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A musician, going deaf, fights for a life in music
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Sandy Mix teaches piano to Diane Wilson., Credit: Rachel Wong
From the moment Sandy Mix wakes up in the morning, she is thinking about music. Over coffee, she plans the day’s lessons.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 2
Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by WORT, WJCT, WTJU, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9
GIMME SHELTER -- Ron Krauss and Kathy DiFiore Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ron Krauss & Kathy DiFiore, San Francisco, CA 12/11/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ron Krauss and Kathy DiFiore talk turning points, making connections, and why a documentary just wasn’t going to convey the story they wanted to tell.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 16:20
California Native Drum Class Heals Old Wounds
From: Anne Hoffman
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California has the largest American Indian population of any state. Most of the Native Americans here moved from distant homelands like South Dakot...

Bought by WXDU and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2013
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 2
A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Susan Burton, A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project executive director and founder
After serving time, finding food, a job and a place to live with a criminal record can become an almost impossible task. On this edition, Women bu...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
KUT's Views and Brews: The Life and Legacy of Edith Piaf
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
Caption: Edith Piaf
Join us with poet and historian Bette Oliver as she discusses Piaf’s life; from her impoverished childhood raised in a Paris brothel by her grandmo...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 56:19
Busking for Change
From: Mallory Falk
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When Marcia Mello started busking, she was excited to pursue a life-long dream. But she's had to fight for her place on the street.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 2
Episode # 29 - Castaway: Dawn McAndrews
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On October 22nd our 29th castaway was DAWN MCANDREWS, the Artistic Director of The Theatre at Monmouth. Dawn is an accomplished director, producer,...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:35:31
Young Women Leaders Program
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Middle school girls have a lot to deal with. One psychologist says that a way to help them is by pairing the preteen girls with college-aged mentor...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KENW, KZYX, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 4
Chicks Rock
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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In the world of adventure women are busting out on their own. They’re leaving husbands, boyfriends and children at home to discover their strengths...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 10:38
05 Lubliner Nign
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
At the Sabbath table on a Friday evening, the Khasidim of Eastern Europe sang tish nigunim, “table songs” praising God . . . seeking to get closer ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
04 Lustig Zayn
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
Sometimes, klezmer songs borrowed from popular folk melodies. “Lustig Zayn”, also known as “My Yofes” came from Polish peasants. But the more kle...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:24
03 Simkes Hanefesh
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This is a more spiritual tune. In 18th Century Poland, the Jewish mystic philosophy of Khasidism was born. The Khasidim believed that singing song...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:53
02 Sofia's Song
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
In the audio drama “The Witches of Lublin,” Sofia is a teenaged girl in love – all that matters to her is that the object of her affection shares h...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:44
01 Shtayn Gart's
From: Sue Zizza
Series: Music from The Witches of Lublin
Caption: The Witches of Lublin
This lively dance is a bulgar. It is exactly the sort of music one would hear at one of the market fairs held in Easter Europe during the late 1700...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:55
A Conversation with Meredith Monk
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Meredith Monk reflects on her 45 year career as a performance artist. [41:35]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 41:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Queen's Trek
From: Outer Voices
Caption: the Queen with Meerak, Credit: Jack Chance
Bhutan is a land of prayer flags and happiness. But people are people, and human suffering, including domestic violence, is as prevalent here as i...

Bought by KUER, KZYX, KQED, KFOK-LPFM, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 24:36
  • Purchases: 5
The Witches of Lublin
From: Sue Zizza
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(this 58:30 program is the final version) Lublin, Poland, 1797: While they prepare for Passover, a family of Jewish women klezmer musicians struggl...

Bought by WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Radio Catskill, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 25
East Hundred: A Rock Band Waiting To Make It
From: Abbie Fentress Swanson
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East Hundred is a five-piece rock band waiting to make it.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:22
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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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
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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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
Destination DIY: Cycling
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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An exploration of human-powered transportation.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, XRAY.fm, KMXT, XRAY.fm, KUT and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 8
"Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Module #8: Wildflower Center
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: "Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Modules
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For Women's History Month, eighth of eight short profiles in her own words.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
"Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Module #7: Highway Beautification
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: "Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Modules
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For Women's History Month, seventh of eight short profiles in her own words.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 07:07
"Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Module #6: Environmental Causes, featuring Barbara Bush
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: "Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Modules
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For Women's History Month, sixth of eight short profiles in her own words.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 06:06