What is Alpha-1? was originally produced in the Spring of 2015 for the Third Coast International Audio Festival ShortDocs Challenge. The story was trying to provide a small glimpse at the personal experience of the disease, which is still widely unknown to the masses. It is being released via The White Whale in prep for a collaborative episode with the podcast ARRVLS that will go further in depth with the experience of living with the genetics. Look for the ARRVLS episode next week. Find the original post in the Third Coast library: http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/library/1711-what-is-alpha-1 Aplha-1 is a genetic condition passed from parents to their children that may result in serious lung disease in adults and/or liver disease at any age. For more information visit: http://www.alpha1.org/ This piece was produced, mixed, scored, and edited by Garrett D. Tiedemann.