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Battling Opioids's Podcast
81 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsPennsylvania has one of the highest opioid overdose death rates in the nation. Every day, thousands of Pennsylvanians mothers and fathers, children, neighbors struggle to overcome addiction. Rural and urban, rich and poor, the opioid crisis affects all of us.
Neither people nor communities can fight this battle alone. Public media has unique potential to connect Pennsylvanians across boundaries, and, in an unprecedented collaboration, we are doing just that. Our local reporting and programming have covered the opioid crisis for years—but now we are uniting to show you how Pennsylvanians statewide are confronting the epidemic of heroin and prescription opioid abuse. We are increasing awareness and empathy to reduce the stigma around opioid use, aid prevention, and help people find treatment.
Pennsylvania Public Media stations WHYY (Philadelphia), WITF (Harrisburg), WLVT/PBS39 (Greater Lehigh Valley), WPSU (State College), WQED (Pittsburgh), WQLN (Northwestern Pennsylvania), and WVIA (Northeastern Pennsylvania) are collaborating to produce educational programming that focuses on the opioid crisis and its impact.
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Episodes
Battling Opioids Podcast: Javier Diaz Talks About his Fathers Struggle with Addiction
July 18, 2019 14:02 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBBattling Opioids Podcast Interview: Javier Diaz Talks About his Fathers Struggle with Addiction. Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org #battlingopioids #opioids #Addiction #pain #drugs #healthcare #opioidaddiction #OpioidCrisis #PA
Community Leaders and Legislators Talk About Battling Opioids
July 18, 2019 12:34 - 3 minutes - 5.23 MBCommunity Leaders and Legislators Talk About Battling Opioids Cari Kozicki, VP of Strategy, Creative Services PBS 39 Nicole Harrell Public Relations & Promotions Manager PBS 39 Peter G. Schweyer is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Senator Mario M. Scavello State Senator for Pennsylvania’s 40th Senatorial District, representing portions of Monroe and Northampton Counties. Robert Freeman Pennsylvania House of Representatives Correspondent: JADonnelly
Battling Opioids Podcast: NEWS JULY 16, 2019
July 17, 2019 14:29 - 1 minute - 2.53 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: NEWS JULY 16, 2019 Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org #battlingopioids #opioids #Addiction #pain #drugs #healthcare #opioidaddiction #OpioidCrisis #PA
Battling Opioids Podcast: Recovery High School
July 15, 2019 11:40 - 4 minutes - 6.12 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Recovery High School In September 2019, the nation's first faith-based recovery high school opened in Bethlehem, PA. Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org WLVT/PBS39
Battling Opioids Podcast: Jerry Stropnicky Helping the Opioid Crisis Through Theatre and Community Storytelling
July 12, 2019 11:30 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MBJerry Stropnicky is a co-founder of Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble in Bloomsburg, PA, http://www.bte.org/ . Jerry has also been involved with community storytelling and helping people create art from their stories, including a project in Harlan County, Kentucky with a community dealing with the opioid epidemic. You can learn more about the Harlan County, KY project here: https://www.ket.org/muse/higherground/ Reporter: Mindy Cronk
Battling Opioids Podcast: NEWS JULY 10, Researchers using Brain Scan for Opioid Addiction.
July 10, 2019 12:43 - 1 minute - 2.26 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: NEWS JULY 10, Researchers using Brain Scan for Opioid Addiction. Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org
Battling Opioids Podcast: DR. BRUCE Talks About the Importance of SUBOXONE
July 08, 2019 13:27 - 3 minutes - 4.85 MBDr. Bruce talks about how Suboxone can help with opioid addiction. (courtesy: Adam Carolla Show) Dr. Bruce Sigurd Heischober s a Board certified medical doctor specializing in emergency and internal medicine, and adolescent medicine. He has published several works on substance abuse, and is a radio and podcast personality, best known for his appearances on Loveline. (courtesy: Adam Carolla Show) Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org
Battling Opioids Podcast: News Universities Utilize Federal Grant To Look Into Opioid Use
July 05, 2019 12:16 - 2 minutes - 2.78 MBUniversities Utilize Federal Grant To Look Into Opioid Use in Appalachia. Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org #battlingopioids #opioids #Addiction #pain #drugs #healthcare #opioidaddiction #OpioidCrisis #PA
Battling Opioids Podcast: Jessy Miller Director of Drug and Alcohol Programs- Cammie Anderson Prevention Coordinator
July 01, 2019 22:00 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBJessy Miller Director of Drug and Alcohol Programs and Cammie Anderson Prevention Coordinator. Cammie has been helping students, faculty, and families dealing with substance use disorders. Jessy Miller Director of Drug and Alcohol Programs at Robinson Counseling / Service Center of Wyoming Valley, Inc Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org Reporting; JADonnelly
Battling Opioids Podcast: John Auerbach CEO of Trust for America's Health
June 24, 2019 09:00 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBWe spoke with John Auerbach, the CEO of Trust for America's Health, about a report the organization released last week. The report describes a dramatic increase in the number of deaths due to alcohol, drugs, and suicide between 2007-2017 for Millennials. The report also addresses possible reasons for the increase as well as offering evidence-based recommendations. The report can be found on Trust for America's Health website: www.tfah.org Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662...
Battling Opioids Podcast: Show Part 2
June 19, 2019 22:42 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Show Part 2 In Battling Opioids Part 2, Pennsylvania Public Media focuses on the impact of the opioid crisis on PA’s children, families and young adults. In the Battling Opioids project, Pennsylvania’s Public Media stations are coming together to produce educational programming that focuses on the opioid crisis and its effects, to share resources, and to convene community conversations. The first statewide Battling Opioids broadcast aired September 2018. Part 2 ...
Battling Opioids Podcast: Medical Marijuana News June 14, 2019
June 14, 2019 10:00 - 1 minute - 2.1 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Medical Marijuana News June 14, 2019 Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org #battlingopioids #opioids #Addiction #pain #drugs #healthcare #opioidaddiction #OpioidCrisis #PA
Battling Opioids Podcast: Podcast News
June 12, 2019 21:50 - 1 minute - 2.1 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Podcast News
Battling Opioids Podcast: Podcast News June 12, 2019
June 12, 2019 21:20 - 1 minute - 2.6 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Podcast News June 12, 2019 Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org #battlingopioids #opioids #Addiction #pain #drugs #healthcare #opioidaddiction #OpioidCrisis #PA
Battling Opioids Podcast: Opioids in Rural Pennsylvania
June 10, 2019 12:29 - 3 minutes - 5.78 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Opioids in Rural Pennsylvania Living in the isolated rural counties of Pennsylvania poses unique challenges to those seeking treatment for opioid addiction. In Susquehanna County, Barnes Kasson Hospital and the community action agency Trehab are working to make recovery treatment more effective for those who chose that path. Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org
Battling Opioids Podcast: Rise, Fall, Believe- Alexis Johnson
June 05, 2019 12:34 - 3 minutes - 5.31 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Rise, Fall, Believe- Alexis Johnson Prescribed pain medication after a serious car accident, Alexis Johnson struggled with years of addiction, multiple overdoses, self-harm & jail sentences. Today, after 3 years in recovery, she's a successful model & motivational speaker with a message that spreads hope to those who have fallen on hard times. #PABattlingOpioids Recovery starts with a call, call 1800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org #battlingopioids #op...
Battling Opioids Podcast: Lauren Holly Interview
June 03, 2019 14:28 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Lauren Holly Interview. Pennsylvania native, actress Lauren Holly's latest role is on the Netflix show "Designated Survivor". On the show, her character becomes addicted to opioids so Lauren researched the opioid epidemic in order to portray the character as realistically as possible. Listen as she talks about the show, what she learned, and how she talks with her children about substance abuse.
Battling Opioids Podcast: Opioids Trust and Fatherhood
May 31, 2019 16:00 - 3 minutes - 5.83 MBDan Albert’s addiction took off when his former girlfriend became pregnant with their daughter. He remembers taking opioid medication while she was in labor and being so high that he could barely hold his daughter when she was born.
Battling Opioids Podcast: Interview Barbara Durkin
May 30, 2019 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.89 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Interview Barbara Durkin Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org
Battling Opioids Podcast: Interview Superintendent Karen Voigt (Video)
May 28, 2019 17:40 - 3 minutes - 63.1 MB VideoBattling Opioids Podcast: Interview Superintendent Karen Voigt Moutain View School District. Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org
Battling Opioids Podcast: Karen Voigt
May 28, 2019 16:56 - 3 minutes - 4.28 MBBattling Opioids Podcast: Interview Superintendent Karen Voigt Moutain View School District. Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org
Battling Opioids Podcast: NEWS Housing May 25 2019
May 27, 2019 16:00 - 1 minute - 1.74 MBThe Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs is planning to apply for another year of funding to help people living with opioid addiction. The first year's funds -- from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- has totaled almost $56 million dollars. Drug and Alcohol Secretary Jennifer Smith says housing and medication assisted treatment have topped the list for spending. Smith says people need help with the basics: Employment, transportation and housing.
Battling Opioids Podcast Episode 1
May 27, 2019 16:00 - 30 minutes - 39.8 MBBattling Opioids Podcast Episode 1 Pennsylvania has one of the highest opioid overdose death rates in the nation. Every day, thousands of Pennsylvanians—mothers and fathers, children, neighbors—struggle to overcome addiction. Rural and urban, rich and poor, the opioid crisis affects all of us. Neither people nor communities can fight this battle alone. Public media has unique potential to connect Pennsylvanians across boundaries, and, in an unprecedented collaboration, we are doing just ...
Battling Opioids Podcast: Opioids and Foster Care WQED
May 26, 2019 23:00 - 3 minutes - 3.92 MBAs the opioid crisis worsens, more parents are being jailed, overdosing or dying. That’s putting more children into the foster system -- and there aren't enough foster parents to go around. "The trauma to children is profound," says Kimberly Rogers, of Washington County Children and Youth Services. In Western PA, Cetina and Troy Hendal have taken in seven foster children whose birth parents are struggling with substance use disorder--and just recently adopted two of them. "If ...
Battling Opioids Podcast: Substance Abuse Public Meeting MaryAnn Warren
May 24, 2019 12:26 - 1 minute - 27.5 MB VideoBattling Opioids Podcast: Substance Abuse Public Meeting MaryAnn WarrenMaryAnn Warren, Susquehanna Co., PA Commissioner
Battling Opioids Podcast News: May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019 19:08 - 52 seconds - 1.23 MBBattling Opioids Podcast News: May 23, 2019 Governor Wolf, PA
Battling Opioids: Maryann Warren Susquehanna County Commissioner
May 23, 2019 18:35 - 1 minute - 1.89 MBBattling Opioids: Maryann Warren Susquehanna County Commissioner. Public Meeting Susquehanna County BattlingOpioids.org
Battling Opioids News May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019 19:20 - 1 minute - 1.71 MBOutbreak of Hepatitis A Linked to Opioid Use?
Battling Opioids News May 16, 2019
May 16, 2019 14:33 - 1 minute - 1.22 MBBattling Opioids News May 16, 2019 Recovery starts with a call, call 1-800-662-HELP or visit battlingopioids.org
Battling Opioids News May 15
May 16, 2019 13:47 - 44 seconds - 934 KBBattling Opioids News May 15. Recovery starts with a call, call 1 800 662 HELP or visit BattlingOpioids.org.
Battling Opioids Podcast Pennsylvania Stats
May 13, 2019 17:45 - 54 seconds - 1.14 MBBattling Opioids Podcast Pennsylvania Stats Recovery starts with a call, call 1 800 662 HELP or visit BattlingOpioids.org.