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A Kinder Murder
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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The OJ Simpson Bronco Mix with A.C. and OJ Simpson, Johnnie Cochran, Bernard White, Marcia Clark, Peter Jennings, Judge Ito and Nicole Brown Simpso...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:20
  • Purchases: 1
Golf at the Masters -- Still a Boy's Game
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Commentary from Martha Burk, who led the women's protest at the Masters Golf Tourney 20 years ago this week. What's changed?

  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 03:01
Off with Her Head
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Eleanor Herman
Wherever you look in history, you’ll find misogyny. It’s equally rampant in the rumors surrounding Cleopatra during her reign and Kamala Harris bef...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Family Roe: An American Story
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Joshua Prager
One of the more consequential issues of the last 50-years has been a woman’s right of choice. Should women have the right to bodily autonomy, or sh...

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Corrections in Ink
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Keri Blakinger
Oftentimes we can look at someone who is seemingly good at anything they do, and admire their talents. Perhaps envy them. Or, maybe even feel a twi...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Media-Ready Feminism and Everyday Sexism
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Andrea Press
The #MeToo movement burst into the headlines in the fall of 2017. What kept people gravitating to the stories was the list of celebrity sexual pred...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Utah prof: ‘Gender is queer for everyone’
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Kathryn Bond Stockton, a dean and English professor at the University of Utah, wrote “Gender(s)” published by MIT Press, 2021.
“Gender is queer for everyone,” says author and professor Kathryn Bond Stockton. She doesn’t mean “queer” only in the LGBTQIA+ sense — she means t...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Period: End of Sentence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Anita Diamant
When the book, Period: End of Sentence was brought to my attention, my first response was that this is a discussion between women. I have no busine...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
USAF Veteran Lauren Hough: ‘Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing’
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Essayist Lauren Hough in 2018, Credit: Karl Poss IV / Vintage Books
In our queer nod to Veterans Day, we bring you writer Lauren Hough, who grew up in the infamous Christian free-love cult The Family. At 18, she joi...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Part VII (Section 1): "Objective Observations"
From: Jed Alexander
Series: The Whistleblower Project
Caption: Dr. Fiona Hill, Credit: Provided by the Brookings Institution
In 2019, Dr. Fiona Hill testified in the first impeachment trial of former President Trump. Dr. Hill recently served as Deputy Assistant to the pre...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 07:22
The Agitators
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Harriet Tubman
If you are going to write a history, a basic premise is that it must be believable. But, as you know, there are several true stories that actually ...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Turnaway Study
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Diana Green Foster
After all of the debates there is finally a comprehensive study on the impact abortion has on a woman. Devoid of knowledge based information in the...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Monique W. Morris
In grade school and high school, back girls make up about 16% of the female student population. Yet, of all girls referred to law enforcement in ou...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Against Our Will: Sexual Truama in American Art Since 1970
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Vivian Green Fryd
In October 2017, the “Me Too” movement went viral. Since then more than 70 high profile men have been accused of sexual misconduct or inappropriate...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Other's Milk: The Potential for Exceptional Breastfeeding
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Kristin J. Wilson
Just two generations ago, breastfeeding was considered second best to infant formula. Today, however, it’s regarded as a newborn’s birthright.

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ensuring Poverty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Felicia Kornbluh
A central idea of feminism is “Looking at the world as if women matter.” Yet, during the most important public policy debate about women and povert...

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  • Added: Jan 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Bronski -- A Queer History of the United States.
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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Michael Bronski is an American academic and writer, best known for his 2011 book A Queer History of the United States.

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  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 25:03
  • Purchases: 1
Pro Voice
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Aspen Baker
Fifteen years ago, Aspen Baker founded her support group Exhale. Its purpose is to open up respective dialogue and provide support for those who ch...

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Elder Boom Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ai Jen Poo
Author Ai Jen Poo is Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. It’s no wonder considering her accomplishments.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 3: Joan and Shirley's Story
From: Mother
Series: MOTHER: A PODCAST
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
"I didn't really want to have children. It's just that I got pregnant." -Shirley, 57, Nebraska

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
Raising Angel
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Jamie is pregnant and has nowhere she can go. She finds herself at Saint Andre Home, a modern day home for unwed mothers, where she awaits her four...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Soldier Girls
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Writer Helen Thorpe provides a detailed account of what happened to the three women who served in the military during the last decade.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Sweetest Meat
From: Damian Biniek
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A cannibal finds that she no longer has the appetite for the things she used to. The Sweetest Meat was produced by Damian Biniek and Rachel Lyon f...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:49
Miss Anne in Harlem
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Carla Kaplan
White upper-class women seeking to become honorary blacks. Unheard of –right? That’s what began to happen during what became known as the Black Ren...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
If You Could Be Mine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Sara Farizan
A new novel by Sara Fraizan explores the issues of gender orientation. But, what sets this work apart from its predecessors is that it’s written fo...

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  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1