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HICK: A LOVE STORY -- Terry Baum Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Terry Baum talks fulfilling her destiny, presenting the evidence, and the advantages of a one-woman show.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 21:47
Free to Be at Forty
From: Feinstein Center for American Jewish History Temple University
Caption: Free to Be....You and Me album cover (1972), Credit: Free to Be Foundation
In 2014, Free to Be... You and Me, the iconic feminist children's album, turned forty. Despite its age, the music and its message of gender equalit...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 19:12
StoryCorps: Ruth Coker Burks and Paul Wineland
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ruth Coker Burks and Paul Wineland.
Ruth Coker Burks tells her friend Paul Wineland about caring for AIDS patients during the...

Bought by WUTC, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
Father of Computer Science Also Left a Mark on Biology
From: WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
Series: Living Lab on The Point
Caption: Alan Turing, 1951, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Alan Turing has been compared Albert Einstein and Leonardo Da Vinci. Turing was a founding father of computer science and an instrumental world war...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 49:32
The Ghosts of Fire Island
From: Myke Dodge Weiskopf
Caption: The Invasion of the Pines on Fire Island, Credit: Mike Fisher
For most of the 20th Century, New York's Fire Island was virtually the only place on Earth where gay men and lesbians felt safe to live and to love...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and Wild Planet Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 3
MIW #13 Dossie Easton - Author, Psychotherapist, & Ethical Slut
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Dossie Easton on MIW, Credit: Allegra Bandy
Making It Work Radio Season 1-Episode 13 with Dossie Easton, Author, Psychotherapist, and Ethical Slut

  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 19:33
I Will Assume Thy Part in Some Disguise
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Caption: Charlotte Cushman as Romeo with her sister, Susan as Juliet
The life of Charlotte Cushman who specialized in playing Romeo in the mid-1800s

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Clela Rorex and Sue Larson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Clela Rorex (R) and her friend Sue Larson (L).
Clela Rorex (R), a former County Clerk in Boulder, Colorado, tells her friend Sue Larson...

Bought by WEZU, WMUU-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, KMUD, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 5
Flatmouth I (2)
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: History of Leech Lake
Caption: Elaine Fleming
Flatmouth. Host: Elaine Fleming

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 14:02
  • Purchases: 1
TEST -- Chris Mason Johnson Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Chris Mason Johnson, San Francisco, CA 6/2/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Chris Mason Johnson talks being alert, Rock Hudson as a touchstone, and perplexing Millennials.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 18:10
The Laundry: Episode 2 -- With Margarita Lopez
From: Kelly Cogswell
Series: The Laundry Podcast
Caption: Margarita today., Credit: Kelly Cogswell
An in-depth interview with former New York City council member and out Latina lesbian, Margarita López.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 26:23
Curtis and Kathy
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Curtis Billie from N'MPower
N’MPower participant and Program Manager, Curtis Billie, interviews Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, a potter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, in a community ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:32
Anonymous and Diana
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Marquell, Sharon, and Jane
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Wearing the Trousers
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Ed Ayers talks with historian Emily Skidmore about the 19th Century media fascination with women who lived as men.

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 09:17
  • Purchases: 3
The "Great Gay Poet"?
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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BackStory producer Jesse Dukes explores the complex debates surrounding Walt Whitman’s sexuality, with help from poet Richard Tayson.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 3
Lavender is the New Red
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh sits down with historian David Johnson to discuss the “Lavender Scare” of the 1950s, which saw thousands of gays and lesbians exc...

Bought by WDBM, Radio Newark, Louisville Public Media, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 5
Outed: Sexual Identity in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Affectionate Valentine couple, c1890., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
As the Winter Olympics in Sochi approach, countries around the world have expressed concerns over Russian legislation outlawing LGBTQ “propaganda.”...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCPN, WRPI, WPCA-LP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
PROMO - Outed: Sexual Identity in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: Affectionate Valentine couple, c1890, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Outed: Sexual Identity in America," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date tag.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: :30
Gay and Puerto Rican: Three Voices of Change
From: Kelly Cogswell
Series: Activist Voices
Caption: A student ID that Luis Santiago found years later in his police file.
In conversations with Kelly Cogswell, founder of early feminist and gay groups in Puerto Rico, former New York City councilmember Margarita Lopez d...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
Marriage Poster Gals Del & Phyllis: Their Politics
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco City Hall in 2004 and again - legally - in 2008, mere months bef...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:24
Marriage Poster Gals Del & Phyllis: A Love Story
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco City Hall in 2004 and again -- legally -- in 2008, mere months b...

Bought by WORT, KQED, and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 3
Plane Queer: Airline stewards gay?! Really?!? (A history)
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Are most airline stewards gay? How did their legal battles with airlines advance gay rights and gender workplace equity? History professor Phil Tie...

  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:54
Liberace & His Spectacular Crystal Closet
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: One of Liberace's incredible feather capes, Credit: Glen Rutter
A half-hour music-rich documentary on Liberace and the former Liberace Museum. His story is told using historical clips from Liberace himself in pe...

Bought by WORT, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 3
The Rainbow Effect
From: ASR American Student Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Michael shares the empowering journey of claiming his own gender.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:17