Americans are obsessed with youth. But instead of keeping us younger, that focus proves detrimental to our health.

Produced for the most recent season of Century Lives: The Century Club from the Stanford Center on Longevity.

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Black mothers and babies have disproportionately poorer birth outcomes than all other races. LA County is working ferociously to reverse the statistics.

Produced for Century Lives: A Lifetime of Inequality from the Stanford Center on Longevity.

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Life in Eastern Kentucky is marked by drug use, job loss, and life expectancy decline. But in Wayne County, life is brighter—and against all odds, it's also longer.

Produced for Century Lives: American Exceptionalism from the Stanford Center on Longevity. Winner of two Signal Awards.

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Eric Brown is a marathon runner with an extraordinary goal: to run a marathon on every continent. When he reaches his final continent, Antarctica, he faces a surprising challenge.

Produced in conjunction with the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Originally aired on Maine Public Radio.

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A love story, as told to a live audience at the Portland Museum of Art.

Created in conjunction with the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Directed by Micaela Blei.

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Hop aboard the Casco Bay Mailboat—which, to the islanders who live off the coast of Portland, Maine, is not just for delivering mail.

This audio postcard was produced in conjunction with the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.

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