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Moments in Black History: Rosa Parks
From: N Lorde
Caption: Rosa Parks, Credit: Mindfully.org
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 3
Gloria's Glow
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: Gloria Lowe, Credit: Amanda Le Claire
How one woman is re-imagining the possibilities of living, working, and building a sustainable Detroit

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
Lindsay Ess : Becoming Whole
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lindsay Ess was at the top of her form, doing what she knew how to do best. Fashion was her passion. She breathed it; she lived it. Modeling. Phot...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 50:17
The Age of Innocence: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actor Alfred Molina shines with masterful readings of excerpts from Edith Wharton's masterpiece. The screenwriter of Scorsese's film adaptation, Ja...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 5
Author Molly Gloss and the Heroines of the American West
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Stage and Studio
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This show profiles novelist Molly Gloss, whose books have shed light on untold stories of women in the American West.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
Lullabies For The End Of Life
From: JoAnn Mar
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This program describes music's power to heal and bring comfort to those in the final stages of life.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KALW, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
A Quiet Life: The Cork Poor Clares
From: Conor O'Toole
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A portrait of a hermetic way of life in modern Ireland, as told from behind monastery walls.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2010
  • Length: 58:19
Mothers and Sons
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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a sonic memorial to the healing power of art

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KTNA, NPR Illinois, KDNK and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2008
  • Length: 26:44
  • Purchases: 10
Thinness and Salvation
From: Sarah Yahm
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a piece about the symbolic meaning of fat in our culture

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUT-HD, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 5
Women's First Sex Experiences
From: Mahi Palanisami
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Women talk about their 1st sexual encounter

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 1
Are There Any More Rare, Plastic Ponies?
From: Julie Shapiro
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An unknown pastime to most, competitive model horse collecting is a serious passion for girls and women of all ages. But why?

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 3
Unintended Detours Episode 6: Derailed
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Four interwoven stories of lives derailed by serious illness or accident.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2008
  • Length: 27:13
  • Purchases: 2
Bringing Down the Blood
From: Kym Register
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Abortion in Small Town Mexico

  • Added: Dec 01, 2007
  • Length: 15:44
P.O.V. - Made in L.A. Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar talk with P.O.V. about the making of their documentary film "Made in L.A."

  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 11:30
What Remains --a painter's legacy.
From: Sue Mell
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A portrait of the painter Mary Yntema.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 09:47
Poems for Manhood
From: David Kates
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Activist poet discusses his work.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:06
Blind Traveler
From: daniella ponet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Pat, a blind activist and singer/poet, describes her life in New York City

  • Added: May 13, 2007
  • Length: 10:01
The Street of the Cauldron Makers
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A well-known Turkish novelist confronts her country's modern history on a nondescript street in Istanbul.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 13:26
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: A Life of Ashes: Widows in India
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A personal journey of an Indian born producer of a widow to look at the situation of widows in India.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KXOT Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Youth and Sexism
From: KPFT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth explore the issue of sexism.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:58
Queer Queers
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two woment that don't fit in the box of Queer

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WGDR, Spokane Public Radio, KWCW, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 5
Becoming a Man
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two transgender stories from Joan Schuman

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Becoming a Man
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two transgender stories from Joan Schuman

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Whether Diaries
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Two women living on opposite sides of the world imagine a life elsewhere.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2006
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 4
Memoir Cafe: Episode 25
From: Gary Smith
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In this 25th episode of Memoir Cafe, women write about reacting to the events around them.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 30:33