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Bernard Mayes, NPR's First Chairman, Founder Of Suicide Hotline, Dies

Eyder Peralta

Mayes was a true Renaissance man: He worked as an Anglican priest, a journalist, a radio executive, a university professor and the founder of the first suicide prevention hotline in the United States.
IOBY - Program 65 - 01-20-12

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-1000128.mp3Albany, NY – Listener Gina Anzivino writes in with this question: "I live…

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In Our Backyard 12/23/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-997608.mp3Albany, NY – Neil Rice, a third-grade teacher at Catskill Elementary School,…
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In Our Backyard 12/16/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-997273.mp3Albany, NY – Bats, what are they good for? That's the topic of one of two…
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In Our Backyard 12/9/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-996005.mp3Albany, NY – On today's segment; Listener Eileen Fay writes, "I have a…
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In Our Backyard 12/02/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-995398.mp3Albany, NY – Listener Lou Domanico writes in with two questions on ticks,…
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In Our Backyard 11/25/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-994288.mp3Albany, NY – It's the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday,…
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In Our Backyard 11/18/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-994150.mp3Albany, NY – Listener Erin Moore wrote in to ask, "In your study of Punsit…
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In Our Backyard 11/11/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-994149.mp3Albany, NY – Tis the season for hunting in New York, and sportsmen are…
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In Our Backyard 11/04/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-992289.mp3Albany, NY – While they have been considered non-native to New York State…
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In Our Backyard 10/28/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-991407.mp3Albany, NY – We know how protective mothers can be of their children,…
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In Our Backyard 10/21/11

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-990497.mp3Albany, NY – On this week's segment, we ponder how authorities in our region…