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Jun 16, 2026 - 15:50
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsA few years ago we did a story about Martha Lillard, a woman who had spent most of her life sleeping in a device called an iron lung. Martha had caught polio in the early 1950s, and, like many polio survivors, she had di...
My Iron Lung: Remembering Martha Lillard is an episode from Radio Diaries by Radio Diaries & Radiotopia. A few years ago we did a story about Martha Lillard, a woman who had spent most of her life sleeping in a device called an iron lung. M...
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Published Jul 16, 2026, 14:52 long, audio available.