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Season 25 Episode 14

Facing Parkinson's disease, three Americans navigate their lives with determination.

In Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's, three people navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother raising a pre-teen daughter becomes a boxing coach and an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates how he will continue to draw as his motor control declines.

AIR DATE 4/8/24

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Broadcast Dates

#2613 - Bike Vessel |
Saturday, Apr 5 at 9pm TPT LIFE
#2613 - Bike Vessel |
Saturday, Apr 5 at 9pm TPT LIFE
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Saturday, Apr 5 at 10:30pm TPT LIFE
#2312 - Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness |
Saturday, Apr 5 at 10:30pm TPT LIFE
#2613 - Bike Vessel |
Sunday, Apr 6 at 3am TPT LIFE

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