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Interview w/gastroenterologist KAREN KIM about her journey into medicine
From: Out of Bounds
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Interview with feminist MD, KAREN KIM about her path into a medical career

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Dr. Marjorie J. Spruill - Divided We Stand
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Dr. Marjorie J. Spruill, author of Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized ...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
Rise to Run Helps Women with Political Aspirations
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Rise to Run is a national organization working at the grass roots level to instill confidence and skills in young women with political aspirations.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
67: How Femininity Can Save Humanity-Nina Simons, Bioneers
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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What if the root of all the world’s problems is the imbalance of masculinity and femininity in our leadership? Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers ...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, KUT and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 13
RDD: One Star Placed in the Center
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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One Star Placed in the Center is the name of the mural located in downtown Toledo along Adams and 11th ­street. It is one of the many murals the Ar...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond Choice: Organizing for Reproductive Justice
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Loretta Ross, Credit: Speak Out
Loretta Ross, co-founder of SisterSong breaks down the reproductive justice framework; and Tina Reynolds, co-founder and Chair of Women on the Rise...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, XRAY.fm, WRIR, and WXDU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Taking Your Kid To A March Or Rally?
From: Yuko Kodama
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A buzz among the local parent crowd leading up to this weekend’s women’s marches is whether or not to take kids to the event. KBCS's Yuko Kodama sp...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 04:34
Feminism Today
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Let's take a look at what it means to be a feminist. Students from Winona State University along with Dr. Mary Jo Klinker fill us in on how feminis...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KVSC, and KZYX


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 42:59
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending November 25, 2016
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Democrats' Failure to Address Economic Insecurity Gave Trump Election Adva...

Bought by WRIR, WMUU-LP, and 91.7 WHUS Storrs


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Families and Prison: Part One
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week is our first installment of a series covering the impact of prison on families. This episode focuses on Wendi Middleton, who works in the...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:22
Women Rising 32: Nuclear Weapons Abolitionists Part 2
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: 8/9 Nagasaki Day Protest at Livermore Labs, Credit: photo by The Resource Center for Nonviolence rcnv.org via Twitter @RNCV1
Women Rising Radio presents Part Two of our miniseries on global activists fighting for a phase-out of nuclear weapons and energy. Part Two focus...

Bought by Radio Catskill and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending November 4, 2016
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Next President Will Have the Power to Shift Direction of Supreme Court; Wo...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Women, Health, and Prison: Part One
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week is our introduction to the topic of women, health, and prison. We speak with some prisoners from the Indiana Women's Prison about their e...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 1
53: Joan Blades, founder of MoveOn.org & Kate Schatz author of "Rad Women Worldwide"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Joan Blades
Liberal activist Joan Blades co-founded MoveOn.org, Moms Rising and Living Room Conversations. Now she has teamed up with Republican John Gable on ...

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Michael Bronski -- A Queer History of the United States.
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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Michael Bronski is an American academic and writer, best known for his 2011 book A Queer History of the United States.

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 25:03
  • Purchases: 1
The true cost of fast fashion: a look inside Los Angeles sweatshops
From: Making Contact
Caption: Santee Alley , Credit: Ana Gremard / Used Under CC/ flickr
On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take you on a trip through LA’s garment district, notorious for sweatshop conditions, abuse, and the outrig...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mrs. Winona County on Crohn's and Colitis
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: KQAL's Teri Tenseth visits with Mrs. Winona County, Nicole Brennan, Credit: Doug Westerman
On this episode of "Culture Clique" we visit with the current reigning Mrs. Winona County. She will share with us details about her competition thi...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 12:47
Abortion Access Under Attack
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Special edition of Making Contact with guest Host, Rose Aguilar discussing reproductive health and abortion rights 43 years after Roe v. Wade.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Racism in America
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Annie Barnes author of "Everyday Racism, A Book for All Americans.” Barnes describes the effects of rac...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
An Unusual but Legal Trade: the “Mule Women” of Morocco
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Border crossing , Credit: Thalia Beaty and Maggy Donaldson
Moroccan markets sell goods imported from Spain at a discount for buyers. But that discount comes at a price -- for the Moroccan women who bring th...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2015
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 1
WOMEN RISING RADIO XXVIII: Global Community
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Women Rising Radio 28 profiles global community organizers - whose work is based in their compassion and common sense, and whose organizing is ma...

Bought by WCPN and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sasha Fisher and Spark Microgrants: Helping Communities Create Their Own Success
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Sasha Fisher, cofounder and Executive Director of Spark Microgrants, discusses with Associate Director of Communications Holly Camisa how Spark wor...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 33:40
15: Judge Noel Wise & Ilana Lipsett, Building Safe Communities
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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
Pope Francis Fails on One Huge Issue
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Get ready for Pope, Pope, and more Pope 24-7 this week, as the pontiff makes his rounds in the nation’s capital. No doubt Pope Francis is kinder a...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
(Un) Happy Anniversary for Medicare?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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