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S08 Ep13: Women of Color: Leaders, Part 4, 11/25/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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An episode dedicated to women of color who are conductors and organizers in the classical music world.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
265: Midwifing a Movement: Community Birth Centers and the Care Economy, 11/15/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Indra Lusero
In this episode, we visit with Leseliey Welch and Indra Lusero, parents and birth justice advocates who are helping lead a movement to create commu...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Episode #705 - Big Mama Thornton
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Willie Mae Thornton was a trailblazer, who in making her own rules paved the way for other groundbreaking female artists like Janis Joplin and Mado...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, WOUB, WUTC and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 165: Going Deep with Linda Villarosa on Being Seen , 11/5/2023
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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seeing past our oldest biases

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
The Afro-Feminine Coming Alive with Akinke Lucas
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Katherine of The Dream Journal speaks with Akinke Lucas about dreaming ourselves whole. Ancestral dreaming involves learning how to distinguish bet...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:52
Episode #702 - Lavern Baker, Pt. 2 - 1954-56
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, the "Juke In The Back" looks at how one of R&B's greatest voices, LaVern Baker, got her start. It's part two of a two part feature on th...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KCSM, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #701 - Lavern Baker, Pt. 1 - 1949-54
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, th "Juke In The Back" looks at how one of R&B's greatest voices, LaVern Baker, got her start. It's part one of a two part feature on the...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KJZX-Austin, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Womenfolk #230920
From: Ellen Stanley
Series: Womenfolk Radio
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Deidre McCalla's 50th Anniversary Interview

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
EE 23-39: Jessica Wilson talks about what we get wrong when we focus on weight, 9/22/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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“Our bodies aren’t the problem,” rethinking the stories we tell about weight and health with dietician Jessica Wilson.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Can Schools Do?
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Shekinah Jackson and friends.
Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and La...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 20:47
S08 Ep04: Women of Color: Composers, Part 6, 9/23/2023
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week, works by women of color from the early 20th century to today.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:29
Women on Screen (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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After new episodes drop, fans of TV shows take to social media to dissect what they just saw.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and KHEN-LP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Women on Screen (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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After new episodes drop, fans of TV shows take to social media to dissect what they just saw.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WRMU, KXCV, KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Women on Screen (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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After new episodes drop, fans of TV shows take to social media to dissect what they just saw.

Bought by WORT, WTJU, WMUU-LP, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Women on Screen (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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After new episodes drop, fans of TV shows take to social media to dissect what they just saw.

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Conversations: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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In this episode, Emily speaks with author Dolen Perkins-Valdez about her recent novel Take My Hand, based on the 1973 case of the Relf sisters who ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 40:06
The Success of Guaranteed Income: Cash Relief for Black Moms (August 30, 2023 release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This year, Mother’s Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Poor parents will be taking a hit — but Guarant...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, KDNK, KWMR, WNYE and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode #692 - Faye Adams
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week's "Juke In The Back" highlights the short, but important career of Faye Adams. DJ Alan Freed called her "The little gal with the big voic...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, WOUB, WUTC and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode #690 - Christine Kittrell
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Nashville truly earned its nickname as "Music City" during the 1950s as it was not only the home of Country Music, but also a hotbed for a thriving...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WUTC and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Underground and Taboo (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by KHEN-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Underground and Taboo (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by WABE, Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, KMUN, WRMU and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 13
Underground and Taboo (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Underground and Taboo (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1990s, a group of single Black mothers known as The Circle formed an underground gambling ring in Danville, Virginia. Their winnings went a ...

Bought by WTJU, KXCV, WMUU-LP, KEDT, and WRGY


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
TED's Good Sports Broadcast Special
From: TED: Good Sport
Series: Broadcast Specials
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There's no better way to understand our world than through sports. Jody Avirgan hosts Good Sport, a podcast from the TED Audio Collective.

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
This Is My Home: Women whup petrochemical giant
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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The story of 2 successful battles against petrochemical pollution on the Gulf coast.

Bought by WFHB and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2

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