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The Durango Roller Girls and Articulation, a space for art and learning
From: Kinsee Morlan
Series: This Small Town Life
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This story is a nod to Women's History month. Two small-town women with big ideas.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 12:36
VEILED VOICES
From: Voices of Our World
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The documentary about the lives of 3 Muslim religious leaders re-shaping their faith and their communities

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
Lindsay Ess, Becoming Whole, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
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Lindsay Ess is beautiful. Her skin is pale and void of a single freckle. She has mooning eyes, a fine, thin nose, crafted cheek bones, lips like ro...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2010
  • Length: 26:08
Into The Woods
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Georgette Kanach loves to hunt, fish, hike, and do almost any activity that involves being out in the woods. It’s the place where she grew up, and ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 3
Lindsay Ess, Becoming Whole, Pt. 1
From: Charles McGuigan
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Lindsay Ess was a fashion model, a designer, a stunning beauty. And then at the age of twenty-four, just two years ago, doctors had to cut off both...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2010
  • Length: 27:39
This can go on forever
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: This polaroid of Joel was given to Carol by her social worker when the adoption process was completed., Credit: Photo courtesy Carol Brobeck.
When Carol was 20, she gave her baby boy away for adoption. Twenty years later, the son, Joel, came looking. The two tell their story of reunion.

Bought by American Voices, KUT, SALTcast Podcast, KCRW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 10:25
  • Purchases: 8
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Thanks to the Dog.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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"For most of my adult life, I’ve had my hands on the wheel. With lists on my mind and places to be and things to do. I’ve worked hard and tried to ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
The Rock and Roll Life of Debra Marquart
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Debra Marquart
Debra Marquart talks about her life growing up in rural North Dakota, her rebellious departure, and how she’s returned in her imagination. She rea...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
Healthy Jobs for Low-income Women
From: Making Contact
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A business model that creates worker-owned green businesses and healthy jobs for low-income women.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 1
Adventures of a Slovakian Wanderer
From: Sean Leary
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The story of a Slovakian poster sales person.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:53
Natalie Goldberg - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Natalie Goldberg, the writer, painter and writing teacher, speaks with ThoughtCast in Santa Fe, NM!

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WFIU


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Minneapolis Police want more domestic violence convictions.
From: Will Wright
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Minneapolis Police try something different to boost with domestic violence convictions.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2009
  • Length: 05:06
VOICES4theSoul Show 716
From: Lori Holladay
Caption: A Conversation with Alice Peacock is featured on this show of VOICES4theSoul
AAA music show featuring songs expressing a more meaningful side of life. This hour features a short, but delightfully intimate conversation with A...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
A Woman of No Consequence
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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The story of a remarkable Indian woman who struggled with the bonds of tradition and finally broke them in old age, told by her granddaughter.

Bought by WWNO, KFCF FM, KVNF, KVSC, WOMR and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2009
  • Length: 31:32
  • Purchases: 20
The Garden Ladies of Elwell Farms
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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For a group of retired women in Maine, a garden grows more than just plants.

Bought by KZYX and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 2
Surviving Cancer
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Older, middle and younger generation guests compare their thoughts on surviving cancer

  • Added: Jun 21, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
24 Hour Buddhist Chant for Healing and Peace
From: Bob Thomason
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The members of three Colorado Buddhist communities met in Colorado Springs in the hopes of helping to bring healing to the world. The event coincid...

Bought by Interfaith Voices and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 2
When I Grow Up...
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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When I grow up I want to be a Cosmotologist

  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:22
“.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
Women Rising 19: Masters of the Spoken Word
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Storyteller Diane Ferlatte, Credit: caverunstoryfest.org
Eve Ensler, playwright of the hit “Vagina Monologues” shares the work of her organization, V-Day, and storyteller, Diane Ferlatte, talks about usin...

Bought by KZYX, WMPG, KUT, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Odetta: The Queen of American Folk Music
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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This 55 min piece features excerpts from a Feb.24th tribute to folk singer Odetta at the Riverside Church in NYC. Performing artists include Pete S...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WSLR, Marfa Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 55:21
  • Purchases: 6
Worldwide, Girls' Soccer Goes Beyond the Field
From: Lisa Matuska
Caption: Imane takes a break during a game in Oak Brook
Four young Moroccan female soccer players step outside their borders and expectations to come to Oak Brook, Illinois for a women's soccer leadershi...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KISU, KUOW, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 4
Women Rising 18: Rescuers of Wildlife
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Cotton Top Tamarin Monkey, Credit: Wildlife Conservation Network
We hear from 4 leading animal rights activists, working in Columbia, Uzbekistan, the Animals Asia Foundation, and the International Union for the C...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Madam Mayor
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Madam Mayor and Will Work from Home...this week on Prime Time Radio.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2008
  • Length: 59:55

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