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Segment 1: Carlotta Walls Lanier Segment 2: Dr. Patton Segment 3: Roman Krznaric Segment 4: Margaret Klaw Segment 5: Melanie Wagner

  • Added: Aug 09, 2015
  • Length: 52:26
Caption: Gina Garro on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
This episode of Making it Work, we will chat with Gina Garro, third grade teacher and amateur artist about how she is keeping Common Core in public...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 26:37
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin commiserates with another tired mama in Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Harford Community Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Angelique After She Joined the Band, Credit: Courtesy of Angelique
Sixteen-year-old Angelique explains how she went from total dork to pretty cool after she joined a local hip hop band.

  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 11:53
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Best known for her books about the joys of life in Italy, Frances Mayes has published a new memoir. But this time, she takes her readers back to he...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Members of Alpha Xi Delta at Syracuse Light Up the Hall of Languages Blue, Credit: Laura Tatro
This April, sisters of Alpha Xi Delta sorority chapters across the country are working to raise awareness for Autism. Syracuse University sorority ...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 04:05
Caption: Aarti with a dress by Chrissy Wai-Ching
In Seattle, some in the fashion industry are going green. Aarti Chandorkar finds out how two young designers - Chrissy Wai-Ching and Renee Corrick ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: 16-year-old Ifrah Abshir says she is in a committed relationship with Computer Science. But she still struggles to fit into the tech industry. , Credit: KUOW Photo/Ahlaam Ibraahim
Sixteen year old Ifrah Abshir had a rocky start with computer science, but she eventually fell in love with it. The tech industry has been trying t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:33
Caption: Two of the new games at Hi-Life, Credit: Angela Johnston
Ellen Frankel slips the last of her quarters into the Medieval Madness pinball machine and wipes the sweat off her forehead. It’s her second game o...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Betty Davis, former wife of Miles Davis
This week, Ayana Contreras brings us vintage music from women whose careers were overshadowed by their associations with megastars. From the ex-wif...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Every ten years, the Furious Flower Poetry Conference is held at James Madison University. This year, the event was dedicated to renowned poet Rita...

Bought by KENW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Gillian Robespierre, Jenny Slate, San Francisco, CA 5/22/14 , Credit: Andrea Chase
Jenny Slate and Gillian Robespierre talk expanding a short, the place of choice, and being willing to get bruised up for a film.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 13:39
Caption: Chef Roscoe Hall, Credit: Tanner Latham
In our food-obsessed culture, we likely never think about what's on the menu at an eating disorder clinic. A couple of gourmet chefs bring their in...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:55
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Paquita Williams (L) and Laura Lane (R)
New York City Subway Conductor Paquita Williams talks to one of her passengers, Laura Lane, about her job.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 3
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Feminist Mothers, Michelangelo in America, and Humor in the Workplace

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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When we think of early rock and roll most of us think of musicians like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. But all these legends grew ...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are these in the Daytona Beach branch of the Volusia county vocational school., Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
A recent science test showing that American girls are lagging behind boys has brought women in science back into the national conversation. More th...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Radio Newark, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Back stage with the Brazen Belles
This piece was created for WCAI's Creative Life Series. Producer Sara Robberson takes us to the world of sequence and bras, humor and strip tease –...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 2
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A playwright’s new web-Western is part of television’s jump to the internet. Allison Quantz has details.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
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TBR Host Gina Ghioldi talks with author Michelle Phillips about changing both your outer beauty and inner beauty in simple steps

  • Added: Mar 10, 2012
  • Length: 17:38
Caption: Twist of Fate
This was a rebroadcast of an interview with Boston-based animator, Karen Aqua. Karen died May 30, 2011 at the age of 57.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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A personal essay about one producer's introduction to the Muses, an all female Mardi Gras Krewe from New Orleans (features ambient sound, interview...

  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:13
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Fashion, Feng Shui and Finances

  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 51:54
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Entertainment, car care, talk for women!

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 51:54
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fashion, celebrities, kids on vacation, summer beauty

  • Added: Jul 25, 2010
  • Length: 51:54