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The pandemic has upended caregiving and what it means to be a working mom. More than 2 million women have left the workforce because of the cost an...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:27
Caption: Elaine Kahn, poet
Elaine Kahn meditates on care, loss, and the uncertainty of the future.

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: May 31, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Prageeta Sharma, poet
Prageeta Sharma reflects on the last night of intimacy with her terminally ill partner.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Diana Arterian, poet
Diana Arterian describes the wedding ceremony of Agrippina the Younger, Empress of Rome and mother to the infamous Emperor Nero.

Bought by KALW, KENW, and KKRN


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Molly Caro May discusses her latest book, Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage Into Motherhood.

Bought by KMUD, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Hoa Nguyen, poet, Credit: Julie Thi Underhill
Hoa Nguyen considers the objects of jokes and humor.

Bought by KVNO, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Barbara Jane Reyes, poet, Credit: Oscar Bermeo
Barbara Jane Reyes remembers and praises the life of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina domestic worker who was swindled into becoming a drug mule.

Bought by KENW and KALW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ana Bozicevic, poet
Ana Božičević explores the feelings and emotions of spring.

Bought by KALW, KENW, and KHSU


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sara Deniz Akant, poet
Sara Deniz Akant considers the virtues and meaning of one’s name.

Bought by KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Nikki Wallschlaeger, poet
Nikki Wallschlaeger meditates on issues of accountability.

Bought by KALW, KENW, and KHSU


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Amanda Nadelberg, poet
Amanda Nadelberg reflects on life accomplishments and what has been left unachieved.

Bought by KENW, KALW, and WOUB


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Joyelle McSweeney, poet, Credit: Forrest Gander
Joyelle McSweeney thinks about various forms of infection and contagion facing the human race.

Bought by KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Simone White documents a mother’s life with her infant son.

Bought by KUER, KHSU, KENW, PRX Remix, and KALW


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Caitlin Doyle, poet, Credit: Michael Robinson
Caitlin Doyle thinks about romance novels at the end of a relationship.

Bought by KALW, KHSU, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Monica McClure, poet, Credit: David Worthington
Monica McClure imagines a prophet in the forest who collects the lives of men.

Bought by KALW, KHSU, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Rachel Galvin, poet, Credit: Nicholas Barberio
Rachel Galvin contemplates the politics of complicity.

Bought by KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Patricia Spears Jones, poet, Credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Patricia Spears Jones considers the dynamics of race through the lens of a 1930s Mae West film.

Bought by KHSU, KALW, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Dara Wier, poet, Credit: Julia Johnson
Dara Wier meditates on the mind’s need for security and sanctuary from a troubled world.

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza tells the story of how that phrase, and the movement came to be.

Bought by WCPN, XRAY.fm, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Lynn Hill discusses her participation in "Holding It Down" -- Vijay Iyer's and Mike Ladd's performance piece based on the dreams of veterans of col...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rumbidzai Dube, Daria "DJ" Hudson, Ingrid Cruz, Leehee Rothschild, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
What does it mean to be an ally in a political movement? From white Americans in the civil rights era, to Israelis in Palestine, to Latino-American...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Anti-nuclear demonstration in front of Japanese Diet , Credit: Matthias Lambrecht
For International Women’s Day and the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster listen again as three prominent female activists tell their stor...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Minnesota author Cheryl Strayed joins Heidi Holtan to discuss her honest and raw new book.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 26:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Transgendered-women forced to live in a men's prison, moms in prison, and doulas helping incarcerated expectant mothers.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 29:00