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Making the right decision can be the toughest part of leadership. Obsessing about it can freeze you from making any decision at all! Beverley McLa...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Pauline Koelbl's life was upended when she became a refugee from the war in Rwanda -- but she found opportunity despite that refugee status, and is now the driving force behind ShEquity -- a firm investing in and providing resources for women-owned busine
Women mean business. And they could mean even bigger business: closing the workforce gender gap could add $28 trillion to the global GDP. Paulin...

Bought by WKSU


  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 52:28
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Struggling for survival - How are textile workers in Bangladesh faring who are unable to socially distance in their fact...

  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on The Intersection...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 56:43
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This week on the show: After price hikes, people in Egypt are struggeling to make ends meet. Venezuela is facing an uprecedented economic collapes ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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Born and raised in Russia, Liza Moiseeva attended college in the U.S., hoping to swim professionally. She had no idea her focus would change dramat...

Bought by WCNY and CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kasey O'Connell, Fif Ghobadian and Alice Cahan, Credit: Road Twenty-Two
Iran-born Fif Ghobadian created San Francisco fashion brand Road Twenty-Two to provide jobs for women released from prison.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 13:36
Caption: Melissa Austria, Founder of GotStyle
Toronto retailer Melissa Austria has created thriving menswear stores that appeal to guys who hate to shop but want to look good.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:44
Caption: Rebecca Smith
Season 2 - Better Life Bags Social Enterprise Romy interviews Rebecca Smith with Better Life Bags in Hamtramck of Detroit. Hear the incredible st...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 35:32
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Indigenous Activist Berta Cáceres Slain Amid Honduras' Rising Political Vi...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Fitting in is a point of contention for many women - the idea that to do well at work we have to mesh with company culture, instead of the company ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 17:11
Caption: Pam McKissick Without Reserve
In this episode of "Without Reserve" host Pam McKissick takes a look at small companies doing big business in foreign lands. Her special guests in...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2014
  • Length: 51:40
Caption: Lisa Fruchtman, San Francisco, CA 11/22/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lisa Fruchtman talks simple pleasures, honoring the past, and warming up to cold.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 21:51
Caption: Angelica Cheung, Editor Vogue China
Angelica Cheung, Editor Vogue China, on Luxury and Fashion Trends in Mainland China, from an interview @INYTLuxury 2013

  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 08:11
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Ina Grau is the name of a boutique shoe line by Luisa Garcia-Gomez and Crystal Quinn. The women harmoniously combine their talents to create a coll...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:14
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Africa's economies are growing fast, and this is partly linked to entrepreneurship. Women make up a large number of African entrepreneurs, so when ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 12:35
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Interview with Dr. Susanne Jalbert who works around the world promoting peace by enabling equitable business development.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2010
  • Length: 45:22
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June is the most popular month for weddings. And in Uruguay, like many places, it’s traditional to throw rice at the newlyweds. But at City Hall ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 17, 2010
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
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In India about 10 million people work as street vendors. A fourth of them are women, and that number is rising. Women vendors face many obstacles...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 2
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In the village of Kamoria in northern Sierra Leone women sell tree trunks, known as sticks, to keep their families alive. They spend 18 hours a da...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Baraka Yakubu, who you heard about in the previous story, came to the U.S. from Northern Ghana where ethnic tensions have led to violent conflict. ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 04:15
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When we hear about young women working as prostitutes, we usually find out pimps and traffickers lured them into the business. It’s hard to imagin...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 08:14
  • Purchases: 1
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For thousands of people in Africa, every single day brings the same question: will we have enough food to feed the children today? Will we have a...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Getting around in Beirut, Lebanon is a challenge. Traffic is heavy and the options are few. If you're a woman it can be even harder. Public taxi...

Bought by WBEZ and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 2
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How a fragile woman of Dutch descent became one of the most powerful women in U.S. business.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 11:18