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Year of the Women?
From: Voices of Our World
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Today on Voices of Our World we speak with two women who may provide some insight into whether or not the effects of the so-called “year of the wom...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVSC, and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Beat: Amy Clark - "Plains"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Amy Clark is a native Iowan and recent transplant to Northern Minnesota. She is a poet, essayist, university instructor, and sometimes producer fo...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:20
Mountain gorillas save researchers from militia gunfire
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Silverback Kabirizi, Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Fewer than 800 Mountain Gorillas remain making them one the world's most endangered species. For more than 20 years people around the world have be...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:06
Maasai warrior elephant hunt
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
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I'm sitting in a landrover with 46 year old Soila Sayialel - the car is surrounded by over 50 docile elephants grazing in Amboseli National Park. I...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 14:44
More than an office
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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It's just a simple office, but for some students it's like a home, complete with an "adoptive mother." It's a routine place made special.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
The place, the music, the memories
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
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For one Indian classical singer, a crowded little apartment in Queens--or even just the sound of a shruthi box (an Indian-style musical drone)--bri...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Rosanne Cash: Live from Zone C
From: Joyride Media
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Intimate acoustic set by Rosanne Cash and her husband, John Leventhal in their living room (aka Zone C). Includes exclusive live recordings of son...

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KOSU, NPR Illinois, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Louisa Van Velser (mother of Walt Whitman), May 23, 1873
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The mother of one of our greatest American writers. Long thought to be illiterate ... revealed by her letters to have a distinctive writing voice t...

  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
JazzStories: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Caption: Father Peter O'Brien and Mary Lou Williams - Monterey Jazz Fest., 1971, Credit: Paul Slaughter Photos
“My father forced me to go to dancing school and take accordion lessons. I was a lousy dancer, couldn’t play, but there was this yearning for that ...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 6
Why Do Gorillas Have It So Easy?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The development of the large human head and broad shoulders provide many evolutionary benefits for our species but also require assistance for a sa...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Piano Queen)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Pianist Clara Schumann was ahead of her time -- she was a leading soloist of her day and a composer. Although she's best known as Robert Schumann'...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - Angela Cheng (Man Trouble)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Clara Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann was quite celebrated as a pianist, but she was also a gifted composer. Today, one her biggest fans is piani...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :24
Kyle Schmid
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Talented young actor who plays the vampire lover, Henry Fitzroy to Christina Cox's Vicki Nelson, in the hit Lifetime series, Blood Ties.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2009
  • Length: 25:13
Crossing Queens Boulevard
From: Judith Sloan
Series: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America
Caption: Malika Kalontarova, Credit: Warren Lehrer, photo ©2003
A family of Bukharan Jewish dancers and musicians escape war-torn Tajikistan. They move to an apartment near Queens BLVD, and go from dodging bulle...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Gender and Militarism in the DRC
From: Women of Color Resource Center
Series: BrownBag Lunch Series
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The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now a decade old, and the impacts on women's health and safety in the country are dire. This progra...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2009
  • Length: 38:50
Gordon Parks High School dedication - a last chance
From: Will Wright
Caption: Cha Lee Vue, Credit: Alexis Trauger
A Gordon Parks HS senior excels by the grace of her daughter's love...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (Takes Requests)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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When composer Jennifer Higdon accepts a commission from a performer to write a new piece, she takes a few steps before writing the very first note....

  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: :29
Hong Kong Democracy and the Chinese Human Rights
From: Anton Foek
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Hong Kong commemorated the Tiannanman Square massacre in Beijing.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 22:08
The Real Story of Rosa Parks
From: Caroline Harding
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Rosa Parks and the vital role of women in the civil rights movement

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2008
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 5
Teasers for "SisterLove: Keeping it Real, Globally!"
From: Noah Chandler
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Short teasers for the the series "SisterLove: Keeping it Real, Globally"

  • Added: May 09, 2007
  • Length: 02:18
Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Citizenship 101)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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JoAnn Falletta is the conductor of the Virginia Symphony and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Although she is a frequent guest conductor around...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: :23
  • Purchases: 2
Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (Getting to Know You)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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What's an effective way for a guest conductor to get to know a new orchestra quickly. JoAnn Falletta says a version of the silent treatment works ...

Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and WFSU


  • Added: Dec 26, 2006
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 3
Virtuoso Voices - JoAnn Falletta (You're Fired!)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about the mostly positive changes that have taken place in the classical music, particularly the new face and image ...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 25, 2006
  • Length: :39
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 24: Interview with Joni Cole
From: Gary Smith
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An interview with Joni Cole, author, "This Day: Diaries from Women Across America"

  • Added: Apr 23, 2006
  • Length: 30:03
Starter - Crowd Mingling - UN event - Photo Exhibit Opening Ceremony - 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize
From: Lys Anzia
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starter - crowd mingling sound file

  • Added: Apr 23, 2006
  • Length: 39:31