Temperatures are dropping and for many people, that means higher gas bills to heat their homes. But not everyone can easily afford those bills, and missing payments puts some people at risk of getting their power shut off.
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RI Doctor Defends Physicians’ Role In Addressing Gun Violence
A Rhode Island Hospital emergency medicine doctor is among those leading a national movement to address gun violence as a public health epidemic. Health reporter Lynn Arditi spoke with Dr. Megan Ranney, lead author of an op-ed piece published Dec. 5th in The New England Journal of Medicine, entitled, #ThisIsOurLane – Firearm Safety as Health […]
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RI Allows Parents Of Children With Autism To Experiment With Medical Marijuana
Could marijuana hold promise for treating autism? Rhode Island is one of a small but growing number of states that allow medical marijuana for patients – including children – with severe forms of autism. But there’s little scientific evidence about the benefits — and risks — of this treatment.
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The Gamm’s “Gloria” Is A Funny, Frightening Look At America
With Thanksgiving over and Christmas on the way, the Gamm Theatre has made its second show of the season a work that’s both a funny and catastrophic look at America today. But the Public’s Radio theater critic Bill Gale says this thoughtful play is perhaps not for everyone.
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In Rhode Island, These Exonerated Prisoners Take A Leap Of Faith
On Memorial Day, Darrell Jones was standing with a group of men who hardly knew each, but who share an unenviable life experience as former prisoners. They strapped on harnesses and chutes, checking and re-checking, as Jones offered a word of advice: “Put on Chapstick, because you’re definitely going to have a dry mouth.” These […]
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JFK'S Death 55 Years Later
Scott MacKay Takes us back 55 years to JFK’s Murder
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Food Prices Are Rising, RI Community Food Bank Report Finds
A new report from the Rhode Island Community Food Bank found that prices in Rhode Island rose an average of 15 percent in the last two years. That increase has pushed many people to food pantries. “For low-income families, that increased cost leads them to not be able to afford the food they need.” Food […]
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Theater Review: Trinity Rep’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ Is Big And Loud
At this time of the year there’s a great story told at Trinity Rep. It is, of course, “A Christmas Carol.” It runs for weeks to large crowds and generally is seen as a fine thing. Bill Gale of The People’s Radio has seen them all. He says this one is quite fine, in it’s own way, at least.
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(PRESS)ed Episode 2: The Balanced Media Diet
A podcast about what happens when two people from across the political divide try to have a conversation about politics.
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Theater Review: Trinity Rep’s ‘Pride And Prejudice’ Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Jane Austen
Trinity Rep opens its theater season with a rollicking, all out version of “Pride and Prejudice.” The Public Radio’s Bill Gale says once you get by all the wacko stuff, you just might go for this all-out production.
