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118: Paid Leave For All - Katie Bethell says “we can win this.”
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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America is one of only two countries in the world where you can be fired for taking a day off in order to give birth (let that sink in for a moment...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, KKRN, KUT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Dance as World-Changing Movement: Alice Sheppard and STREB
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This week, two artists who expand our ideas about beauty, risk, mobility, and inclusion. Wheelchair dancer and esteemed choreographer Alice Sheppar...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
116: A Radical Idea To End Poverty
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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This week, we hear about a radical plan to end poverty: Universal Basic Income. Lauren talks to the team behind an experiment with Guaranteed Incom...

Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, WNIN, WLPR , KCSB-FM and more


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 9
From Kashmir to America-A Muslim Feminist's Journey
From: Saadia Khan
Series: Immigrantly
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In this episode, Saadia Khan talks to Daisy Khan about her personal journey to America and her perspective as a modern religious scholar in America...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2019
  • Length: 45:22
361: Is the Internet Built for Everyone? / 362: Is Capitalism Broken?, 3/23/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Is the Internet Built for Everyone?" - They say "don't feed the trolls" — but why should racist and sexist trolls get to own the web? Wa...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Episode 1 - All Rise
From: Shannon Thomas
Series: Mothers of Invention - Series 1
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Mary and Maeve are laying down the law. Three years ago, 886 ordinary Dutch citizens sued their government over climate change... and won. Tessa Kh...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 43:44
  • Purchases: 1
Wilkerson, Isabel — America’s Great Migration: 1915-1970 Part Two
From: Barry Vogel
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In the years between 1915 and 1970 almost six million black American citizens from the south migrated to northern and western cities seeking freedo...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
343: When Women Rule / 344: Locked Up, 1/19/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "When Women Rule" - From Homer to Harvey Weinstein, women are reclaiming the classics in the age of #MeToo. HOUR TWO: "Locked Up" - Ima...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Strong Women: Peggy Flanagan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Strong Women
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Another segment in our Strong Women series is MN's Lieutenant Governor-elect Peggy Flanagan. She made not only Minnesota history, she is becoming ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 16:36
105: “Put down your male fragility”: Scene On Radio’s John Biewen & Celeste Headlee
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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What’s going on with men? Why is it so hard to negotiate the gender power dynamic in everyday situations, like work meetings? Can masculinity exist...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
329: Is Anger A Useful Emotion? / 330: Yuck, 12/1/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Is Anger A Useful Emotion?" - What if being angry made you feel better? We'll see red this hour. HOUR TWO: "Yuck" - Rotten cheese, tun...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
Time for Ilhan
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we interview Chris Newberry a producer and director of photogrophy for the film Time for Ilhan the story of the first ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 30:52
102: “There is no peak fury”: Rebecca Traister, Author of Good And Mad: The Revolutionary Power Of Women’s Anger
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Rebecca Traister, Credit: One World Journalist
It’s safe to say that many American women are pretty angry these days. Since the founding of this country, women have been faced with men in power...

Bought by KWIT, KCSB-FM, KKRN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWIT and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Food Sleuth Radio, Karuna Jaggar Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that “pink ribbon” products may actually increase the risk of breast cancer? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Mel...

Bought by KVMR and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
80: Mid-term election revisit - Kate Black, Chief of Staff for EMILY's List
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Kate Black
In 2017, 16,000 women had raised their hand to run for office. One year later, it's 42,000. But what does it actually take to to win? And what will...

Bought by WLPR , C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWIT, WNIN, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
305: Rethinking David Foster Wallace / 306: Check Your Privilege, 9/8/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Rethinking David Foster Wallace" - David Foster Wallace was one of the most brilliant writers of his generation. But is reading him diff...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
92: Do Haters Deserve Our Compassion? - Sally Kohn, author of "The Opposite of Hate"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Sally Kohn, Credit: Paul Takeuchi
Can you find compassion in your heart for the haters in your life? CNN political commentator and first-time author Sally Kohn says if we keep on ha...

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  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
90: "I am powerful by just living" - Sarah McBride, author of "Tomorrow Will Be Different"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Sarah McBride, Credit: B Proud
Sarah McBride made history in 2016 as the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention. As of 2018, more than half of LGBTQ...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
03082018: Pussyhats and Other Symbols of Strength: Achieving and Maintaining Sexual and Civic Power with Krista Suh and Dr Jeanine Staples, 3/8/2018
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing feminism. Guests Kr...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 53:06
82: How To Welcome A Refugee - Christina Psarra, Doctors Without Borders
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Christina Psarra, Credit: Lauren Schiller
Refugees literally sacrifice everything to keep their families safe. Christina Psarra, head of mission for Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian ...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, WNIN, KUT, and KSJD


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
60 (new intro): Gun Control and Gender Bias - Jessica Jin, Activist & Joann Lublin, WSJ
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Jessica Jin
After the mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs TX and the over 300 other mass shootings this year, I thought maybe we’d be having a new ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WLPR , WNIN, KUT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
80: How To Get More Women In Office - Kate Black, Chief of Staff for EMILY's List
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Kate Black
More women than ever are raising their hands to run for office. But what does it actually take to to win? And what will be different when they do? ...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KWIT, KWMR, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
08032017: What does it mean to be Muslim? Facts vs. Misconceptions About Islam with Haroon Moghul & Dalia Mogahed, 8/3/2017
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on what it means to...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 52:26
Rise to Run Helps Women with Political Aspirations
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Rise to Run is a national organization working at the grass roots level to instill confidence and skills in young women with political aspirations.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
Patricia Cronin on Making Art History
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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New York-based artist Patricia Cronin talks about women, power and sexuality inside her Tack Room installation at the 2017 Armory Show.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1