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Post-Roe America preview: Conversation with Alison Block, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
Caption: The Nocturnists: Post-Roe America series, Credit: Nicole Xu
After the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision in June 2022, Dr. Emily Silverman spoke with Dr. Alison Block – a family medicine physician, abor...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 48:10
Post-Roe America: 1. The Day Roe Fell
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
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When the U.S. Supreme Court hands down the Dobbs decision, clinicians rush to decipher its implications.

Bought by KGLP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 26:52
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 6: Finding Digital Comfort in a Time of War
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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The trauma of war and intergenerational PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is discussed. And how state of the art ‘telepresence’, a technology ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 24:40
CBC S 1 E 5: COVID by the Numberss
From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts
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If you're trying to cover the pandemic in seven Midwestern states, where do you start? WNIN partnered with data scientists from the University of E...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 14:47
Part II: "Pay Now or Pay Later?"
From: Jed Alexander
Series: The Whistleblower Project
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
Stories from a Pandemic - Episode 10: Mourning
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic
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How does the COVID-19 pandemic end? Does it end in a bang, or just fizzle out? What we know for sure is that this story is far from over. In today...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Stories from a Pandemic - Ep.9: Bad Trip
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic
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It takes surprisingly little for the human psyche to come undone. We know that the virus can’t survive when we isolate ourselves, the question is, ...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 30:47
Stories from a Pandemic - Ep.8: Insomnia
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic
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Over the past few weeks, there have been so many news articles about healthcare workers as heroes, or soldiers fighting the battle of coronavirus. ...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 31:40
Stories from a Pandemic - Ep.6: Sick
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic
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This week tackles what it means to be sick. You’ll hear from diarists from Michigan, Maryland, Ontario/Canada, Massachusetts, and California. You w...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:39
Stories from a Pandemic - Ep.5: Helpless
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic
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What is it like to be a healthcare worker forced to stand on the sidelines during a global pandemic? This week, you’ll hear from diarists from Cali...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 26:29
Stories from a Pandemic - Ep.4: Air
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic
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This week, we continue with audio diaries from healthcare workers around the country who speak about ventilator hacks, breathing tubes, search and ...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 30:55
Stories from a Pandemic - Ep.2: Arrival
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic
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In this episode of The Nocturnists: Stories from a Pandemic, you will hear diary entries from healthcare workers from New York, California, Massach...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 31:10
Stories from a Pandemic - Ep.1: New World
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic
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In this first episode of our special podcast series, healthcare workers reflect on the imminent patient surge that we have all been bracing for acr...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 31:14
Take Care (Monthly) #15
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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The theme of this episode is, "Marijuana".

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 52:00
Sturgeon recovery endangered on Lake Ontario
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / USFWS biologists prepare to examine a lake sturgeon, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / USFWS biologists prepare to examine a lake sturgeon
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 Biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been using federal funding to monitor the health of ...

Bought by WBFO, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 10: Big Fish, Big Science
From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf
Caption: Biochemist Dana Wetzel dissects a fish exposed to oil in the lab., Credit: David Levin
Scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, are leading a new experiment that will help uncover the effects of oil spills on fis...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
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
Deadly currents -- why they hit the Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Silver Beach County Park in St. Joseph, Michigan, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Since 2002, powerful currents in the Great Lakes have caused more than 150 drownings, researchers say. A look at the science behind the currents.

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRVO Public Media, WMUK, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 9
Ohio mother mourns son taken by Lake Erie current
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

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


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 7
Two Guys On Your Head: Sleep
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Check out the show with Professors Bob Duke and Art Markman, and then have a nap; refresh and consolidate what you’ve learned. Sleep is a lot more...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
The Field Trip Podcast: Marine Mammal Rescue Center
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: Field Trip Podcast icon, Credit: Mike Smith
This week, Field Trip Correspondent Lo Benichou take us behind the scenes at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, where wounded seals...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 1
Ocean Acidification
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Revised piece. Too much carbon is flooding the ocean with carbolic acid, with devestating effects on life in the sea.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:58
Curiosity Aroused Pilot
From: Rebecca Watson
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Looking at the world from a skeptical perspective

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, Texas Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10