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Critical care physician Hannah Wunsch speaks about her book The Autumn Ghost, which tells the story of a polio epidemic in Copenhagen in the 1950s,...
- Added: Dec 19, 2023
- Length: 54:03
Martha Lillard is one of the last two people in the United States who depend on an iron lung to breathe.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: May 30, 2023
- Length: 12:41
- Purchases: 2
A tribute to to jazz pianist, composer and Philadelphia studio owner Tony Luisi.
- Added: Jan 04, 2022
- Length: 59:31
RECIPE: Teriyaki Chicken Bowl
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- Added: Feb 22, 2021
- Length: 59:00
In this episode, hear from people who grew up in the shadow of a crippling disease—among them, “polio pioneers,” schoolkids from the clinical trial...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 18, 2019
- Length: 17:14
- Purchases: 1
Sherry Holdridge speaks out about her grandmother's experiences during WWII, polio, and the store Sherry opened, Oh Say USA. This story was created...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 16, 2019
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 1
Julia Scott says "participant observation" is a valuable reporting tool, even if it means climbing into an "iron lung" which looks like something o...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 13:25
Sixty years after polio was eradicated in America, a dozen survivors still rely on their iron lungs to breathe. Come inside the machine Martha Lill...
Bought by KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KOSU, Hark! and more
- Added: Jul 11, 2013
- Length: 06:30
- Purchases: 14
Bill Gates is spending one billion dollars in two years to eradicate polio. Although a deadly and crippling disease, it is extremely hard to end an...
- Added: Mar 18, 2011
- Length: 02:00
