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Rita Dove: Rara Avis
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rita Dove, Credit: Photo of Rita Dove by Fred Viebahn
Pulitzer prize-winning poet Rita Dove.

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 24:10
Nico Cathcart: A Contemporary Renaissance. Part 2 (Conclusion)
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Nico Cathcart working on a mural on Lakeside Avenue, Credit: Charles McGuigan
It’s interesting how every great work of music, literature, visual art is immune to the predilections of time and space. Whether they were crafted ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 27:38
Nico Cathcart: A Contemporary Renaissance. Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Nico at the unveiling of her three-story mural, A New Dawn in Hopewell, Virginia., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Nico Cathcart has been an artist practically since birth. From the time her fingers could grip the ferrule of a paintbrush and guide it along a fla...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 25:47
The Yoga Pant Problem
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The rise of synthetic fibers and the war on cotton

Bought by WSGE


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Almost Forgotten Story of Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: A letter by Katherine Jones, signed K. Ranalagh , Credit: Michelle DiMeo
The woman beside the father of chemistry.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 25:35
Grandmothers Matter
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Some surprisingly controversial theories of human longevity. 

  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 18:06
Ep.19: Second Chances
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
Caption: Kasey O'Connell, Fif Ghobadian and Alice Cahan, Credit: Road Twenty-Two
Iran-born Fif Ghobadian created San Francisco fashion brand Road Twenty-Two to provide jobs for women released from prison.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 13:36
Ep.21: Restoring Access to Local Farm Food
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
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Tatiana Garcia Granados started The Common Market to bring farm food to her Philadelphia neighborhood. Now she's taking on the nation's broken food...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 14:55
Ep. 20: Reinventing the Wheelchair
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
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MIT-graduate Tish Scolnik is using the power of business to give people with disabilities a new sense of freedom.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:28
  • Purchases: 1
Ep.18: Making a Difference with Foster Kids
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
Caption: Danielle Gletow, One Simple Wish
With her nonprofit One Simple Wish, Danielle Gletow is bringing the joy of childhood to the lives of foster kids, one wish at time.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 17: Women Helping Women
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
Caption: Budget Buddies
Kathy Brough and Anita Saville created Budget Buddies to help homeless women break free of poverty, aided by a sisterhood of volunteer personal-fin...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 16: Embracing Change
From: The Story Exchange
Series: The Story Exchange
Caption: Kryshon Bratton
Hear how Houston pool-builder Kryshon Bratton has used the entrepreneurial "pivot" to stoke growth and create the work-life balance she wants.

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 11:57
Ep.15: A $20 Million Comeback Story
From: The Story Exchange
Caption: Angelica Garcia-Dunn
How Angelica Garcia-Dunn went from struggling to feed her kids to building a booming Texas-sized trucking company.

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 12:45
Ep. 14: On a Mission
From: The Story Exchange
Caption: Donna Peel and Stacy Ratner
Meet Donna Peel and Stacy Ratner, two very different women taking on two very different social missions -- both with inventive, entrepreneurial non...

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 19:46
Ep. 13: Running the Boys' Club
From: The Story Exchange
Series: The Story Exchange
Caption: Melissa Austria, Founder of GotStyle
Toronto retailer Melissa Austria has created thriving menswear stores that appeal to guys who hate to shop but want to look good.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:44
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten: An Unlikely Folk Hero
From: Matthew Cochran
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Elizabeth “Libba” Cotton’s “Freight Train” was the unofficial anthem of the 1960’s folk music revival. Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, and Jerry Ga...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 12:12
  • Purchases: 1
Pain Unknown: Living with Fibromyalgia
From: Anna Stitt
Caption: We can see that neurons fire when people complain of central pain, but still no one knows why. , Credit: Gerd Altmann
Cindey LeGeyt and Danielle Cellucci have fatigue and intense pain all over their bodies, and they believe they have a disease. But many people say ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Remembering Eudora Welty
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Eudora Welty, New Haven, CT, 1974, Credit: William Ferris
Eudora Welty was one of the South’s most beloved writers, and her fiction is still a study in detail and dialogue and wit. Her settings were often ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 13:47
  • Purchases: 2
Bestselling Novelist Cassandra King
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Cassandra King, Credit: Tanner Latham
Bestselling novelist Cassandra King talks about her new book Moonrise as well as her writing relationship with her husband, famous author Pat Conro...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 20:07
  • Purchases: 2
The Calling Voice - Moira Smiley and Voco
From: Anny Celsi
Caption: Voco performing live: April Guthrie, Moira Smiley, Sally Dworsky , Credit: Simone McSparran
VOCO sings folk music - but not the usual coffeehouse fare. It’s music that's steeped in generations of tradition, from far-off, tucked-away corner...

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 1
Strong-armed
From: Neena Pathak
Caption: Danni Jesudowich and Paul McClanahan instruct Keely Ahlstrom on how to shoot a full vent ribbed 20 gauge Benelli semi-automatic shotgun with adjustable chokes.
The National Rifle Association started its Women on Target program in 2000. According to their website, they’ve trained over eighty thousand women...

Bought by KUER and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 2
Melissa Gets a Life Coach
From: Sean Rasmussen
Series: Happy
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Ever wonder what a Life Coach does? Before Melissa started with a Life Coach, she was stuck in a dead-end restaurant job. Now she is successfully f...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 09:15
From sweat shop to co-op
From: Marie Trigona
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Thousands of Bolivians migrated to Argentina in search of a liveable wage, only to find themselves sewing designer jeans in sweat shops under slave...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: May 21, 2008
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 1
Tough Love
From: Teresa Goff
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The women are doing time and the dogs need training. Together, behind bars, they are healing one another.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2008
  • Length: 10:16
  • Purchases: 2
Moms of Multiples Find Strength in Numbers
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Twin-birth rate is up 70% nationwide. We profile a group of women who share the singular experience of raising multiples

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1