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Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KDNK and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 2
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There's a private number you can call where you're asked to tell a story that will be shared with the whole world.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 21:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Julie Harris, JoBeth Williams, and Lindsay Crouse star in Nicolas Wright's work about the brilliant, controversial therapist.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR-FM, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Two stories of silence. A young woman's hearing gradually goes away, so she and her family weigh their options. A radio producer with chronic tinni...

Bought by KOSU, Public Radio Remix, Aspen Public Radio, and WFPL News


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Penny Ingram and her husband, Jeff, talk about living with his rare form of amnesia.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:58
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Greg Auger's life was forever changed when he met the bat researching legend Don Griffin. This is the story of the two men, a pond, and what happen...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:05
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This special program was produced during Hurricane Sandy's collision with the east coast, in my studio on the upper west side which luckily had po...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:47
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It’s a rare sensitivity to normal, everyday sounds, like typing, or footsteps, or even breathing. And it’s being increasingly diagnosed. Researcher...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2012
  • Length: 09:32
Caption: A sculpture of a tumor made by caraballo-farman for Object Breast Cancer , Credit: caraballo-farman
A pair of artists came up with a new approach to representing breast cancer that's very different from pink ribbons. They use MRI scans to sculpt b...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUOW, and WAMC


  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Ian Brown
A conversation with journalist Ian Brown, author of 'The Boy in the Moon'. Ian Brown talks about life with his son Walker; born with an extremely r...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andrew Westoll
A conversation with Andrew Westoll, who worked in a sanctuary for 'retired' chimpanzees: former pets, circus animals or subjects for medical resear...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Sep 15, 2012
  • Length: 53:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Ron Capps helps returning service members write their way home. [27:06]

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 27:38
  • Purchases: 1
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A man whose wife died of breast cancer manages to find love again. But then he learns the woman who will be his second wife is diagnosed with breas...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
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Dr. David Levy, neurosurgeon and author, discusses the role that prayer can play in the healing relationship between physician and patient.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:29
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Radio Rounds speaks with physician and social activist Patch Adams, founder of the world-renowned Gesundheit! Institute. In this episode, Patch ene...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 28:52
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Radio Rounds hosts discuss the events that took place on September 11, 2001 with two physicians whose perspectives offer unique insight into the de...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
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Melissa Walker discusses healing wounded service members through art at Walter Reed. [25:44]

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 25:45
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200,000 children are born each year with the deformity of clubfoot. Dr. Ignacio Ponseti's non-surgical cure has treated thousands and allowed them...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 23:59
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John D. Shearer is an artist from Indiana that won his battle over a rare form of brain cancer. His multi-media show entitled “I’m Too Young For Th...

  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 09:37
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Questions surface about brain harvesting in Maine.

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
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A new outlook for Cystic Fibrosis

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Why is death such a difficult subject to talk about? From hospital mortuary to the grave, The D-Word explores our complex relationship with death...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:30
Caption: DO YOU REMEMBER (Alzheimer Awareness Cd Cover)
NOVEMBER: National Alzheimer's Awareness Month!__This piece; "DO YOU REMEMBER" is dedicated to the families and organizations that seek to further ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:47
Caption: John Warner, Credit: Frank Rogozienski
Did you ever ask yourself who in their right mind would invent a convenience to keep food fresh that would one day litter the landscape, wash up on...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:30