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Birth Night

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Follow doula-in-training Megan Sloat as she witnesses and assists with birth for the first time.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMPG

Added: May 24, 2006
Length: 06:30
Purchases: 2

"Appearances" in a "Rose Garden"? Author Joanne Greenberg on her writing, her life, and mental illness

From: Claudia Cragg

"People don't understand most of us get up off the floor, spit out the carpet and get on with it..."

Added: Apr 05, 2006
Length: 17:14

Part Two: LATINA WOMEN AT INCREASING RISK of HIV

From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Voices of HIV

why Latina women are more at risk, and one woman?s story.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WJAB, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Mar 12, 2006
Length: 05:33
Purchases: 3

Stagefright

From: Steve Mencher

A lost recording brings pleasure to a woman and prolongs her life.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, WFUV, KFAI Minneapolis and more

Added: Feb 23, 2006
Length: 06:50
Purchases: 6

Poor Women Can Heal Themselves

From: Voices of Our World

Good health does not have to be expensive. In Joao Pessoa, Brazil, Maryknoll Sister Euphrasia Nyaki founded Afya in order to allow women to learn m...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUHB

Added: Dec 16, 2005
Length: 27:58
Purchases: 2

RN Documentary: The Pearl and the Plague

From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries

A visit health care facilities in Odessa, where care for people living with HIV /AIDS is seriously hampered because of persistent discrimination, ...

Added: Dec 07, 2005
Length: 29:30

Perinatal Hospice: A Parents Story

From: Miles Eddy

Hospice care is something that most people associate with elderly people, or at least terminally ill adults. But what happens when the life that is...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KRCC-FM

Added: Nov 05, 2005
Length: 07:15
Purchases: 2

Intersect Perinatal Hospice

From: Miles Eddy

Explores the difficult subject, in four segments, of preparing simultaneously for a baby's birth and for a baby's death. Includes perspectives of...

Added: Oct 27, 2005
Length: 28:28

She's Just Like Me

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

Leah Rumack seeks out her mother's best friend to find out about the mother she never knew.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and WBEZ

Added: Oct 20, 2005
Length: 14:30
Purchases: 3

How to insult a man.

From: Merle Kessler

What men really want - according to another damn poll.

Bought by KTNA

Added: Sep 13, 2005
Length: 01:36
Purchases: 1

Obesity

From: WAMU

Jennifer has curves to die for...but she doesn't want to die for 'em! Find out why her friends don't necessarily feel the same.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WBEZ, and KCUR

Added: Aug 10, 2005
Length: 03:32
Purchases: 5

A Survivor of Cutting Speaks Out

From: North Country Public Radio
Series: Raise Your Voice: Stories from North Country Teens

teen audio diary about self-injury, or cutting

Bought by WBEZ, PRX, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jul 08, 2005
Length: 07:57
Purchases: 3

Asia-AIDS

From: Steve Herman

Asian tsunami blamed for increasing AIDS risk

Added: Jul 04, 2005
Length: 02:04

Meth use in Georgia mainly women.

From: David Barasoain
Series: Meth spread in Georgia

Research shows women are main users of meth in Georgia.

Added: Jun 27, 2005
Length: 06:01

Women's Rights: an Unfinished Agenda

From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures

An examination of women's reproductive rights.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC

Added: May 26, 2005
Length: 58:42
Purchases: 1

A House With Many Rooms

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

In this intimate and compelling memoir, Marti Em offers a rare glimpse into what it is like to live with multiple personalities.

Bought by WBEZ

Added: May 11, 2005
Length: 14:21
Purchases: 1

My Body

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront

This program looks at society's fixation with breasts -- a fixation that can be playful -- or downright painful.

Bought by WYSO

Added: May 10, 2005
Length: 12:45
Purchases: 1

Girls Kick ALS

From: jessica lockhart

How a group of friends confront ALS

Added: Apr 27, 2005
Length: 04:24

My Body My Temple

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

Women writers reading their own works about how breast cancer affects their body image

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KLCC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Public Interactive

Added: Mar 30, 2005
Length: 04:04
Purchases: 4

Shades of Gray

From: Jonathan Mitchell

an hour-long audio mosaic about abortion in America

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRIR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis and more

Added: Jan 12, 2005
Length: 58:27
Purchases: 18

Three Women

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

A Chicana, African American and Romanian talk about their breast cancer.

Bought by KUER, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUCB

Added: Oct 19, 2004
Length: 08:44
Purchases: 3

What I did for Drugs

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out

Two young women tell their stories of drug addiction.

Bought by Remix Radio

Added: Oct 11, 2004
Length: 04:47
Purchases: 1

Spirit and Body Willing: Sex Over Age 70

From: Todd Melby

Does getting older spell the end of sexuality? Not always.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, and Spokane Public Radio

Added: Aug 16, 2004
Length: 27:46
Purchases: 3

Heroin and Me

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out

Cassie, a young producer incarcerated at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, ME, gives a step-by-step account of her battle ...

Bought by WMPG and Remix Radio