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The Push out of Black Girls from Schools (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
Patriotic Women
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Patriotic Women - including Patrice Michaels, Credit: Cedille
Have you seen The Notorious RBG? You can hear works in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as well as American Canvas by Jennifer Higdon, and The...

Bought by KMUN, High Plains Public Radio, WETS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Afrofuturism: 3 Women you Need to Know
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Afrofuturism is a growing genre-movement that spans literature, art, music, and film. It provides radical alternatives to dominant Western narrativ...

Bought by WMMT, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KQED, KVNF, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for May 16, 2018
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Israel Massacres Dozens of Palestinians at Gaza Border as U.S. 'Celebrate...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, and KMXT


  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cynthia and the City: Will Cynthia Nixon’s Celebrity Past Get Her to The Governor’s Mansion?
From: Augusta Anthony
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Cynthia Nixon is running for Governor. You probably know this and you probably know her from her days as sassy corporate lawyer Miranda Hobbes in ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:21
Anarchy Is Intersectional: Learning from Emma Goldman
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Mug shot taken in 1901 when Goldman was implicated in the assassination of President McKinley.
Our show today is Anarchy is Intersectional: Learning from Emma Goldman. Goldman, a feminist anarchist, was disdainful of what is now called “Lean ...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 2
Women Lead On Screen: Helen Clark & Gaylene Preston
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Women's leadership on the screen, in the streets and on the world stage. This week, New Zealand's former prime minister, Helen Clark and filmmaker ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Anne Helen Petersen - 319
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Anne Helen Petersen discusses her book, Too Fat, Too Slutty, To Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman. She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KWMR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sustainable Population Roadblocks: Bill Ryerson #214 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Most scientists agree the current level of human population, in combination with present living arrangements, is damaging our ecosystems. But doing...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Story of Jane
From: Radio Diaries
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In 1965, an underground network formed in Chicago to help pregnant women get abortions. At first, they connected women with doctors willing to brea...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 2
Being a Woman at Utah's Capitol
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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KUER's Nicole Nixon has been looking into the sexual dynamics at Utah's State House. She spoke with some of the women--legislators and lobbyists--...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 18:00
Jesus in the White House
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Gina Messina
If Jesus was President, how would his policies measure up against those of the Trump Administration? Would Christians of the Trump Era support a Pr...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jan 14, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending December 29, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth, Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Unpopular GOP Tax Code Revision Rewards Party Donors, Exacerbates Inequali...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending December 8, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth, Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Fraud Could Deny Honduran Voters' Apparent Rejection of Unpopular Incumben...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Intersections of Faith and Reproductive Justice
From: Making Contact
Caption: Dr. Willie Parker at church, from “Trapped,” a documentary about abortion clinics in the South., Credit: Credit: Trilogy Films via New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/meet-dr-willie-parker-a-southern-christian-abortion-provider.html
What if faith could fuel a movement that supports women and families in having real choices over their lives and their bodies? On this week’s Maki...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending Oct. 27, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump's Decertification of Iran Nuclear Deal Isolates and Weakens U.S.; Wi...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
ZILLAH EISENSTEIN discusses her long journey battling cancer
From: Out of Bounds
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Feminist writer, Zillah Eisenstein, author of "Feminism, Racism and the West" and "Manmade Breast Cancer" talks candidly about her personal struggl...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
"Eleanor and Hitch: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady" w/ author Susan Quinn
From: Out of Bounds
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Lively and informative discussion w/Author Susan Quinn as we focus on her bestseller "Eleanor and Hitch: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady"

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women and Children First: The Dialectic of Sex
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Shulamith Firestone in about 1970, the year “The Dialectic of Sex” was published. Credit Michael Hardy
The Dialectic of Sex is widely considered the most influential book of Second Wave Feminism. In it Firestone argues that the biological sexual dich...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 1
Listening to Ladies: Aftab Darvishi
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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Composer Aftab Darvishi Composer Aftab Darvishi speaks about blending musical traditions, having her work deemed "feminine," and the state of new m...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 24:17
Women's Suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment
From: Nahanni Rous
Caption: March to Support the Equal Rights Amendment, New York City, 1976., Credit: Diana Mara Henry
Women won the right to vote in 1920, but the fight for equality was only beginning. After she led the suffrage movement to victory, Alice Paul dra...

Bought by WHFR and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 2
197: Why Is The Internet Toxic For Women? / 198: Amusement Parks, 8/26/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Why Is The Internet Toxic For Women?" - A recent study revealed that half of women surveyed had been harassed online. How do we fight ba...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Activists Claim New Indiana Parental Notification Law Is Unconstitutional
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Current Indiana law already requires a minor who does not have parental consent for an abortion to petition the court for the right to access the p...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 07:58
White Lies to Brown Women: The Disingenuous Feminism of the Right
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In our show today with Sara Farris we’ll ask, what’s behind the right-wing demand for women’s rights in the context of immigration (hint, it’s the ...

Bought by KZYX and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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

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