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Caption: Best Selling Author Karen Abbott, Credit: karenabbott.net
Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of SIN IN THE SECOND CITY, AMERICAN ROSE, and, most recently, LIAR TEMPTRESS SOLDIER SPY,

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 23:13
Caption: Gloria Feldt
Around the world, women are inspiring each other to envision a world where women lead, but quite differently. Women are spontaneously redefining po...

Bought by WCPN, KBBI Alaska, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KMUD, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Gloria Feldt
Around the world, women are inspiring each other to envision a world where women lead, but quite differently. Women are spontaneously redefining po...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
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This story explores Michelle Obama's early life, expectations surrounding her ascendency as First Lady, and the impact she will leave on the office...

Bought by WWNO, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WHCP-LP Cambridge, WTJU, CI Dolphin Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 12
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My Wild West may be Lissie’s third album, but she’s been on the scene for well over 10 years in various projects. Still, this new album finds her a...

Bought by KUCB, KSRQ, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Mia Birdsong
Guest Mia Birdsong of Family Story is addressing the entrenched problem of poverty a new way--by starting with redefining what we think of as a 'tr...

Bought by KSJD, KZYX, WMUU-LP, WRIR, and KSJD


  • Added: Nov 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Noel Wise, Judge
What is 'creative place-making'? We talk with the founder of FreeSpace in San Francisco, CA about how the use of vacant real estate can actually br...

Bought by KSJD, KWMR, KMUD, and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The Republican presidential candidates busy debating their version of so-called immigration reform are using some mighty harsh words. In all that ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Jill Stein was the Green Party candidate for president in 2012 and is seeking the party nomination again in 2016. The Green Party of the United St...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2015
  • Length: 19:39
Caption: Host Martha Burk
July 30 marks a very important anniversary in our modern political history. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KMUD


  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one-half minute commentary on sexual assault in the military and what the Navy is doing to stop it.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The U.S. has put a dozen aircraft carriers and guided missile cruisers off the coast of Yemen, to support Saudi Arabia's military strikes against ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Eve Ensler, Credit: Jennifer Esperanza
For a decade, the award-winning play The Vagina Monologues has provided a startling window into the conflicted complexity of women’s relationships ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Femen North America, Credit: Femen North America
How can a woman determine how she is perceived by the world, and even by herself? On this edition, we hear stories of women who are using their bo...

Bought by WCPN, WRIR, and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Butchering your own meat has become, for lack of a better word, kinda trendy. But it's also a basic survival skill that dates back to the stone age.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 26:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gloria Steinem
World-renowned feminist, writer and change-maker Gloria Steinem connects the dots among disparate social movements to reveal the common patterns of...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Fourth of five broadcasts on what's at stake for women in the upcoming elections. Today's topic: equal pay as a priority.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Third of five broadcasts on what's at stake for women in the upcoming elections. Topic: Reproductive rights.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
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What does it mean when a woman commits a crime and attributes her actions to PMS? We revisit the first use of the "PMS defense," in this country, b...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: KALW's Hana Baba with Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States
KALW’s Hana Baba met up with the former president during his recent stop in San Francisco to talk with him about his book, and the issues facing wo...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
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
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Health care reform, also known as the Affordable Care Act or "Obamacare", is moving forward with new health coverage enrollment and both women and ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 30:01
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Freida Mock talks time, perspective, and the impact of the right image.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 11:36
Caption: Host Martha Burk
According to a couple of cases coming up before the Supreme Court, the United States, which was founded on the principle of religious freedom, has ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama wants the minimum wage raised to $10.10 an hour. Conservatives claim it will destroy entry level jobs for new workers. They're wro...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:30