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Is Barbie REALLY a New Woman? Don't Count on It!

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

I said I wasn’t gonna do it, but in the end I gave in. Went to see the Barbie movie. She’s still tall, thin, white, sporting signature long blond h...

4 Jul: Birth Of The Bikini

From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors

Swimwear never made more of a splash than when designer Louis Réard unveiled his daring new two-piece at the Piscine Molitor in Paris on July 5th, ...

National Writers Series: Megan Miranda and Emily Henry

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three

Discussions with authors Megan Miranda ("Such a Quiet Place") and Emily Henry ("People We Meet on Vacation").

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR

Sister Jane Mary

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

We're staying with the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania for a conversation with another artist. This time it's a nun living according to the spir...

The Proposal

From: Diana Opong

Caption: Red bird in Ghana, Credit: Megan Schuyler Kennedy

A young American travels to Ghana, West Africa with friends, and talks about how a search for a bird lead to someone’s search for a wife.

Doreen Bazile: Living in the Present

From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues

Wishes - Doreen Bazile is a social worker. She sees many different patients with distinct needs and issues, regarding spirituality and religion, fa...

S03 Ep52: Humorous Music, 8/24/2019

From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion

Who says classical music needs to be stuffy? This week, music with a sense of humor.

Waking Michelle

From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places

She sets 56 alarms every day, which are really good at waking everyone *else* in her dorm....

What a Girl Wants

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave

Caption: Aarti Chandorkar blindly tastes some high calorie chocolate cake

We take a break from all of the serious topics we've been covering and get into two things we love: fashion and food. We ask locals to define Seatt...

Bought by KUT and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

What a Year for Women!

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Two and one-half minute commentary on progress (or not) for women worldwide in 2014.

Jenny Bovey, Fish Printer

From: Kara Janeczko

Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko

Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Dating Through the Eyes of an Immigrant

From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories

Caption: Dirk Ockhardt from Germany talks about European dating, Credit: Erika Lorentzsen

A look at different dating rituals around the world. From Europeans getting married later in life like in Chicago, NY and other places, to a Muslim...

A Mother's Solution

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

With jobs, chores, and family obligations, working mothers can lose themselves to their many commitments. A group of moms in Maine have a unique so...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio

Murray's Mustache by Susan Barnett

From: Rick Tannenbaum

Caption: The View From Outside, by Susan Barnett, Credit: Hen House Press, LLC

Syndicated radio host Susan Barnett (51%, The Women's Perspective, WAMC-New York) reads 'Murray's Mustache' from her short story fiction collection...

Cristen Andrews - wins contests, including a trip around the world

From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views

Caption: Host Abigail Mahnke with Cristen Andrews, Credit: Jarrod Hardy

Ever since she was a child, Cristen has been entering contests . . . and winning! She won the mother of all contests in 2008: a yearlong trip aroun...