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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Erin Ball (top left) rehearses a partner acrobatics routine with her students.  (Susie Armitage/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Adaptation after amputation: An acrobat finds new ways to fly

After losing her feet and parts of her legs, circus performer Erin Ball thought her life and the work she loved were over.

7 years ago

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Shay Sharpe reflects on cancer treatment and femininity. (Image courtesy of Emily MacKenzie)
The Pulse
Health

After a double mastectomy: How breast cancer can reshape gender identity

Two people recount the after effects of breast cancer surgery.

7 years ago

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The Pulse
Health

Body Politics

Our bodies are ours, but how we feel about them is largely defined by others — by the things people say, the culture we live in, the me ...

Air Date: December 7, 2018

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Jeff Sterner adjusts a flower display on his son Joshua’s grave. Josh was 19 in 2012 when he died by suicide. (Brett Sholtis / Transforming Health)
Health

‘There are no answers’: One family pushes forward after losing teenager to suicide

Josh Sterner had good psychiatric care, a therapist and access to medication. None of that prevented his death.

7 years ago

The autism break room at St. Joseph's University is designed specifically for people who want to escape the blare and spectacle typically associated with college and pro sports. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Education

Basketball for all: New ‘break’ room at St. Joe’s welcomes fans with autism

The West Philly university recently established a quiet space in its arena where kids with autism can escape from triggering sounds.

7 years ago

The second annual WURD
Community

‘Conscious consumerism’ empowers the local black community at WURD event

On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered at the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood for WURD's second annual "Empowerment Experience."

7 years ago

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Syringes of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller, sit in an inpatient facility in Salt Lake City. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid-related overdoses have contributed to the life expectancy drop in the U.S. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
NPR
Health

U.S. life expectancy drops amid ‘disturbing’ rise in overdoses and suicides

More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year alone, according to the CDC. That number marks a nearly 10 percent increase from 2016.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

What is self-awareness?

Guests: Tasha Eurich, David Dunning We all know someone–a co-worker, friend, or family member–who is ...

Air Date: November 23, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Family and Thanksgiving special

Guests: Jamie Bernstein, Gregory Pardlo, Casey Gerald On this Thanksgiving Day, we’re going to listen back to t ...

Air Date: November 22, 2018 10:00 am

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Voices in the Family

Working through holiday tensions

A lot of us will be spending time with our family around the holidays. Families are powerful environments – with so much capacity for l ...

Air Date: November 21, 2018

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Radio Times
Health

Sleepless in America

Guests: Sigrid Veasey, Ilene Rosen, Lauren Hale Getting a bad night’s sleep feels awful. And in recent years we ...

Air Date: November 19, 2018 12:00 am

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The Pulse
Health

We’re Family — But Why?

Ever sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, look around at the shining faces of your family, and think to yourself: “How the heck am I relate ...

Air Date: November 16, 2018

Listen 47:22
The former Harrisburg State Hospital closed in 2006 and now serves as government offices. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Health

People with serious mental illnesses in Pa. face long wait for treatment

In the 12 years since Harrisburg State Hospital closed, state funding for community mental health services has decreased, leaving services 'stretched thin.'

7 years ago

Researchers followed a group of kids from childhood into adulthood to track the link between trauma in early life and adult mental health.
NPR
Health

Should childhood trauma be treated as a public health crisis?

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests the answer should be yes

7 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

The ups and downs of optimism and pessimism

Guests: Julie Norem, Emiliana Simon-Thomas It’s hard to be an optimist these days. The synagogue shooting a ...

Air Date: November 5, 2018 10:00 am

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