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035: (Single) Mothered: Choosing to Parent Solo, 5/10/2024
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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More and more women are breaking up with the expectation that you need a partner to parent. What’s it like raising kids as a single mother by choice?

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
031: Being and having an only child: separating truth from stereotype, 4/12/2024
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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Assumptions about narcissism, loneliness and selfishness in only children are largely that: assumptions. But there are experiences unique to being ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
Actors with facial differences discuss what it means to be seen
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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This episode of Audacious is the second installment about people who have facial differences. In this episode, meet two actors who worked together ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Peacemaking in Estranged Relationships [Part Two]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, the second of two parts exploring the incredibly common, yet largely undiscussed, topic of estrangement. Es...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Two siblings named Ruby and Hart die in a car crash. The surviving parents, Gail Lerner and Colin Campbell, generously share with us their grief an...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 2
Pride Pioneers Holly Hughes & Esther Newton: How Queer Kinship Ties Help Us Survive
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Holly Hughes and Esther Newton are radical in their fields and a couple for more than 30 years. In this Pride special, they talk with Laura about t...

Bought by KWMR, KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and WNYE


  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
MN Reads: "Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight" by Shannon Gibney
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Shannon Gibney talks about her new picture book "Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight"

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:04
MN Reads: "Tumbled" by Heather Wilde
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Heather Wilde talks about her new memoir "Tumbled"

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 09:45
2022-02-04 Should We Have Children in a Climate Emergency?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The climate crisis seems to be unfolding faster than ever before — with catastrophic floods, winter wildfires, and last summer’s killer heat. It’s ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
220204: Should We Have Children in a Climate Emergency?, 2/4/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The climate crisis seems to be unfolding faster than ever before — with catastrophic floods, winter wildfires, and last summer’s killer heat. It’s ...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
Dierdre Wolownick is much more than Alex Honnold's mom
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Today's guest is Dierdre Wolownick. What first captures many people’s attention is the fact that Dierdre is mother to world-renowned climber, Alex ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 3
2021-08-27 Should We Have Children in a Climate Emergency?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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This summer, the climate crisis seems to be unfolding faster than ever before — with catastrophic floods, huge wildfires, and killer heat. It’s bec...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 12
210827: Should We Have Children in a Climate Emergency?, 8/27/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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This summer, the climate crisis seems to be unfolding faster than ever before — with catastrophic floods, huge wildfires, and killer heat. It’s bec...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
Lea and Doug struggle, Lea with Independence, Doug with Loneliness
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Feeling the tension
In any relationship there is the idea that both parties share responsibility for the success. Sometimes people begin to think about the percent eac...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2021
  • Length: 54:51
The Write Question - Dujie Tahat
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Dujie Tahat discusses precarity, parenthood, and praying for the water in their daughter's lungs. They read two poems from their chapbooks, "H...

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


  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 3
All in the Same Boat
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we bring you an abbreviated special edition of World Ocean Radio in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic. In this edition we'll reite...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
TC Tolbert + Eve Rifkin
From: KXCI
Series: In Our Own Voices
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TC Tolbert interviews Eve Rifkin about queer mothering. In Our Own Voices offers listeners a glimpse into the experiences of the various voices th...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:11
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.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Poet and Editor of The Georgia Review Stephen Corey
From: New Letters on the Air
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Three-time Georgia Author of the Year for poetry and editor of THE GEORGIA REVIEW, Stephen Corey reads from his book STARTLED AT THE BIG SOUND: ESS...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Saul Diskin – Identical Twins
From: Barry Vogel
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The End of the Twins, a Memoir of Losing a Brother Ever wondered what it would be like to have an identical twin—how alike would you be to that per...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Osborn, John Jay:  A Marriage as a Separate Entity
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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“Listen to the Marriage” is a novel by John Jay Osborn, a retired lawyer and law professor. The story centers a marriage counselor and a recently s...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
End Kids Cancer
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: End Kids Cancer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children from 1 to 14 years old. According to the American Cancer Society more than 10,000 children ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Homeschooling Explained
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to homeschool your kids then todays show is for you. We sat down with Mary Lemke, an experienced home...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 12:36
Raising Girls (Part 1)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A sampling of ideas and best practices for raising girls into adulthood. Three women who all have daughters and are also scholars and writers in t...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Joe Wilkins - 261
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Joe Wilkins talks about how he makes poems and reads from his collection 'When We Were Birds'

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


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5