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Jody Allen Crowe, longtime educator and founder of Healthy Brains for Children, joined Buck Benson of WTIP recently to talk about the prevalence of...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 20:58
Caption: "Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of the Community" by Brenda J. Child
Brenda J. Child's latest book "Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of the Community" examines the vital role women have playe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
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As part of the NewsHour's American Graduate series, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on Techbridge, an after-school program based in Oakland, ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:42
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About 12 percent of women develop breast cancer. But years of studies have shown that for female flight attendants, nurses, factory workers, and ot...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
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Our unappreciated national treasure, Susan B. Anthony spent more than five decades in a struggle to transform life for American women by securing t...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Merle Hoffman
Merle Hoffman, founder, president and CEO of Choices Women's Medical Center, leads her readers through a personal story of raging political battles...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
Caption: Cobi teaching some of her 200 orphans, Credit: Anton Foek.
Cobi is a Dutch nurse liiving and working in a South African township. She helps orphans getting over their Aids HIV stigma and against the violenc...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 10:38
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Shirley Sneve talks about the mission of the Native American Public Telecommunications organization, which shares stories of Native American people...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 27:33
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Awarded the 2010 Bess Lomax Hawes Award for the preservation of cultural heritage, Judith McCulloh talks about her extensive work as a folklorist a...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 24:05
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Less than one hundred years ago, women voted for the first time in a national election. Two months ago, Lauren Peterson headed to the polls for a s...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:48
Caption: The Bucktown Village Store where Harriet Tubman received a head injury that would impact her entire life, Credit: courtesy of Andrew Hiller
This feature explores the life and some of the myths of Harriet Tubman with interviews by experts from Cambridge, MD, the town where "Moses" was bo...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
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So ... who was Amy Beach? Simply one of the greatest American composers many of us have never heard.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Pianist Clara Schumann was ahead of her time -- she was a leading soloist of her day and a composer. Although she's best known as Robert Schumann'...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :25
Caption: Angela Cheng, Credit: Lisa Kohler
Clara Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann was quite celebrated as a pianist, but she was also a gifted composer. Today, one her biggest fans is piani...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2009
  • Length: :24
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Findings from the "Love Lab."

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
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Instead of making millions modeling, thousands of people got stuck with the check after getting caught in a scam.

  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 01:37
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Explores the difficult subject, in four segments, of preparing simultaneously for a baby's birth and for a baby's death. Includes perspectives of...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2005
  • Length: 28:28
From: WHYY
Series: Olympics
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Marathon Runner

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2004
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1