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What the Health? From KFF Health NewsKennedy Cancels Vaccine FundingThe Health and Human Services secretary is winding down nearly $500 million in mRNA research funding, citing false claims that the technology is ineffective against respiratory illnesses — and notching a victory for critics of the covid vaccines. And President Donald Trump is demanding drugmakers drop their prices, quickly, but it’s unclear how he could make them comply. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News’ Emmarie Huetteman to discuss these stories and more. Visit our website for a transcript of this episode...
2025-08-0723 min
Story Made PodcastChloe Maxmin & Canyon WoodwardOur conversation this week is with Chloe Maxmin & Canyon Woodward. Chloe is the youngest woman ever to serve in the Maine State Senate. She was elected in 2020 after unseating a two-term Republican incumbent and (former) Senate minority leader. In 2018, she served in the Maine House of Representatives after becoming the first Democrat to win a rural conservative district. Canyon is a political strategist, author, and trail runner who served as Chloe's campaign manager in Maine. Together they wrote "Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It" and founded Dirtroad Organizing, where they c...
2024-03-101h 17
Story Made PodcastAnnie B. JonesOur conversation this week is with Annie B. Jones. She's the owner of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in Thomasville, Georgia, host of the 'From the Front Porch' podcast, and child of Tallahassee, Florida. In this episode we explore the power of ordinary stories, the beauty and challenges of small-town life and business, how faith built The Bookshelf, her evolution as a From-Away in Thomasville, work as humility, her wonderful team of booksellers and communal support, an honest (and refreshing) take on Amazon, and the strength given by "weak ties" inside a bookshop. Visit The Bo...
2024-01-291h 42
Catching Up With UVGEpisodio 7: ¿Qué onda con la AEUVG 2021?En este episodio ¡Conoce a la AEUVG 2021! con María Reneé Kefalas y María José Ochoa, vocales de la Asociación General de Estudiantes de UVG. Descubre cómo se formó este equipo multidisciplinario y sus planes a futuro.
En estos meses, estaremos subiendo episodios los viernes de cada semana, conecta con nosotros en @catchingupwith_uvg y envía tus sugerencias y feedback.
2021-07-0721 min
Conservative Conversations with ISIGracy Olmstead, Farming, Localism, and RootednessConservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 9 - Gracy Olmstead, Agriculture, Localism, and Rootedness In this episode... A listener question on the authors that influenced the hosts the mostGracy Olmstead, a Top 20 Under 30 ISI Alumna, on localism and agriculture Links: Register for the ISI Inaugural Homecoming Weekend Front Porch RepublicConservative Conversations episode with Tim Carney and Rusty RenoSmall-Town Natives Are Moving Back Home, Gracy Olmstead Books Mentioned:Uprooted, Gracy OlmsteadGilead, Marilynne RobinsonHouse Keeping, Marilynne RobinsonEast of Eden, John SteinbeckGrapes of Wrath, John SteinbeckLandmarks, Robert McFarlandPastoral Song, James RebanksThe Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolke...
2021-05-1557 min
Good GriefHarnessing Grief: A Mother's Quest for Meaning and MiraclesIn a short span of time, Maria Kefalas' husband, father and father-in-law were all diagnosed with life limiting cancer. But none of them knew that would not be the worst thing they would face. Her 2 year old daughter's diagnosis with MLD, an incurable and universally fatal illness, would take her grief to an even deeper place. And facing life with a dying child and husband would seem, at first, impossible. Over time, though, Maria found her way to her own meaning and purpose and learned what would help her to face everything that was coming. In the process, she also...
2021-03-2454 min
Download Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureHarnessing Grief: A Mother's Quest for Meaning and Miracles by Maria J. KefalasPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harnessing Grief: A Mother's Quest for Meaning and Miracles Author: Maria J. Kefalas Narrator: Rosemary Benson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 19, 2021 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The inspiring story of a mother who took unimaginable tragedy and used her grief as a force to do good by transforming the lives of others. When Maria Kefalas’s daughter Calliope was diagnosed with a degenerative, uncurable genetic disease, the last thing Maria expected to discover in herself was a superpower. She and her husband, Pat, were he...
2021-01-1910 min
Sociology ImprovDr. JesusBecause Arturo is obsessed with Glenn Beck, conversation begins there, but quickly moves to government shutdowns, the way economists approach social problems, and we return to last episode’s discussion about education. Links from this episode: Freakonomics, the movie (Netflix) Planet Money Office Hours: with Doug Downey, with Maria Kefalas Leon Botstein on education Download Episode […]
2011-04-0900 min