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The Push out of Black Girls from Schools (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
Testimonies: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
From: Prairie Public
Caption: Olivia Lone Bear Poster in Fargo, ND, Credit: Prairie Public
"Testimonies" is a program where people who share similar life experiences & challenges come together to talk about them. In this episode, 3 enrol...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:13
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: Recovery
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, we'll continue our story with Michelle as we discuss her recovery process. If you missed part 1 of this 2-par...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
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
2021-03-07 The Value of Care: Feminism and Ethics
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do notions like care, compassion, and empathy change the way we view our obligations to others?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Bemidji's Loop the Lake Bicycling Festival!
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Mur Gilman
Mur Gilman is passionate about living an active life and encouraging others to do so, too. She's helped organize Bemidji's Loop the Lake Festival ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 12:00
Missing Humanities
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dr. Homi Bhabha at the Oxford bookstore in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The CEO of Tech Mahindra said that the top 10 IT companies in India only take 6% of the engineering graduates. What happens to the other 94% he won...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
First Friday Arts Round-up!
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Art in Bemidji
On the first Friday of every month, we check with a couple folks around the listening area and discover what is happening in the arts scene!

  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 28:13
Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa – Positive Leadership Spreading Like Ripples in Water
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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Roxanne DeLille and Valerie Shangreaux discuss their work with The Community Leadership Programs at The Blandin Foundation, building leadership ski...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 1
Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa - Leadership Roles
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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Roxanne DeLille and Valerie Shangreaux share their experiences in community leadership: how they entered into leadership roles, who inspired and en...

Bought by WGZS and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Abortion Clinic Owner
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
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Amy Hagstrom Miller of Whole Woman’s Health is on a mission to make abortions safe and stigma-free. The journey has taken her to the Supreme Court.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 1
Soon-To-Be Mothers In Missouri’s Bootheel Scramble To Find Care After Hospital Announces Closure
From: Side Effects Public Media
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For years, Missouri's Bootheel region has only had one full time OB/GYN. That's despite having the worst birth outcomes in the state and one of the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
RBG -- Julie Cohen & Betsy West Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Julie Cohen and Betsy West talk planking as a response to critics, the element of surprise, and the best advice a mother can give.

  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 15:47
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
Facing unique mental health challenges, female veterans are killing themselves more often
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Deana Martorella Orellana's mother, Laurel Martorella (left), and Orellana's sister, Robin Jewell, hold her Marine Corps photo. Orellana killed herself a year after leaving the Marines. She had agreed to undergo counseling the day she died., Credit: Jay Price/American Homefront
Female veterans are nearly 2 1/2 times more likely than their civilian counterparts to kill themselves. Advocates say women's mental health challen...

Bought by KGUA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KRZA, WUSF and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 8
The Dialogue of Race
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious continues the 2nd of a two part conversation with civil rights lawyer, Barbara Phillips, a contributor to the book “Voices of Civil R...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Women's History Makes The Future - Blanche Wiesen Cook
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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"Some of us have too much of this world’s goods​... and we are thereby separated too widely from each other," ​wrote Eleanor Roosevelt, the subject...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Protecting and Defending Civil Rights
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with civil rights lawyer, Barbara Phillips, who is also a contributing writer to the anthology "Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Sex Trafficking in Southeast Minnesota
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique we sit down with Laura Sutherland, the Safe Harbor Regional Navigator for Southeast Minnesota. The Safe Harbor Pr...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 21:00
For Sex Workers Struggling With Addiction, A Safe Path To Recovery Can Be Hard To Find
From: Side Effects Public Media
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In Columbus, law enforcement and anti-human trafficking advocates are seeing an increase in the number of women who are trafficked due to an opioid...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Faced With Sex Trafficking Surge, A City Wonders If 'John School' Can Reduce Demand
From: Side Effects Public Media
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In central Ohio, law enforcement have seen an increase in sex trafficking, likely due to the opioid epidemic. The demand for this work is driven by...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WYSO


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 3
Solitary Confinement: Locked Away with No Human Contact
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses solitary confinement and its physical and mental health impacts on prison inmates with Dr. Terry Allen Kupers, a forensic p...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Our Dreams Untangle Our Days
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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Dreams untangle our days. According to some theories, they give us a chance to work through in our sleep some of the threats and stresses of our da...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: A March for Solidarity and Justice
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Simone, Audrianna and Everett
Since 1992, Valentines Day has been the day people have been marching to show support for the missing and murdered indigenous women worldwide. In ...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 13:38
For Sex Workers Struggling With Addiction, A Safe Path To Recovery Can Be Hard To Find
From: Matt Hodapp
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For some women addicted to opioids, selling sex to buy drugs can become a dangerous way of life. When they want to seek help, treatment options are...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 03:44

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