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Caption: Logo for Lips and Hips Detroit, Credit: Lips and Hips
From "Sista Suppers," to business skills training, Social Enterprise expert Romy Gingras talks about what inspired Lips & Hips founder, Yodit Mesfi...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 19:46
Caption: Host Martha Burk
We all know about taxes – income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, entertainment taxes – it seems like the list is endless. But there’...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mariam Naficy, Minted
Traditional shopping is incredibly inefficient, says Julie Bornstein of StitchFix (and formerly Sephora). But, is the alternative to buy everything...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brandi Chastain
The US Women's soccer team won the World Cup in 2015--the first time since Brandi Chastain was on the field in 1999. In this episode, we talk to Br...

Bought by KSJD, WRIR, KPOV, KUT, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
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Online crafty marketplace Etsy went public in April 2015. What does that mean for the makers who sell their goods on the site?

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
Caption: Leila Janah, SamaGroup
There are billions of people across the world who are living in poverty and 800 million people who are illiterate--two-thirds of them women and gir...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Tanya Holland, Brown Sugar Kitchen
What's it take to succeed in a competitive restaurant market? In a $683 billion industry, less than 5% of restaurant owners are women. Tanya Hollan...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ilana Stern
Transportation and weddings are both multi-billion dollar industries--and if you're a business person, that means opportunity for reinvention.On th...

Bought by KCSB-FM, WMUU-LP, WRIR, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Melanie Nutter
Many planners agree that a more centralized population is a good thing for long-term environmental responsibility. But as people all over the world...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The mediocre movie "The Interview" catapulted to international fame when Sony pictures caved to the North Korean government and scuttled -- but lat...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Shilpi Chhotray
A wide array of economic analysts are increasingly recognizing the link between economic development and gender equality. Research is showing that ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Freakonomics' Stephen J. Dubner
Freaks and nerds unite! Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner teaches Tricia and Greta how to think like a freak. Plus a portrait of astronaut Sally Ride on...

Bought by KUAC, WRIR, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 3
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In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a new generation of business leaders have launched a cultural shift, with many trying to increase female co...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 21:25
Caption: Megpie (formerly Magpie)
There's a lot at stake for new food startups, but in Brooklyn, NY, the climate has become unmistakably hospitable.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 08:20
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama wants the minimum wage raised to $10.10 an hour. Conservatives claim it will destroy entry level jobs for new workers. They're wro...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Pam McKissick Without Reserve, Credit: Auction Network Productions
In America, we don't own our real estate, we are our real estate. How much we own and what condition it's in communicates publicly what condition ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pam McKissick Without Reserve
In this episode of "Without Reserve" host Pam McKissick takes a look at small companies doing big business in foreign lands. Her special guests in...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2014
  • Length: 51:40
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As the holidays approach, the pressure’s on to find perfect gifts for your loved ones. But if you're planning to give your mom a cashmere sweater, ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lisa Fruchtman, San Francisco, CA 11/22/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lisa Fruchtman talks simple pleasures, honoring the past, and warming up to cold.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 21:51
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This month Well Woman Radio will focus on women in business, and changes needed in the way businesses run in order to stay healthy and achieve a he...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2013
  • Length: 29:24
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My life as a purveyor of “Business Theatre” for big corporations in Chicago.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 09:32
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Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In," which focuses on career advancement for women in corporate America, has gotten a lot of publicity recently. But ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 33:55
Caption: Judy Wicks
Judy Wicks founded the White dog Café on the first floor of her house in West Philadelphia. After helping to save her block from demolition, Judy g...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Wendy Oliveras (left); Bobby Pickles (right)
Bobby speaks with Wendy Oliveras, author of “Let’s Play SHESS: Succeed in your game of life and business by playing chess: from Pawn to Queen”. The...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:08:15
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In this show we look at the subject of women and negotiating, but from an angle that's rarely considered. What happens when a female employee asks ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 13:42