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Born Blue

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions

Countless emotions fill a baby delivery room: elation, exhilaration, apprehension. But excitement can shift to sheer panic if the baby is delayed t...

Added: Feb 18, 2015
Length: 03:46

Mother of Invention

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

A mother and a nurse created a device to help other breast-feeding moms.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Dec 01, 2014
Length: 22:32
Purchases: 1

Neurosexism

From: Susanne Bard

Our ideas about how the anatomical differences in male and female brains explain the behaviors of men and women may be based on bias rather than sc...

Bought by KMXT

Added: Nov 28, 2014
Length: 01:00
Purchases: 1

Mind-Controlled Medicine

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: A brainwave-triggered implant which could potentially turn on genes controlling the production of therapeutic proteins., Credit: March Folcher/ETH Zurich

Could brainwaves one day trigger an implant that stops epilepsy and chonic pain episodes before they begin?

Bought by KMXT

Added: Nov 16, 2014
Length: 01:00
Purchases: 1

Sound Asleep: Does Gender Make A Difference?

From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio

Caption: Dr. Monica Mallampalli, Society of Women's Health Research, Credit: Today Show

This month I talk to professionals from a variety of backgrounds to try and understand what it takes to get a good night’s sleep. Whether it’s ins...

Added: Sep 25, 2014
Length: 28:21

Episode 5: In my shoes

From: Faye Reiff-Pasarew
Series: The Art Of Medicine Podcast

What is it like to experience a grand mal seizure?

Added: Sep 03, 2014
Length: 22:24

That Crime Of The Month

From: Criminal

What does it mean when a woman commits a crime and attributes her actions to PMS? We revisit the first use of the "PMS defense," in this country, b...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Aug 26, 2014
Length: 10:00
Purchases: 2

Two Guys on Your Head: Attractiveness and Opportunity

From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head

When it comes to what society finds attractive many factors play a role. Evolutionarily speaking we tend to be attracted to symmetry, and markers t...

Added: Dec 20, 2013
Length: 07:20

Food Sleuth Radio, Annie Kay Interview

From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio

Is life in the fast lane catching up with you? Perhaps you’d like to slow down, enjoy life more and truly eat “well.” Join Food Sleuth Radio host a...

Added: Oct 17, 2013
Length: 28:00

The Girls of Atomic City

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

In her new book, journalist Denise Kiernan shares the never before told story of the young women who played a crucial role in one of the most signi...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jul 04, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 1

The Opening Door Show - Dr. Tori Hudson

From: Wendy Strgar
Series: The Opening Door - Sexual Health & Wellness

The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

Bought by Radio Catskill

Added: May 08, 2013
Length: 26:06
Purchases: 1

Not Your Mother's Shop Class

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Shop class 20 years ago meant hacksaws and hammers, but today's shop class is about teaching innovation and creation through computer programming, ...

Bought by WJCT, KVLU, and Radio Newark

Added: Apr 11, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 3

Edna the Engineer and National Security

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Caption: Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are these in the Daytona Beach branch of the Volusia county vocational school., Credit: National Archives and Records Administration

A recent science test showing that American girls are lagging behind boys has brought women in science back into the national conversation. More th...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Radio Newark, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Feb 18, 2013
Length: 02:37
Purchases: 4

Edna the Engineer: Who Gets to be a Scientist?

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

You know the stereotype: white guy in a lab coat with crazy hair and an experiment gone awry. But the picture of science is changing. In this episo...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WFHB, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Feb 18, 2013
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 4

My Saints Alive

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

A man whose wife died of breast cancer manages to find love again. But then he learns the woman who will be his second wife is diagnosed with breas...

Bought by WJCT

Added: Jul 09, 2012
Length: 28:57
Purchases: 1

The Underwear Drawer

From: Radio Rounds

We discuss work-life balance with Dr. Michelle Au, an anesthesiologist and acclaimed author. Since medical school, she has penned “The Underwear Dr...

Added: Jun 22, 2012
Length: 29:30

Mountain gorillas save researchers from militia gunfire

From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES

Caption: Silverback Kabirizi, Credit: Paula Kahumbu

Fewer than 800 Mountain Gorillas remain making them one the world's most endangered species. For more than 20 years people around the world have be...

Added: Jun 20, 2012
Length: 11:06

WorldCanvass: Women, Hysteria and Medicine

From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass

Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

Added: Jun 05, 2012
Length: 01:52:09

Conversations

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Conversations with people who take a DIY approach to science and to life: DIY biologists working to democratize the lab, a single mom who says some...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, KUOW, WYSO, and WRVO Public Media

Added: Apr 19, 2012
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 5

Amazing 'James Barry'

From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland

The woman who became a man so she could become a doctor.

Bought by KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 21, 2011
Length: 09:18
Purchases: 3

Surrogacy Among Friends

From: Karen Brown

A woman carries a baby to term for her best friend, whose chronic disease would make pregnancy hazardous.

Added: May 27, 2011
Length: 06:58

The Male Brain, the Female Brain-There is a Difference

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

This week Radio Curious speaks with neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Louann Brizendine, founder of the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of C...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and RadioStPete Florida

Added: Mar 28, 2011
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 2

Why Do Gorillas Have It So Easy?

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

The development of the large human head and broad shoulders provide many evolutionary benefits for our species but also require assistance for a sa...

Added: Nov 30, 2009
Length: 29:00

Study of STEM Program for Improved Retention, Progression, and Graduation: Part 1 of 2

From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: The Sounds of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering

Norfolk State University (NSU) created a scholarship program to encourage African American students to pursue degrees in STEM. African American wom...

Bought by Radio Newark