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What a Year for Women!
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one-half minute commentary on progress (or not) for women worldwide in 2014.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Reclaimed Soul: Women Behind Megastars
From: WBEZ
Series: Vocalo Presents
Caption: Betty Davis, former wife of Miles Davis
This week, Ayana Contreras brings us vintage music from women whose careers were overshadowed by their associations with megastars. From the ex-wif...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 1
No Dogs or Women Allowed
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St. Andrews, Scotland, votes September 18 on whether to admit women. If the measures passes, the club will be fi...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
The Men Behind the Olympic Curtain
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
For the first time in history, women outnumbered men on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, and even bested the men in gold medals. This year in Sochi the...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Tell Us Why You Want To Work Here?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Marsh Muirhead - "Roadside Sweet Corn"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
Equal Time Minute - Augusta National and Women
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of opening Augusta National Golf Club to women.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Acoustic Stories: Mary Finch - "Discovering Roller Derby"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Doris Stengel - "Grandma Walked Wide"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "Arrangement In Gray and Black"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Arrangement In Gray and Black." The Beat is a daily reminder that...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
The Beat: Katie Hae Leo - "How To Leave Iowa"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Katie Hae Leo is an actor, and a widely published and award winning poet living in Rochester, Minnesota. Here Katie Hae Leo recites her poem titled...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
Hot Math -- Groks Science Show 2010-09-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Danica McKellar discussed hot math.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 2
There's No Miss Manners for the iPhone
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: iPhone, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shopping
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
3 generations discuss changing attitudes about shopping

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Rick Cola Music Profile Piece
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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I did a music profile piece on my uncle and gave background information on his life and where his music comes from. I talked about why i like his m...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 05:03
Of Lobsters & Beer
From: ANITA PALLADINO
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Another adventure in the life of our hairnet lady, who is this week trapped at Publix between surly lobsters and manly beers.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:03
Church Yoga
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
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Non-fiction humor essay yoga class held inside a church reminds woman of her Catholic childhood.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: (Christmas) Just in the nick of time
From: Spokane Public Radio
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By the time Christmas rolls around, I've lost the glow. I'm grouchier and meaner than the Grinch.

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Dec 16, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Sunglasses for Baseball: a commentary
From: Nanci Olesen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nanci Olesen has to wear sunglasses to watch her son play baseball, so she doesn't give herself away

Bought by WRVO Public Media and WKSU


  • Added: Jun 02, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
I'm so embarrassing to my children
From: Nanci Olesen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary by Nanci Olesen: I'm so embarrassing!

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 14
Computer Problems: a commentary
From: Nanci Olesen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary about the challenges of computer use

Bought by WBFO


  • Added: Mar 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
9 Reasons to Wear a Winter Holiday Sweater
From: Mary Ketarkus Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Droll short about ugly holiday sweaters

Bought by KDNK and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2
Finding My Inner Belly Dancer
From: Ellen Birkett Morris
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman overcomes a lifelong aversion to belly dancing after attending a friend's recital.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
How to insult a man.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What men really want - according to another damn poll.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:36
  • Purchases: 1
Tattoo Me n' You
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tattooists disgruntled. Why?

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jun 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1