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American women are, on average, paid 84 cents for every dollar men make, according to the Department of Labor. Those in favor of closing the gap se...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KRVS
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
In 2009 Lilly Ledbetter learned she had been paid 40% less than men in the same Goodyear Tire & Rubber job. It was a long slog, but she won, and wo...
- Added: Jan 26, 2024
- Length: 03:00
We're celebrating our 200th episode... 19 episodes late. A pandemic does get in the way of things, one of them being our 200th episode which aired ...
- Added: Jun 23, 2020
- Length: 06:09
On our last episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Jonie McIntire mentioned how important it was to check in with friends during this time of quaranti...
- Added: May 04, 2020
- Length: 05:59
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 ...
- Added: Sep 21, 2017
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
Meet Alison Levine, the only American to follow the route of Reinhold Messner to the South Pole, and one of the few to complete the Adventure Grand...
Bought by WRIR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KSJD
- Added: Jan 16, 2016
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 4
Financing a business plan or personal project usually means taking out a bank loan, but for many immigrants, there's another alternative. KFAI's Al...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 04:39
First, Amanda Lindhout recounts 15 months of captivity in Somalia and how she mustered the courage to come through her ordeal unbroken. Then, Jaye ...
Bought by WCWP
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 54:51
- Purchases: 1
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
First, Hedrick Smith, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist on national affairs examines recent national events to find and the result is, “Who Stole...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Jan 15, 2013
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 1
First, Margaux Fragoso tells her story of surviving and overcoming the scars of childhood sexual abuse by an older man. Then marketing guru Brad Fa...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 59:55
- Purchases: 1
Women and girls are a powerful accelerator for change, says Nike Foundation's Swan Paik. By allowing girls to fall through irreversible trap doors ...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 25, 2011
- Length: 30:32
- Purchases: 1
In this program we profile four women entrepreneurs leading a worldwide grassroots movement to create micro-enterprise.
Bought by KHNS, KFAI Minneapolis, and 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Aug 28, 2007
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3