As Congress grapples over additional funding for medical research, an advocacy group is trying to lay on the pressure with a new podcast that highlights innovations funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Five initial podcasts in the series called “Amazing Things” explore how NIH-funded researchers recently have developed new treatments for people with Type 1 diabetes, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, kidney disease and cancer. The podcast is hosted by United for Medical Research, a coalition of leading research institutions formed to persuade Congress to provide new funding for NIH.