rice Farm
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Chuck Earnest's rice fields near Steele, Mo., are a waterfowl sanctuary during the non-growing season., Credit: Kristofor Husted
For such a small region, this sprawling landscape of the Bootheel has some of the most productive farmland in the U.S. A solid water supply and nut...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:50
Reveal for March 2015
From: Reveal
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Reveal for March is here Air window is March 14 to April 10. We look at the power of a photo, what happens when a VA doctor hands out opiates to v...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WVTF, Interlochen Public Radio, KISU, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 96
Interview with Richard Gage, AIA, Founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Richard Gage
Unspun talks with Richard Gage, AIA, founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth about the "Official Story".

Bought by KHEN-LP


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Live Together - the Future, hopes and fears
From: Mike Hally
Series: Learning to Live Together - Conflict and Peace-building Northern Ireland
Caption: Northern Ireland murals in Belfast, Credit: Mike Hally
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Live Together - the Bigger Picture
From: Mike Hally
Series: Learning to Live Together - Conflict and Peace-building Northern Ireland
Caption: A ptotest over flying the UK flag on Belfast City Hally, Credit: Mike Hally
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 1
Military Veterans Treatment Court Graduation
From: Rick Rogers
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Across the nation in dozens of communities, veterans are being diverted to special courts for crimes they've committed after and in large measure b...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 03:43
"The War You Don’t See" A film by John Pilger
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: U.S. soldier at Tahwilla, Iraq in 2008., Credit: U.S. Army
Was mainstream media in cahoots with government forces in the lead up to the Iraq War? In his film, “The War You Don’t See,” Australian journalis...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Interview With Afghan Journalist After Hotel Bombing
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
No Brother of Mine
From: Todd Melby
Caption: Most sex offenders like Michael are released back into society. What then?, Credit: Diane Richard
“No Brother of Mine” offers an unflinching look at U.S. sex offender policy that reaches beyond the headlines and into the lives of real people. Re...

Bought by PRX Remix, WNIJ, WGBH Radio Boston, WNYC, Louisville Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 17
Overtreatment: How health care makes us sick
From: Nathanael Johnson
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The health-care debate is focused on quantity: how many people – and how much care they will get. But perhaps quality, rather than quantity of care...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 5
Looking Back to Look Forward: Inheriting Unpopular Wars
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how unpopular wars are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 08:00
Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Safety Nets
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how social safety nets are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:09
Plan Mexico
From: Lorne Matalon
Series: The Mexican Army, Drug Cartels and US Aid
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Should the US Give Military Assistance to Mexico ?

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:35
Pushing Prescriptions
From: Center for Public Integrity
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A record year for the pharmaceutical lobby

  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:48
Dirty Politics
From: Center for Public Integrity
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An investigation into opposition research and presidential campaigns

Bought by PRX Election Podcast


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Dirty Politics--Short Version
From: Center for Public Integrity
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An investigation into opposition research and presidential cmapigns.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
QUEST Nature Deficit Disorder
From: KQED
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How can we get kids outside?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1