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Women on the Front Lines
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)
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The Grupo de Mujeres, or Womens' Group, works tirelessly for the dignity of their families and themselves at the Workers Defense Project. Here are ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Poets Laureate Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith in Conversation
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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Rita Dove and Tracy K. Smith share a few things in common beyond the fact that they are African-American female artists. They are also professors a...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:16
The Philosophy of Cancer
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
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A philosoper of biology shares her struggle with breast cancer and her opinions on ongoing debates over breast cancer screening.

Bought by KVSC and KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 15:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Past American Voice of Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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We begin National Hispanic Heritage month with the Past American Voice of Judith Ortiz Cofer, who influenced and mentored Latina writers around the...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Birth
From: Ahri Golden
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From award-winning producers Ahri Golden + Tania Ketenjian, Birth is an audio mosaic that explores practices and perceptions of birth in America. ...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: Lost weekends
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: Betty Peters, known as Mama Betty, shuttles jail visitors along the last mile of the journey. , Credit: George Lavender
Thousands of Los Angeles County prisoners are housed in Pitchess Detention center. For visitors, the journey to the jail can take all day. The clos...

Bought by PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Still Here: Caregiving and Dementia
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long special is about the unspoken challenges of caring for a family member with dementia. The show explores the experience of ambiguous ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 22
#29 Suzy Favor-Hamilton
From: How To Be Amazing
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Suzy Favor-Hamilton went from being a three-time Olympian to a high class escort in Vegas. She tells her fascinating story, and how she got contro...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:28
Coming of Age
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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Anton Disclafani discusses the writing process behind her acclaimed debut novel, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 13:33
CHOICE/LESS 101: Candice
From: Jennifer Stanley
Series: CHOICE/LESS
Caption: Candice Russell in her home in Irving, Texas. , Credit: (Jenn Stanley//RH Reality Check)
In this first episode of CHOICE/LESS, we hear from Candice, an activist, Texan, and Latina who will argue in front of the Supreme Court on March 2 ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 21:50
RDD: Art, Death, and Things of That Nature (Part 1)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
Caption: Dani at home, Credit: Haley Taylor
We meet Dani Herrera, a local artist whose artistic journey has been just as unusual as the art she creates.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Parker Posey
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Parker Posey, Credit: Sony Pictures Classics
Parker Posey stars in Woody Allen's newest film "Irrational Man"--which opens nationwide 7/24. In this intimate conversation, we discuss her take o...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Length: 20:24
  • Purchases: 1
Real Love: A Valentine's Special from WNYC's Death, Sex & Money
From: WNYC
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A Valentine's Special from WNYC's Death, Sex & Money, hosted by Anna Sale.

Bought by KUT, KCPW Salt Lake City, KJZZ, KRPS, KUER and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 39
Claudia Emerson: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize winner Claudia Emerson, the former Virginia Poet Laureate (2008-10) who died December 4, 2014. Emerson deftly port...

Bought by WABE and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 2: Tradition!
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
After Annie Cho gave birth to her son this spring, she struggled to make traditional Chinese "confinement" practices (hygiene rules + special postp...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1
Furious Flower Honors Rita Dove (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove.

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KVSC, KRDP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Something Tribal This Way Comes, Part 2: American Tribal Style with Janet Hanseth
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Welcome to Art Beat, and our coverage of Something Tribal This Way Comes from St. Paul MN. This festival offers workshops in American Tribal Belly ...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 11, 2014
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 2
Lost and Found - Surviving Cancer
From: WMNF
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A piece developed in workshops with cancer survivors, and performed by seven women who survived the disease.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
A Domestic Violence Story: Reforming Offenders/Protecting Victims (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Caption: Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we look at a program that seems to be having some success in quelling the violence in some men with histories of do...

Bought by KUOW, WCPN, KUOW, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 5
Community Support for Breastfeeding
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Hollie McNish, poet
We explore the role of the community in supporting moms to breastfeed their babies.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: :47
Maria, from Mangalia to Europe
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Maria in Mangalia, Credit: Anton Foek
Maria is a young and vibrant woman from Mangalia in Romenia and doing her international studies about European integration in Maastricht, Holland.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:33
Education Equity:My Experience
From: KUNM
Caption: Lucia Martinez, Credit: Generaton Justice
What is Education Equity?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
The Live Feed Presents: Sarah Kruger
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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If you like music that you can relate to, with hauntingly intoxicating vocals to back it - then you are in for a real treat. Sarah Kruger straight-...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 31:40
Bon Appetit, Eh?
From: Marion Kane
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This is the second part of my Bon Appetit series celebrating the life and legacy of my friend and mentor Julia Child whose 100th birthday would hav...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 20:43
The Beat: CarolAnn Russell - "Limoncello"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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CarolAnn Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:50