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As the US nears its 250th anniversary, cultural conflicts risk overshadowing this milestone. Smithsonian Associate Clay Jenkinson, a public humanit...
- Added: Nov 01, 2023
- Length: 40:40
Every fall, an avalanche of advertising bombards the phones, televisions and mailboxes of the country’s 65 million Medicare beneficiaries.
Private...
- Added: Oct 20, 2023
- Length: 19:15
101-year-old Joe Cooper was a crew member of the USS Ommaney Bay, which was attacked by a Japanese suicide pilot in World War II.
Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, and KUT
- Added: Aug 01, 2023
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 5
This week Jennifer invites her good friend Susan as the show's guest. Susan has been diagnosed with Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), which ca...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Jul 28, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In 2021, Americans reported losses of $5.8 billion USD to fraud. This represented a 70% increase in fraud activity from 2020. According to the FTC,...
- Added: Jul 13, 2023
- Length: 29:00
In 2021, Americans reported losses of $5.8 billion USD to fraud. This represented a 70% increase in fraud activity from 2020. According to the FTC,...
- Added: Jul 08, 2023
- Length: 29:01
The age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits is currently 67, but the cash reserves behind it are expected to run out by 2034. Those ar...
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Jun 23, 2023
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 1
Our guest this week is Derrick Polder, a Board member with the organization Care Fund, which exists to financially and resourcefully support Arizon...
- Added: May 13, 2023
- Length: 29:00
This week we talk with Stacy Renner, Program Coordinator and Peggy Ingraham, President, of the Tucson Community Tennis Program. Stacy and Peggy dis...
- Added: May 06, 2023
- Length: 29:00
This week our guest is Barbara McClure, Executive Director of IMPACT of Southern Arizona, which exists to empower Southern Arizonans with the resou...
- Added: Apr 22, 2023
- Length: 28:41
About half of people on Medicare use hospice care before they die, but as the popular benefit turns 40 this year, it is struggling with waste, acce...
- Added: Apr 14, 2023
- Length: 20:42
Fred Mees joins Jennifer this week to go over the difference between cable and streaming television. During our conversation we review how the serv...
- Added: Dec 17, 2022
- Length: 29:00
This week we're in conversation with Maegan Lopez, Sydney Engs, and Emily Rockey of Mission Garden, a Tucson area non-profit living agricultural mu...
- Added: Dec 10, 2022
- Length: 28:51
This week we are in conversation with Bill Kalt and Dr. Ken Karrel of the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum in Tucson. We discuss the history ...
- Added: Dec 03, 2022
- Length: 29:00
November is National Family Caregivers Month. This week we share the fourth and final edition of our four-part series focused on the process, impac...
- Added: Nov 27, 2022
- Length: 29:00
November is National Family Caregivers Month. This week we share part three of a four-part series focused on the process, impact and needed self-ca...
- Added: Nov 19, 2022
- Length: 29:00
November is National Family Caregivers Month. This week we share part two of a four-part series focused on the process, impact and needed self-care...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Nov 12, 2022
- Length: 28:03
- Purchases: 1
November is National Caregivers Month. This week we begin a four-part series focused on the process, impact and needed self-care of caregivers.
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Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Nov 05, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This week Jennifer chats with Khris Dodge, a Tucson area arts activist, musician and the Executive Director of the Tucson Jazz Festival. Khris shar...
- Added: Oct 29, 2022
- Length: 29:00
An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.
- Added: Oct 28, 2022
- Length: 19:19
October is National Audiology Month. This week our friend audiologist Dr. Christi Moore joins us and some Boom Goddess listeners for the conclusion...
- Added: Oct 15, 2022
- Length: 25:00
October is National Audiology Month. This week our friend audiologist Dr. Christi Moore joins us and some Boom Goddess listeners for a Q&A session ...
- Added: Oct 08, 2022
- Length: 29:00
This week, we’re taking a look at what economists and demographers are calling “the Silver Wave” — how the rapid aging of the world’s population wi...
Bought by Classic107.3, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Aug 03, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
This week we tackle the impact that the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade will have on women's access to abortion. Our gu...
- Added: Jun 30, 2022
- Length: 29:03
On the show this week Jennifer is in conversation with Chef Jeff Henderson, award-winning author, chef, public speaker and star of the Food Network...
- Added: Apr 30, 2022
- Length: 29:01
