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Planet Money is on a quest to explain the economy with playful storytelling and deep dive, roll up your sleeves journalism. How I Built This host Guy Raz talks to entrepreneurs and idealists who take us through the often challenging journeys they took to build their businesses.

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If the eyes see calorie counts on the menu, does the mouth eat less?

In Philadelphia, two different studies of calorie displays, getting two different answers. At fast-food places, no. At sit-down restauran ...

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Who killed the chemistry set? And an effort to reinvent it

A Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit is seeking the next great science toy. Jennifer Landry is opening an “atomic energy” ...

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Why is it so hard to get a man to a doctor’s appointment? Excuses range from not having the time, to not wanting to appear weak, to ...

Air Date: December 27, 2013

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Why men won’t go to the doctor, and how women coax them

It’s a perpetual battleground in the war between the sexes.  Elisabeth Perez-Luna brings back dispatches from the frontlines. ...

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Detecting neutrinos at the South Pole with UD physicist Tom Gaisser

In our regular segment “So, What Do You Do” physicist Tom Gaisser tells us about searching for neutrinos at the bottom of the ...

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How one group aims to put solar panels on 20 local schools

A local company is working on a plan to put solar arrays on the rooftops of 2 ...

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‘I’m the same guy’ – severe brain injury, the long road back and the science that made it possible

One night, Brian Hickey hopped on a train to meet friends at a bar. It turned into a five-year journey to the edge of death and back. ...

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The Obamacare rollout (continued): Even the savvy need a little help

The website is working much better, but most Americans need guidance to sift through the many coverage choices. The race was on th ...

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The woman behind Delaware’s changing Medicare law

How one woman played a key role in changing Delaware law to offer supplemental Medigap premiums to people with disabilities under the age ...

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Inside the world of medical illustration with Mt. Airy artist Birck Cox

We visit a medical illustrator’s studio, where boxes of bones, skulls and anatomy textbooks come to life through paint strokes and ...

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The Supreme Court decided to invalidate patents on human genes in June 2013. (Douglas C. Pizac/AP Images)
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The year’s most inspirational science stories: Myriad genetics ruling, CRISPR and brain funding

Kerry Grens, an associate editor at The Scientist, joins The Pulse regularly for updates on the latest developments in science. Th ...

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The Pulse – December 20, 2013

Two decades after the release of the Oscar-winning movie “Philadelphia,” we take a look back at the film’s legacy, its ...

Air Date: December 20, 2013

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Philadelphia AIDS survivor Suellen Kehler holds some of the more than 20 medications and supplements she takes each day to keep her HIV infection under control.
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By the numbers: HIV/AIDS stigma changing, but infection still spreads

Much headway has been made in HIV treatment, with far fewer AIDS deaths today than 20 years ago, when the film “Philadelphia” ...

12 years ago

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Two decades ago, Tom Hanks and ‘Philadelphia’ prompted changing attitudes toward HIV-AIDS

An in-depth look at the making of the film, its impact, and the distance traveled in fighting HIV and AIDS. Twenty years ago this ...

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Are the health benefits of a gluten-free diet fact or fad?

Dr. Stephanie Moleski, a gasteroenterologist at Jefferson Hospital, gives her take on gluten sensitivity.  As a gasteroentero ...

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