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Anorexia Nervosa Recovery

From: Debra Sloss
Series: STATE of MIND with Debra Sloss

Episode 60: Unravel the complexities of Anorexia Nervosa, the deadliest mental illness after opioid overdose. Biomedical writer Evelyn Strauss and ...

Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 11

From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast

Caption: David Mivasair canoes Cootes Paradise, Credit: David Kattenburg

The roots of the US anti-abortion movement — misogyny, racism and hatred of immigrants. On the edge of a big Canadian city, an oasis of calm where ...

Doc Sarah: Mysterious Condition, Miraculous Race

From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey

How do we know when to push through pain to pursue the activities we love? And when should we suspect that injuries are part of a disease process? ...

Women on the Waterfront

From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn

At the start of World War II, 200 women were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That number ballooned to 7,000 at the height of the war, but after...

Bought by KVNF and KCNP

Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #132 - Carole King's TAPESTRY...and Then Some (HOUR 2)

From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase

Hour 2 of a 2 hour radio program produced by top public radio music documentary producer Paul Ingles that offers a deep dive celebration of the 197...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KFSK, WRVO Public Media, and KUHF

Quarantine Says "Goodbye" to the Gym Creep

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Caption: <a href="https://uk.ryderwear.com/">Ryderwear UK</a>

While many of us transition to working out at home during COVID-19, others already made the transition- to avoid harassment. Hear the women behind ...

The Women’s Rights Movement: From Seneca Falls To Today

From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History

This episode of A New York Minute In History explores the Women’s Rights Movement from the Seneca Falls Convention in Central New York in 1848 to e...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WYAP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KUAF Public Radio, and KICI Iowa City

Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia

From: Safe Space Radio

This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more

"Shout, Sister, Shout: The Sister Rosetta Tharpe Story

From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge

An interview/music mix with Gayle Wald, author of "Shout, Sister, Shout. The story of Rock and Roll trailblazer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe"

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUW, and WSGE

The Egyptian Revolution in the Eyes of Women

From: kim fox
Series: Student Produced Audio Documentaries

This audio documentary was produced by Jehad (JeJe) Rajab for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The ...

The Myth of the Female Fertility Cliff

From: marnie chesterton

Women over 30 who haven't yet had kids are often told “tick tick; your biological clock is running out of time." Marnie Chesterton digs into the f...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Access to Water: What's it like to worry about every drop?

From: Mateo Schimpf

Access to water has been declared an international human right, but it may be increasingly difficult to enforce. This episode explores how countrie...

A Brief History of Women in Comics

From: Bitch Media
Series: Popaganda

Women have been making comics since the beginning. This engaging history tracks the gender dynamics of the comics industry for 120 years, highlight...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE

Micro-lending helps local entrepreneurs

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Financing a business plan or personal project usually means taking out a bank loan, but for many immigrants, there's another alternative. KFAI's Al...

Babies on Demand: Reproduction in a Technological Age

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Caption: In vitro fertilization (IVF) in progress. , Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

At the beginning of the 19th century women in the United States had an average of seven or eight children. By 1900 they had only three or four, and...

Enchilada Talk: A Mother & Daughter Conversation

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition

Warning: Do not listen on an empty stomach! In this story Amanda and her mom talk about you guessed it! Enchiladas! Amanda's mom, learned to make t...

Life of the Law #40 - Abuse, Abduction and International Law

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

What happens when one parent takes a child across international borders without the other parent’s permission? In 1980, the United States and inter...

Bought by PRX Remix

From This Point On

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Joanna Foster was worried when her first deaf child was born. When her second baby was born deaf and autistic, she was devastated. Joanna started l...

Bought by KVNF

Forty Years of Feminist Books

From: Cassie Wagler

The oldest feminist bookstore in the country closes, after over 40 years in business.

Pauline Oliveros - Deep Listening Institute

From: Katherin Vasilopoulos
Series: Technology in the Arts

Pauline Oliveros has been a composer and musician for over 50 years. She describes how technology plays a role in her music, her impressions on the...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston

A Horse Named "Buckwheat"

From: Rogi Riverstone

What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...