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This is what a concussion sounds like
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Features
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When you hear about concussions in the news, it's often about a football player. But kids get concussions too. In one recent year, nearly a quarter...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Knee Show! Surgery or not to Surgery?! With Evan Peck MD Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine Orthopedics , along side Physical Therapy Experts Lisa Fossett & Holly Whitford
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Knee Show! Surgery or not to Surgery?! With Evan Peck MD Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine Orthopedics division , along side Physical Therapy Ex...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 26:56
  • Purchases: 2
Take Care #119
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Common shoulder problems and swimming for health.

Bought by WNMU-FM and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Conna-Lee Weinberg:  Conscious Direction of Your Spine
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Conna-Lee Weinberg, author of “Mindful Spine: Movement from the Inside Out – Connecting the Brain and the Spinal Vertebrae.”

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Drinking Yourself to Death
From: Outside Magazine
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There's a flipside to dehydration that kills athletes and otherwise healthy people every year. And it's on the rise.

Bought by WFAE and KVSC


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 2
Bystander CPR can make big difference in outcome for drowning victims
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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When bystanders start CPR on a drowning victim before emergency personnel arrive, the victim has a better chance of a more complete recovery. That'...

  • Added: May 29, 2017
  • Length: 15:59
Clear Lungs Adventure, based in Silver Bay, promotes healthy breathing & exercise
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Phil Huston is an adventurer, climber, speaker, and cancer survivor who now resides in Silver Bay. He joined WTIP's Dave TerSteeg recently to tell ...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 16:22
Going the Distance
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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Some people run long distances. Why do they do this? What happens to the body when it goes long distances and when it can’t go anymore? Why are som...

Bought by KVSC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Length: 23:27
  • Purchases: 2
Motor Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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We improve our movements. This is called motor learning and it is a very subconscious activity. Hear about the subconscious subverting the consciou...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 15:54
Thousands of plastic bags and other trash collected from Great Lakes basin
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: ANGELICA A. MORRISON / A used water bottle floats in a creek in the Great Lakes watershed. , Credit: ANGELICA A. MORRISON
The Alliance for the Great Lakes and its volunteers address the issue of plastic pollution along the Great Lakes basin. This year they've collected...

Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:36
  • Purchases: 7
Fishery reductions worry anglers on the Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Chinook salmon eggs are about the size of a pea, but the fish inside can grow up to 40 pounds in its short lifespan., Credit: Veronica Volk
The big, strong Chinook salmon is a favorite of anglers on the Great Lakes. But New York and Michigan are reducing the number of Chinook stocked in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, North Country Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2016
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 6
How We Learn to Move
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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We move in a noisy world. Hear biomechanics professor Alaa Ahmed describe motor learning through modeling and commands. In this light, elite athlet...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 12:16
Season 2 Ep. 5: Ties That Bind
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains is a source of pride and peace; for his mom and dad it is a source of constant worry...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 1
Season 2 Ep. 4: There's No "I" In Team
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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This week's hour long radio episode takes you from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, to the trails that snake through the White Mountains, an...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KUT


  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 2
Season 2 Ep. 3: Fighting the Odds
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Two stories about people fighting and overcoming tough odds: First, the tale of Tony Bosco, who camped in the woods around Rutgers University for m...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 1
Faster, more efficient... guaranteed
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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If you dip your toe into the running world, you'll notice a variety of claims about efficiency and speed from coaches and athletes. Surprisingly, w...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 07:39
Season 2 Ep. 2: Go Big or Go Home
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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The rise and fall of the Keene Pumpkin Festival, a quaint New England tradition that took a dark turn when riots broke out in 2014. Plus, the calme...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 1
Eat The Invaders: Lionfish
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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This is Eat The Invaders - our occasional segment where we take a bite out of invasive species populations. On the menu today, one of the scariest,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 16:07
  • Purchases: 1
Running With Springs
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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Running hasn't always been popular and neither has its research. A small group of biomechanists rethought the way we use our bodies to run and it's...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 3
Extreme rock climber who thrives on risky behavior might have different brain than most
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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We ran across a fascinating article about a famous free solo (unroped) rock climber, Alex Honnold, and how his brain works. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg ch...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 16:08
Season 2 Ep. 1: Take the Reins
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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When a Harvard professor accidentally let Gypsy Moths loose in the 1860s, he didn't release he was unleashing a scourge that would plague New Engla...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 1
Season 1 Ep. 4: Living Fossils
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Technology advances at breakneck speed, so why hasn’t the electric grid changed in 60 years? This week’s episode explores things, that for one rea...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:28
Season 1 Ep. 3: Nature vs. Nurture
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
Caption: Ep 3 title card, Credit: Greta Rybus
Tyler Armstrong is 12-years-old. He loves video games, laser tag, and he wants to become the youngest person to summit Mount Everest. In this episo...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:29
Season 1 Ep. 2: On The Hunt
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
Caption: Episode 2 title card, Credit: Greta Rybus
Ever since becoming a reporter, Sam has heard stories about a secret hunting reserve in New Hampshire, stocked with elk and 200-pound wild boar. I...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:28
Pedal Power (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-In his book City Cycling, Ralph Buehler emphasizes that bicycling shouldn’t be limited to those who are trained, fit, and daring enough to battle ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WJCT, KMUN, WHCP-LP Cambridge, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 12