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The Write Question - Jim Williams - 357
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Wildlife biologist and author, Jim Williams, discusses his book, "Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion." He also reads ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
OutCasting 52 - LGBTQ women in AIDS activism - part 2 of 2
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Journalist and activist Ann Northrop, Credit: Bill Bahlman
This week on OutCasting, public radio’s LGBTQ youth program, we continue our conversation with Ann Northrop, a longtime journalist and activist, ab...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Aug 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 93: Lavender Scare
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Helen James grew up in a military family – her great great grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 24:39
Hindsight is 20/20
From: Stephen Grant
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Greg Pierotti and members of New York City’s Tectonic Theater Project spent months in the small town of Laramie, Wyoming conducting interviews with...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 23, 2018
  • Length: 26:08
  • Purchases: 1
OutCasting Overtime - April 2018 - Was Alexander the Great gay?
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Lucas
The changing meaning and social significance of homosexuality.

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Defiant Braceros: How Migrant Workers Fought For Racial, Political, And Sexual Freedom
From: KZYX
Series: Talking About California-Hispanic Heritage
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In this episode we learn about the bracero program, the largest migrant worker program in the United States which lasted from 1942-1964. Dr Mireya ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 47:50
"Eleanor and Hitch: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady" w/ author Susan Quinn
From: Out of Bounds
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Lively and informative discussion w/Author Susan Quinn as we focus on her bestseller "Eleanor and Hitch: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady"

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gay youth look back on the Stonewall riots - PART 2 OF 2
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
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LGBTQ youth are often unaware of their own history. In this occasional series, OutCasting connects them with that history. This is part 2 of a tw...

Bought by KZYX and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gay youth look back on the Stonewall riots - PART 1 OF 2
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Professor Karla Jay, Ph.D.
LGBTQ youth are often unaware of their own history. In this occasional series, OutCasting connects them with that history. This is part 1 of a tw...

Bought by KZYX, Radio Catskill, and WMMT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Minnneapolis performance artist Patrick Scully portrays Walt Whitman in one-man show
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Minneapolis performance artist Patrick Scully has created a one-man show about the life and times of Walt Whitman. It's called "Leaves of Grass--Il...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 31:02
  • Purchases: 1
LGBTQ youth remember the late Gilbert Baker, creator of the rainbow flag
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Caption: Gilbert Baker in our studio, 3/1/17. He died unexpectedly just a month later.
OutCasting youth participant Alex remembers Gilbert Baker, longtime LGBTQ activist and creator of the rainbow flag

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
Eleanor In Love and Politics
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In the first part of the show we’ll be joined by Susan Quinn. We’ll discuss her biography of love and friendship, Eleanor & Hick: The Love Affair T...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:54
Flawlessly Gorgeous
From: Diana Nguyen
Caption: Bobby Miller in his studio., Credit: Ron Amato
This is a profile of Bobby Miller, a photographer in Provincetown, MA.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 04:45
WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED -- Gillian Armstrong Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Gillian Armstrong talks Cary Grant’s stinginess, Marilyn Monroe’s (lack of a) sense of humor, and the relief of having her suspicions confirmed.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 15:24
StoryCorps OutLoud: Joel Tucker and Gordon Blake
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Joel Tucker (left) and his friend, Gordon Blake (right)
In this special StoryCorps production, Joel Tucker and his friend Gordon Blake share Joel’s experiences following an anti-LGBTQ incident from 2000.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps OutLoud: Reverend Troy Perry
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Phillip “Buddy” De Blieck (left) and Rev. Troy Perry (right) , Credit: Rev. Troy Perry
On June 24, 1973, an intentionally set fire tore through a New Orleans gay bar killing 32. Rev. Troy Perry came to StoryCorps to recall the aftermath.

Bought by Radio Catskill, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 3
Life of the Law #86: Winter of Love
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: John and Stuart celebrate after legally marrying in 2008., Credit: Bella Pictures
Marrying the person you love is the ideal, right? So what happens when you finally get to do that, only to have the government tell you, never mind...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 31:17
  • Purchases: 1
Dying Words: The AIDS Reporting of Jeffrey Schmalz
From: Kerry Donahue
Caption: Jeffrey Schmalz
Twenty-five years ago, New York Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz ended up in the middle of one of the biggest stories of our time: He had AIDS. His w...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media, WNYC, WVTF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 91
Norman's House
From: Jonathan Hirsch
Series: ARRVLS
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A story of three friends, a disease, and the opera.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 20:25
Gay Beach
From: Anne Hoffman
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In the 70s and 80s, gay men from Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Baltimore would vacation on Delaware’s beaches. Rehoboth, with gay-accented bars ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 09:48
Commemorating a historic week of queer activism
From: KALW
Caption: DIE-IN, DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO, Credit: Dan Nicoletta
Pink Saturday is a huge street party that takes place every year on the night before the San Francisco Pride Parade. Thousands of people from all o...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 08:39
StoryCorps: Walter Naegle and Ericka Naegle
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ericka Naegle (L) and Walter Naegle (R)
Walter Naegle tells his niece, Ericka, about the unconventional decision that he and his partner, Bayard Rustin, made to protect their union.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The White House lit up in a rainbow, Credit: USA Today
After the historic ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, Sandip Roy reflects on... his Facebook feed.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Allusionist 12: Pride
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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It’s June; the President of the USA has officially designated it LGBT Pride Month, and there’ll be Pride events around the world. But how did the w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZMU Moab Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 14:08
  • Purchases: 3
Beyond Stonewall: The Push for LGBT Civil Rights
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We go back to the night in June 1969 at the New York City Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT rights movement. On today’s show we’ll hear about the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WRIR, KQED and more


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 15