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Una luna con due stelle.
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Stories of Lexington, Kentucky’s history and people.
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Have you ever fallen down a rabbit hole into an obscure topic and suddenly need to know all the details and consume all the media related to it? You've found your people. Every other Wednesday, librarians Hailee and Katie take turns sharing the topic that has them bewitched. After a deep-dive into the subject-du-jour, fill your "to read" list with their related book recommendations.
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Risk Management Executive, Host and Executive Producer Sylvia K. Alston launches Next Nation the Podcast as the second installment of her former Sirius XM weekend show by the same brand name. Next Nation is a weekly culture staple with focus on the 3L's -Lifestyle|Leadership|Legacy. Sylvia is a multipotentialite who navigates through an accomplished career in risk management into multi-media weaving in-depth conversations with a riveting array of guests about society, culture, business, ente ...
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Talks and interviews about the life of biography as experienced by a biographer over forty years and fourteen biographies, dealing with subjects ranging from Sylvia Plath to William Faulkner, Marilyn Monroe to Susan Sontag, and much more.
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A review of the latest literature and thought leaders in pediatric cardiovascular care.
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Jennifer Morgan runs a global multi-billion-dollar technology business spanning six continents and encompassing tens of thousands of people and customers. She believes the best leaders are perpetual learners, and she wants you to join her on a leadership journey as she takes you inside the room for authentic, candid conversations with some of the world’s top executives, biggest thinkers, and boldest change agents. You’ll hear from guests like Arianna Huffington, Richard Branson, Gary Vaynerc ...
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To The Well is a student-run journal of Christian discourse at UNC-Chapel Hill. On this podcast, we host engaging conversations with various Christian thinkers about faith, reason, social justice, and more.
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Pediatric medicine is always evolving. That’s why it’s important to stay up to date on the latest clinical breakthroughs. Whether you’re a provider, parent, or caregiver, That’s Pediatrics is your source for all things pediatric health and wellness. This biweekly podcast is hosted by the experts at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. In each episode, our hosts talk to leading health care professionals — physicians, researchers, hospital administrators, and more — about the pediatric topi ...
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Pediheart Podcast #309: A Conversation With Surgical Living Legend, Dr. John Brown
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This week we speak with Dr. John Brown who is the Harris B. Schumacker Professor Emeritus of Surgery at the University of Indiana. A congenital heart surgeon for over 45 years, Dr. Brown has performed more than 15,000 pediatric heart operations at Riley Hospital for Children and another 5000 heart operations in adults at IU and Methodist Hospitals.…
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Pediheart Podcast #308: Can Preoperative Modeling Improve Fontan Design/Outcomes?
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This week we delve into the world of the single ventricle when we speak with Dr. David Hoganson, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School about a recent work he co-published with investigators from Boston Children’s Hospital on computational fluid dynamic modeling in the planning of the Fontan operation. Single ventricle heterotaxy …
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Quilting Kentucky's Stories: Silent Visitors by Lauren Cole Brown
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Lauren Cole Brown joins us with a humorous tale from her time in nursing school. Lauren Cole Brown is a Registered Nurse who received her BSN from the University of Kentucky. She stays busy designing online nursing school curriculum with Archer Review, allowing the use of her nursing knowledge as well as her creative background in the arts. Lauren …
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Pediheart Podcast Replay of #242: Chronic Lower Extremity Venous Insufficiency In The Fontan Patient
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This week we turn back the clocks to re-review a recent research letter from the team at the Harvard Congenital Heart Program about venous insufficiency in the Fontan patient. Why do patients with Fontan circulation develop chronic venous insufficiency and what are the implications of this problem in the Fontan patient? What sort of evaluation shou…
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Pediheart Podcast #307: Impact Of Ischemic Time On Pediatric Heart Transplant Outcomes
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This week we delve into the world of heart failure and transplantation when we review a recent PHTS study assessing the impact of ischemic time on outcomes of pediatric heart transplantation. What is considered to be a long ischemic time and what is the impact on outcomes in the pediatric patient undergoing transplant? Why does it appear as the imp…
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Project USS Strong DD467, an interview with Tammi Johnson (2024)
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Mariam sits down with Tammi Johnson, lead researcher and founder for the Project USS Strong DD467 website, to discuss her life’s work finding the ship her uncle Billy Hedrick served on in World War Two. The ship, the USS Strong DD467, was torpedoed in the battle of Kula Gulf in the Solomon Islands and sank, killing Billy and 45 other men on July 5,…
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Pediheart Podcast #306: Assessing The LV In The Ebstein's Patient
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This week we review a recent report assessing LV function and properties in the Ebstein's anomaly patient using CMR. How often is LV dysfunction observed in the Ebstein's patient who is about to undergo surgical Cone repair? How often did the echo underestimate LV dysfunction in comparison to the 'gold standard' CMR? How often is LV non-compaction …
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Pediheart Podcast #305: Safety And Efficacy Of ICE For Pediatric And Congenital Ablations
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This week we delve into the world of electrophysiology and review a recent report from the team at Primary Children’s hospital on the use of intravascular ultrasound for EP ablation procedures in children. How is this technology useful for ‘routine’ ablations in kids? Are there some forms of tachycardia where its use is more important than others? …
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Quilting Kentucky's Stories: Humor in a Time of Grief by Sylvia Lovely
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Join Sylvia Lovely as she tells a story of her own in our Quilting Kentucky's Stories series recalling a humorous moment she shared with her family during a time of impending loss. Sylvia often introduces herself as a lawyer by training, a CEO by experience and a media mogul in her dreams. She has a rich history in media as the author of three book…
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Pediheart Podcast #304: Pediatric Cardiology Pioneer Dr. Sylvia Griffiths - An Appreciation
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This past week marked the passing of the great pediatric cardiology pioneer, Dr. Sylvia Griffiths. Dr. Griffiths was a trainee of Dr. Ruth Wittemore of Yale University and was one of the founders of the pediatric cardiology program at NY Presbyterian Hospital in the mid 1950's with Dr. Sidney Blumenthal. Her career spanned 7 decades, all at NY Pres…
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Emily. Van Duyne discusses her new, ground breaking book, Loving Sylvia Plath
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You think you know the Plath story? Ah, but who gets to tell it, and why do they do so, and how does someone like Ted Hughes commandeer the narrative?
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Pediheart Podcast #303: Outcomes Of Heart Transplantation Of The Single Ventricle Adult
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This week we review a recent paper from last 2023 about outcomes of cardiac transplantation in the adult congenital heart patient (ACHD). Little has been written on this topic until this very robust and large scale report. How do single ventricle ACHD patients fair at transplant and how do they compare to non-ACHD heart transplant recipients? Why m…
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Ghostwriter, biographer, novelist, Shakespeare, Faulkner—we cover it all in Lawrence Wells’s work
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What happens when a writer is hired to do a biographical novel seeking to prove Shakespeare was not Shakespeare, and how years later, the project becomes two books of nonfiction and fiction
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Pediheart Podcast Replay Of #231: Gender Inequity In Congenital Cardiac Electrophysiologist Salary
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This week we go back in time to 20222 to re-review an episode focusing on gender disparities in salary in the field of congenital electrophysiology. To what degree are female electrophysiologists paid less than their male counterparts despite similar levels of education, work effort and seniority? What interventions could be enacted to help 'mind t…
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Gatewood Galbraith, an Interview with Matthew Strandmark
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Mariam sits down with Matthew Strandmark about his biography of Kentucky’s perennial political candidate, Gatewood Galbraith. They talk Gatewood’s childhood in Carlisle, Kentucky, his family life, his local law career and he captured the state’s attention with his political career. In Gatewood: Kentucky's Uncommon Man, Matthew weaves together perso…
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Marcia Biederman on her fascinating book about abortion in 19th C. New England
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Marcia Biderman writes biography like a mystery story. There is much to learn from her.
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Pediheart Podcast #302: Ductal Stenting In a Low Resource Environment
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This week's topic is ductal stenting in a low resource environment. We review a recent report from the team at Amrita Institute in Kerala, India about their large, over 10 year experience in ductal stenting. Why has this approach superceded BTTS in this environment? How does the team determine if a patient is a candidate and what morphologies of du…
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Pediheart Podcast #301: A Novel Mortality Risk Score For Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
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This week we review a novel multivariable model used to predict mortality in the repaired tetralogy of Fallot patient. Can this model identify who amongst the repaired TOF patients is at risk for death in the coming years? What are the most important inputs to this model? Why does the use of a validation cohort provide greater strength to this mode…
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Quilting Kentucky's Stories: Strawberry Fields Forever in My Heart by Kali Mattheus
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Kali Mattheus joins us with a story of finding comfort in our memories and letting go of the guilt of missing a goodbye. Kali Mattheus is a podcaster, producer, videographer, editor, and writer who has called Lexington, Kentucky home for more than half her life. She has a rich background in television and movie production that stems from a deep lov…
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Pediheart Podcast #300: Discussion With Drs. John Triedman, J. Philip Saul And Edward Walsh - The Origins Of Pediatric EP In Boston
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This week we listen in to a wonderful roundtable discussion with 3 of the pioneers in the world of pediatric electrophysiology, namely Dr. John Triedman, Dr. J. Philip Saul and Dr. Edward P. Walsh. All three were 'there at the beginning' and share their memories of how they helped to shape the field of pediatric EP. How did Drs. Walsh and Saul choo…
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Advice you may not want to take.
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Pediheart Podcast #299: Public Reporting In Congenital Heart Surgery - The Good, The Bad And The Opportunities
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This week we review a recent editorial commentary from multiple congenital heart surgical leaders in the US today. The topic of their expert opinion piece is the concept of public reporting of results and their 'amplification' through organizations such as US News and World Report, to name one. How has the use of the database from STS been sometime…
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Forget what you know about the Daughters of the American Revolution and join Mariam as she sits down with three members of Kentucky’s Lexington chapter of the DAR. Judy Owens, Robin Fisher, and Sharon Withers talk about the contemporary society and what it means to each of them, their work to research and identify patriots of color, historical pres…
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Pediheart Podcast #298: Do Children Need Aspirin Following Left-Sided SVT Ablations?
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In this week's podcast, we discuss a work that tries to challenge convention when we review a recent work from the team at Emory University about anticoagulation following left sided ablation of SVT in children. A short course of aspirin is commonly prescribed in this setting but what is the evidence for this? How do patients who receive aspirin fa…
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Quilting Kentucky's Stories: Hope by Terry Hall
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This Memorial Day, Terry Hall joins us with a story of hope and healing. While Terry's story has a happy ending, he describes the darkest period of his life as he dealt with alcoholism and post traumatic stress, including thoughts of of suicide, deaths during war, and a description of the murder of a friend. Please take care of yourself while liste…
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Pediheart Podcast #297: Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum - Present Day Outcomes + Areas For Improvement
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This week we review a recent large scale, multicenter study of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Investigators on outcomes of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS) in the present era. How are patients faring in the present era in comparison to the prior 1-2 decades? What are the most important factors to account for i…
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Robert Hamblin discusses his new book, a kind of biography of William Faulkner in verse
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An important Faulkner critic and biographer introduces us to new way of understanding Faulkner, his fiction, and his life
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Pediheart Podcast Replay of #200: Goal Directed Therapy In The Pediatric CICU - Follow The Lactate
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In this replay of our milestone 200th episode of Pediheart, we review a 2005 paper from the team at Nicklaus Children's Hospital on how lactate level was used to monitor oxygen delivery and consumption in the postop congenital heart patient and the impact that a protocol involving frequent monitoring and response to this value improved outcomes in …
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I have reloaded the episode with Roger Lewis talking about his Taylor-Burton biography.
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A loading issue made me repost this exciting talk with Roger Lewis.
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Pediheart Podcast #296: Pulmonary Arterial Interventions Following The Arterial Switch Operation - Outcomes
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This week we delve into the world of interventional cardiology and congenital heart surgery when we review a recent report from the team at Toronto Sick Children's Hospital about their experience with interventions in the pulmonary arteries following the arterial switch operation. How often are branch or main pulmonary artery narrowings serious eno…
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A talk with Jared Stearns about his new biography of Marilyn Chambers and the world of hardcore
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How does a biographer deal with the world of pornography and so-called porn stars. Jared Stearns knows how in his biography, Pure: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers.
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Pediheart Podcast #295: Right Atrial Thrombus Post Gore Cardioform ASD Closure - Reason For Concern?
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This week we review a report from Italy regarding the observation of RA disk thrombus formation in some patients following GORE Cardioform ASD closure. How common is this complication seen and are there some patient or device characteristics that would be considered higher risk for this complication? How does this information square with the Assure…
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Lexington: America's Legendary Racehorse with Kim Wickens (2024)
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Mariam sits down with Kim Wickens, author of Lexington: the Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America’s Legendary Racehorse, to discuss her book and Lexington’s impact on the sport of horse racing in the mid-19th century. Kim tells us about Lexington’s racing career, how his racing career ended in 1855, and how his offspring fared in both w…
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Pediheart Podcast #294: What Is The Evidence For Endocarditis Prophylaxis For Invasive Dental Procedures?
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This week we delve into the world of antibiotic prophylaxis for dental procedures. What are the data to support its use in the congenital heart patient? Why has this been such a difficult topic to study? What do we now know about this topic and what still remains unanswered? Given the low prevalence but dire consequences of this disease, how can in…
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Quilting Kentucky's Stories: The Fairy Tree by Leo York
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Leo York joins us to tell us about the magical experience he had in Kentucky's forests. Leo is a copywriter from Corbin KY. He writes commercial screenplays, and also writes all manner of narrative fiction, and helps assist inventors and entrepreneurs at Inventors Network KY. He is also cohost of the popular paranormal podcast, The 13th Floor. Them…
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The Existential Loneliness of the Long Distance Biographer
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This podcast is not as pretentious or self-pitying as you might suppose.
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Pediheart Podcast #293: Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors For ACHD Heart Failure
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This week we review a recent work on the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in the ACHD heart failure patient from Europe. Can these agents impact heart failure outcomes in this patient group? What is the mechanism by which they may improve outcomes? Are there data on their effects on the single ventricle patient? What sorts of side e…
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Sometimes, we all need a vacation! For us, that meant being together in person for the first time in two years and chatting about our favorite weird topics. In this episode, Katie and Hailee are bewitched by the legend that is Reesa Teesa, the absurdity of medieval animals on trial, and the Dave Matthews Band tour bus incident. Plus, we share some …
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Malcolm W. Browne reporting from Vietnam and other biographical matters with Ray Boomhower
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Ray Boomhower talks about what it is like to be a journalist in Vietnam and about what it is like writing biographies of journalists.
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Pediheart Podcast #292: Impact Of Prenatal Diagnosis On 22q11 Deletion Syndrome Outcomes
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This week we delve into the world of fetal cardiology when we review a recent large, multicenter study on the impact of prental diagnosis of 22.q11 deletion syndrome. How did the prenatally diagnosed patients differ from those diagnosed postnatally in regards to degree of heart disease and postnatal morbidity and mortality? What is the role of cell…
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Biography in the Prison House of Modernism, Part 2
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I had fun with this one. I really let it rip, if I do say so myself.
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Pediheart Podcast #291: Reducing Cognitive Biases In Congenital Heart Decision Making
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This week we delve into the world of cognitive bias when we review a recent review of this topic by the team at the University of Arkansas. What are some of the more important common cognitive biases that plague humans and are particularly deleterious for good decision making in 'case management/surgical' conference? What are some approaches to red…
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Revisiting the 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak after 50 Years (2024)
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Yesterday, April 2, 2024, there were three confirmed EF-1 tornado touchdowns in three different Kentucky counties, with severe storm damage affecting many more, including Lexington. Today, April 3, 2024, is the fiftieth anniversary of the tornado super outbreak in 1974, with 7 F5 tornadoes attributed to this one storm. The super outbreak affected t…
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The Price is Right: The Perfect Bid Scandal
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Come on down! You’ve been accused of cheating on The Price is Right! In this episode, Katie is bewitched by Terry Kneiss’ perfect showcase bid. In 2008, a man named Terry Kneiss had a perfect bid on his showcase. But he was robbed of his celebratory moment when new host Drew Carey and tPIR producers assumed the historical bid was the result of chea…
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Librarian JP Johnson joins Mariam to discuss his research into the life of Ella Offutt Pepper, avid horsewoman and long-time owner of the James E. Pepper distillery. When her husband James E. Pepper took ill, he sold her the distillery to manage, which she did until after his death in the early 1900s. JP tells us about her widely-reported divorce f…
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Pediheart Podcast #290: Junctional Rhythm And The Fontan Patient
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This week we review a recent survey study on the topic of junctional rhythm and sinus node dysfunction in the Fontan. How important is this finding in our Fontan patients? When should a patient with a Fontan undergo pacemaker insertion? Is the loss of AV synchrony the more important hemodynamic effect of junctional rhythm or is it chronotropic inco…
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A new Greta Garbo biography by Lois Banner, with new sources and insights
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Lois Banner, biographer of Marilyn Monroe, turns to Garbo, learns Swedish, and discovers all sorts of important sources not to be found in previous biographies.
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