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Welcome to "Drug Diaries," the podcast exploring pharmaceuticals, life sciences, and biotechnology. Host Kaushik Trivedi, with over two decades of industry experience, shares his expertise. Kaushik has worked with IQVIA, Cognizant, Wipro, and more, and holds degrees in pharmaceutical chemistry, marketing, and advertising. Kaushik's expertise spans: - Data-Driven GTM & Customer Engagement - CRM, Marketing Cloud, SFE, & Commercial Analytics - AI/ML/NLP in Life Sciences - Population Health Management - IoT & Connected Devices - Content Production & MLR Approval - R&D, Clinical, Pharmacovigilance,...

John L. Ransom served as the quartermaster for Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and endured the harrowing experience of being a Union prisoner at the notorious Andersonville prison in Georgia. This poignant diary, published a few years after the war, provides a vivid account of his life in captivity. Please note that pages 193 through 301 include two significant sections the List of the Dead and a Recapitulation of Deaths by States, which are not included in this LibriVox recording. The Andersonville National Historic Site now stands as a solemn tribute ...

Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist, and author who made her mark during World War I. In 1915, she became one of the first American war nurses to volunteer in Europe, where she treated soldiers in a French field hospital in Belgium. La Motte kept a poignant diary that vividly captured the harrowing realities of war. As a professor of American studies who has devoted years to researching her life, I delved into her compelling war writings. Shortly after the war began, La Motte published her groundbreaking book, “The Backwash of War,” which presents a mix ...

Dorothy Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth in 1771, being one year younger than her brother William. After their mother died in 1778, they were separated and did not return to the Lake District until 1794, when they spent two happy months walking around the hills near Keswick, eventually settling down at Grasmere in 1799. The journals that Dorothy kept are remarkable for the detailed observations she makes of the surrounding countryside and people, often providing glimpses of poverty and suffering, as well as displaying her complete love affair with nature.

In this audiobook, astrophysicist Janna Levin blends memoir and visionary science to provide a groundbreaking personal account of her life and ideas.

It is the Winter Solstice and Sarah Sands is sitting by her father's bedside, bracing herself for loss. What her father needs to do, she thinks, is conserve his energy - to hibernate like a hedgehog. When the hedgehog curls up in its bed of leaves, its heart rate slows, its body temperature drops and for months there it remains, hardly breathing at all. A few days earlier, Sarah and her grandson had found a poorly hedgehog in the garden and taken it to the local hedgehog sanctuary. They named her Peggy, and her fate had become a matter of pressing concern.

Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail is the funny, illuminating diary of a year in the life of a New Zealand farm vet With a husband and two children, 1200 sheep and 400 cattle, farm dogs and pet lambs, pigs bent on excavation and a goat bent on escape, country life is never dull. From calving cows to...

For those living with epilepsy, a life without seizures truly is freedom. In this podcast, hosts Cadence Neuroscience CEO Kent Leyde and Cadence Neuroscience Chief Scientific Officer Doug Sheffield discuss their work toward ending epileptic seizures. From their own innovative medical technology to other advances in the field, Kent and Doug's conversations with guests investigate the impact epilepsy has and the work being done locally and globally to ensure every person lives a seizure-free life.

In the spirit of the diaries of Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, McNeil mixes travelogue, popular science, and memoir to examine the history of our fascination with ice. In entering this world, McNeil unexpectedly finds herself confronting her own upbringing in the Maritimes, the lifelong effects of growing up in a cold place, and how the climates of childhood frame our emotional thermodynamics for life.

Built of titanium and a chrome-nickel alloy known as Inconel X, the X-15 was the fastest plane ever built, streaking through the lower reaches of outer space even before the first space capsules reached orbit. First tested in 1959, the X-15 proved to be a crucial testing ground for the astronauts and hardware in the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and even the Space Shuttle programs. Celebrated reporter Richard Tregaskis spent time with the pilots, engineers, and other key personnel involved in the project.

Jean McNeil spent a year as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world’s most enigmatic continent. Ice Diaries is the story of McNeil’s years spent in ice, not only in the Antarctic but her subsequent travels to Greenland, Iceland, and Svalbard, culminating in a strange event in Cape Town, South Africa, where she journeyed to make what was to be her final trip to the southernmost continent. In the spirit of the diaries of Antarctic explorers, McNeil mixes travelogue, popular science, and memoir to examine the history of our fascination with ice.

DNA-DIARIES explores the extraordinary world of genetics through the captivating stories of real people. Join host Yvonne Zilpah, a geneticist and molecular biologist, as she takes you on a journey through the twists and turns of our genetic blueprints. Through personal narratives, expert interviews, and the latest scientific breakthroughs, DNA Diaries unravels the mysteries of genetic conditions, defects, and diseases. Discover the incredible power of genes, explore the impact of genetics on our identities, and delve into the forefront of genomic research.

As the celebrated author of Akenfield, Ronald Blythe, turns 100 this year, Next to Nature brings together a seasonal collection from the very best of a lifetime of writing. Ronald Blythe lives at the end of an overgrown farm track deep in the rolling countryside of the Stour Valley, on the...

The H2020 project ITHACA – Interconnecting histories and archives for migrant agency presents Migrant diaries. Life stories on the road.Whatever is cause of migrating - from humanitarian crises to political reasons, form environmental to religious causes or personal aspirations - ITHACA wants to move away from narrating the emergency logic often propagated by the media and tell you individual, self-narrated life stories. This podcast is part of a comprehensive archive collecting multimedia narratives of migrants both in the past and in the present: www.ithacahorizon.eu. Credits: The project ...

Mark Seth Lender’s home is on the edge of a salt marsh. From his front porch and back yard he is witness to an astonishing array of wildlife, but nothing he sees is more beautiful and inspiring than the birds that fill the air, perch on trees and wade in shallow water. His reports on the sighting of birds like great horned owls, little blue herons and snowy egrets are featured in the segment "Salt Marsh Diary" heard on NPR’s Living on Earth. For the first time, he has chronicled the marsh’s life in a book penned from his perch.

Have you ever found yourself in a sports coaching position and thought.... how the heck do I get good at this?! The Coaches Diary is your personal reference to all elements of coaching. Emily shares from her 11+ years of sports coaching experience ranging from community, international and the with the semi-elite. This isn’t just your average ”here are all these great ideas, now go implement them” kind of podcast. Nor will you find her rambling on for a hour about why authentic leadership is important. No; this is your quick, short format experiential podcast that will get you ...

The astronomy podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine.

‘An extraordinary treasure trove’ Andrew Marr A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains. On the 8th of June, 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine were seen through a...

Tackling the hard topics in research.

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