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Our eyes’ ability to detect color deteriorates with age, but our brains compensate.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
In modern society, women in their 70's and 80's are often pushed aside and ignored in the hustle and bustle of daily life. Miriam is 85, widowed, a...
- Added: Mar 31, 2013
- Length: 05:13
Chuck Lakin has a unique hobby. He builds coffins. For living people.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 25, 2013
- Length: 06:15
- Purchases: 1
Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music, and one man realized that our relationship to music might improve the quality of life fo...
- Added: Feb 14, 2013
- Length: 15:46
Inez Mosture creates whimsical characters from Norwegian folklore.
- Added: Jan 12, 2013
- Length: 23:09
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 03:20
Short-wave ultraviolet radiation can clear dangerous germs from hospital rooms.
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 03:35
A new mouse model for Alzheimer's treatment gets striking results.
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Radio Curious discusses psychosocial and cultural genomics-a healing process that connects the mind-body to emotional and physical recovery by acti...
- Added: Jan 17, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Jane O'Connor is a young woman from Dublin whose mother was a big fan of the film Groundhog day. The irony of her beloved film choice was that when...
Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 16, 2011
- Length: 11:28
- Purchases: 5
The financial crisis has made Californians think hard about priorities. Whether it’s rethinking homeownership, or deciding which state programs to ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2011
- Length: 06:32
How our brains age, and why some people manage to cheat death and stay sharp.
Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Oct 20, 2010
- Length: 13:00
- Purchases: 2
Walter Breuning is believed to be the world's oldest man. He was born in 1896...
- Added: Oct 18, 2010
- Length: 04:56
Treating Parkinson's with a vibrating chair; reading the rumblings of the earth; and a hip-hop battle of cosmic proportions.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Oct 05, 2010
- Length: 13:00
- Purchases: 1
Paris has its Parisians, Boston its Bostonians. What does it take to be/become a Washingtonian?
- Added: May 18, 2010
- Length: 07:04
Steeplejacking is just one episode of the many adventures of Bob the Englishman and his long, oddly American life.
- Added: Apr 11, 2010
- Length: 12:43
It's been 40 years since Daevid Allen convened his space gypsy rock band Gong which influenced everyone from Ozric Tentacles to Steve Roach. Allen...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 22, 2009
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
Rebroadcast of our 2003 program on Christmas Shopping
- Added: Dec 13, 2009
- Length: 29:00
How can you reach 100 years leading a healthy and fulfilling life? Lillian Brown Vogel Phd. reached 100 in September 2009 and has just published he...
- Added: Nov 09, 2009
- Length: 27:16
Great discussion between the generations on Femininity!
- Added: Nov 08, 2009
- Length: 59:52
In Northern California's Humboldt County, one octogenarian just won't quit working.
- Added: Oct 07, 2009
- Length: 04:20
Roy Underhill - host of PBS's Woodwrights Shop along with Steve Johnson of www.tooltimer.com discuss older and middle generation perspectives on to...
- Added: Apr 26, 2009
- Length: 29:00
