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Caption: Baby Drew with her Mommy, Caitlin, and her Mamma, Monica, Credit: Giovanna Rossi
How does the process of birth impact new motherhood? Is it a rite of passage or a medical event? Next time on Well Woman Radio we’ll hear from Pam ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious discusses jealousy with French psychoanalyst Marcianne Blevis, author of “Jealousy: True Stories of Love’s Favorite Decoy.”

  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
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When it comes to love, jealousy is sometimes thought of as “natural” or even desirable. But a recent survey suggests that women who see jealousy as...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WLIW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: A gathering for the "Rally To Improve Birth" in front of the Austin TX. Capitol Building., Credit: rallytoimprovebirth.com
Interviews with birth professionals and a mom.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 30:01
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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
Caption: Jessica Jerome of the U.S. is airborne during her ski jump, Credit: USA Today
Is Olympic ski jumping “inappropriate for ladies from a medical point of view” as claimed by an International Olympic Committee member? We’ll hear...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
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First, in the Angel Effect, John Geiger investigates common accounts of extraordinary experiences when ordinary people claim to have been visited b...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
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First, Joyce Bender, the Chair of the Board of the American Association of People with Disabilities and CEO of Bender Consulting Services, discusse...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
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First, Sherry Blackman, explains how she managed to capture Jane Gagliardo's riveting story in her new book, Call to Witness. Then, Stacy Horn, a j...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
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First, AARPs Love and Relationship expert, Pepper Schwartz, gives the details of a survey, titled The Normal Bar, that uncovered the surprising sec...

Bought by WCWP and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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First, Jonathan Haidt is a professor of Ethical Leadership at the NYU-Stern School of business and author of The Righteous Mind. He joins us to exp...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with identical twins, Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein, who were separated as infants and reunited in 2003 at the ages of 35. ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Martha Shane and Lana Wilson talk fear, safety, and putting people before politics.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2013
  • Length: 13:41
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, we look at a program that seems to be having some success in quelling the violence in some men with histories of do...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Radio Curious revisits a 2003 conversation with Alexandra Fuller, author of “Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” a memoir ab...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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It’s not just about Roe v Wade and the Supreme Court. Local institutions can create restrictions that prevent women from exercising reproductive h...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
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The lives of thirteen people are featured in a new book–-but the real star is a 1957 Chevrolet Townsman wagon. Auto Biography tells the true story ...

Bought by WJCT and KVLU


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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The lives of thirteen people are featured in a new book--but the real star is a 1957 Chevrolet Townsman wagon. Auto Biography tells the true story ...

Bought by WCNY, KREV-LP, and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 53:48
  • Purchases: 3
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First, the negative effects that cancer treatment takes on self-image is often overlooked. Realizing there is more to healing than medicine; Marian...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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This week is proving to be one of the most influential for women’s reproductive rights in Indiana. Earlier today, Governor Mike Pence signed into l...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:59
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Radio Curious visits with Anne Makepeace, the writer and director of the documentary film, “We Still Live Here,” which chronicles the movement to r...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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First, journalist, Kim Ghattas had inside access to Hillary Clinton on her world travels while covering the US State Department. Lebanese born Ghat...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, WGBH Radio Boston, and WOUB


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Woman in Handcuffs, Credit: Thisisbossi
Pregnant women in America’s prisons are being shackled to their beds; others are being sterilized. Correctional institutions claim the policies are...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change
Many extraordinary women around the world are using their diverse talents to improve human rights. Alyse Nelson is the CEO of Vital Voices, an orga...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 4
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Series host Martha Burk interviews New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's The Fe...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1