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A Healthier Sense of Self
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: Open Mind
Caption: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Buddhist nun, meditator and author, Credit: Photo © Peter Aronson
This month on Open Mind, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, a Buddhist nun and author, joins us once again to talk about our sense of self?—?what’s healthy, wh...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:57
Yamamoto's Waves
From: Sofia Saldanha
Series: The Wapping Project Podcast
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"A silk dress with a bamboo crinoline hangs upside down over a lake in the center of a former power station. The dress' reflection, distorted by a ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 09:42
  • Purchases: 1
"In a Different Voice and After" with Carol Gilligan
From: Prairie Public
Series: Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
Caption: Carol Gilligan
Do men think differently than women? Is moral reasoning inherently male? Is psychology biased against relationships and the women who value them? T...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 52:57
  • Purchases: 1
Our Human Potential
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: Open Mind
Caption: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Credit: [PHOTO CREDIT REQUIRED] ©2009 Peter Aronson
A contemplative nun who spent 12 years meditating in a cave high in the Himalayas offers her views on human potential.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
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
Interracial Marriage
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A comparative generational discussion about interracial marriage

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 28:56
  • 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
Winter: Where the Wild Rivers Run ~ Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
Caption: Clark Fork River, Missoula MT, Credit: Cheryl-Anne Millsap
We crossed the Clark Fork River on our way out of Missoula, Montana. The sun was just coming up and the sky along the horizon was fading, changing ...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
In Praise of Nurses
From: Janet Robbins
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An appreciation of the nursing profession

  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 03:59
Jennie Lois Windle: Tribute to My Piano Teacher
From: Elizabeth Chur
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A tribute to piano teacher Jennie Lois Windle, in music and stories.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 12:05
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
Interview with Irish Poet Eavan Boland
From: KUOW
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Irish poet Eavan Boland talks about why we cannot leave the past to the people who write the history books.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 12:43
P.O.V. - Made in L.A. Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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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
Home Planet: Behind the mask (The un-Valentine)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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(Could be used as a "dark" Valentine) Public smiles often hide the private anger of those 'perfect' couples

  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:25
Home Planet: On the move
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Moving forces you to take stock of what you have, what you want and what you need.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
Home Planet: On the move
From: Spokane Public Radio
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It isn't easy to pack up a life and move. But there are advantages. Moving gives you a chance to look at what you own and what owns you. Moving giv...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:39
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
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
"Savage Summit": the Challenge of K2
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Celebrating Mountain Culture: Selections from The Banff Mountain Film Festival and Banff Mountain Book Festival
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Author Jennifer Jordan discusses "The Women of K2"

  • Added: Feb 18, 2006
  • Length: 14:08
A Colonel's Daughter
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Makiko Ishihara of Toronto travels to her childhood home in Japan to face some difficult memories.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KCUR, and WETA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 3
Watching My Mother's Breath
From: Dale Short
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A gentle poem about the ending of a 90-year-old farm woman's full life

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Beach Mangos
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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eating mangos on the beach

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Jennifer Cecil Moore, and NET Radio (Nebraska)


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 4