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Language Peeves: Inner Grammandos vs. Inner Wordies
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🌟📚 Dive into the Evolution of English with us! 📚🌟 🎙️ This week on The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview series. We're thrilled ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 31:17
The Success of Guaranteed Income: Cash Relief for Black Moms (August 30, 2023 release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This year, Mother’s Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Poor parents will be taking a hit — but Guarant...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, KDNK, KWMR, WNYE and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Criminalized Survival
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Activist, Kim Dadou Brown, Credit: Daniel A. Nelson
In this episode, Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson talk with us about their documentary, And So I Stayed. This award-winning film centers three...

Bought by WUWM, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bold Women Of Montana - 0306 - Frieda and Belle Fligelman
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Bold Women Of Montana - 0303 - Women's Protective Union
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Bold Women Of Montana - 0302 - Myrna Loy
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Bold Women of Montana - 0301 - Eloise Cobell
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Warrior Women & Wounded Knee at 50: Madonna Thunder Hawk & Marcella (Women's History Month) Gilbert
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What role did Warrior Women play in the Wounded Knee Occupation, and the American Indian Movement (AIM)? This February 2023, as we mark the 50th an...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WJAB, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Reforming Prosecutor Power - Especially After Roe
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Prosecutors are immensely powerful, especially now, after the overthrow of Roe. They decide which cases to bring, what charges to make and what sen...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Peaceful Assembly
From: Steve Plotkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Protests over the death of George Floyd and others have continued for weeks as many local jurisdictions begin to approve police reform measures. E...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 03:53
Coronavirus and Emotion Contagion plus Women Seeking New Relationships with Men
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Fear and relationships benefit from emotion management
The Coronavirus is generating fear to such a degree that the NY Governor said we are experiencing a "fear pandemic". There is a concept called emot...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 52:51
116-01: A Radical Idea to End Poverty--The Stockton Experiment
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Natalie Foster, Economic Security Project
As president, Democratic Senator Kamala Harris wants to give up to $6,000 to working families each year... as a tax credit. Entrepreneur Andrew Yan...

Bought by KWMR, KWIT, Louisville Public Media, KCSB-FM, KWIT and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
116: A Radical Idea To End Poverty
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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This week, we hear about a radical plan to end poverty: Universal Basic Income. Lauren talks to the team behind an experiment with Guaranteed Incom...

Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, WNIN, WLPR , KCSB-FM and more


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 9
102: “There is no peak fury”: Rebecca Traister, Author of Good And Mad: The Revolutionary Power Of Women’s Anger
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Rebecca Traister, Credit: One World Journalist
It’s safe to say that many American women are pretty angry these days. Since the founding of this country, women have been faced with men in power...

Bought by KWIT, KCSB-FM, KKRN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWIT and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
80: Mid-term election revisit - Kate Black, Chief of Staff for EMILY's List
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Kate Black
In 2017, 16,000 women had raised their hand to run for office. One year later, it's 42,000. But what does it actually take to to win? And what will...

Bought by WLPR , C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWIT, WNIN, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
94: What Happens When Sexual Assault Goes Unpunished? - Sarah Delia, "She Says"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Sarah Delia, Credit: Logan Cyrus
When radio journalist Sarah Delia heard a story about the sexual assault of one of her listeners, “Linda” (not her real name), she knew it was a st...

Bought by WCQS, KUER, Indie3 Radio, KUAF Public Radio, WNIN and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
92: Do Haters Deserve Our Compassion? - Sally Kohn, author of "The Opposite of Hate"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Sally Kohn, Credit: Paul Takeuchi
Can you find compassion in your heart for the haters in your life? CNN political commentator and first-time author Sally Kohn says if we keep on ha...

Bought by KCSB-FM, KCSB-FM, KSJD, KWIT, KUT and more


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
80: How To Get More Women In Office - Kate Black, Chief of Staff for EMILY's List
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Kate Black
More women than ever are raising their hands to run for office. But what does it actually take to to win? And what will be different when they do? ...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KWIT, KWMR, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
5 (Re-air with new intro): How To Break The Cycle of Poverty
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Leila Janah
New book, new intro! There are billions of people across the world who are living in poverty and 800 million people who are illiterate--two-thirds ...

Bought by KWIT and KSJD


  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
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
Women in Business: Stay healthy and achieve a healthy economy
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
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This month Well Woman Radio will focus on women in business, and changes needed in the way businesses run in order to stay healthy and achieve a he...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2013
  • Length: 29:24
Ida Lewis
From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women
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What got Lewis all the recognition, accolades, awards, articles, honors, and even financial rewards, were the many times she climbed in a lifeboat ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
Escaping Control: Linking Gender, Social Movements and Democracy
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Gloria Steinem, Credit: Frank Rogozienski (c)
World-renowned feminist, writer and change-maker Gloria Steinem connects the dots among disparate social movements to reveal the common patterns of...

Bought by KUER, Panhandle Community Radio, KZUM, WZEN.org, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 6