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The Possibility of You
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Pamela Redmond
Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew? In THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, bestselling author Pam...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
Conversations
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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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
The Decisions Project - 23 - Marriage Before Deployment
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A single mom decides to marry her best friend before his deployment to Iraq.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
Would've Been the Mean Mommy
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: Cherlyn and her mom
A woman becomes a mom at the precise moment that her own mother decides to stop being a mother.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 12:03
  • Purchases: 1
Royal Wedding – the Dad's Wedding
From: Connor Walsh
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The last Royal Wedding was when Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles. Members of the Great British public, loyal to the late Diana, Princes...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 12:01
Groundhog and Mirror
From: Ronan Kelly
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Jane O'Connor is a young woman from Dublin whose mother was a big fan of the film Groundhog day. The irony of her beloved film choice was that when...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 16, 2011
  • Length: 11:28
  • Purchases: 5
My Story by Cecilia Tate
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2011
Caption: Cecilia Tate
Poet Cecilia (Ce-Ce) Tate, 16, is a sophomore at Curie Metro High and competed in Louder Than a Bomb 2011 as a member of team Lyrical Revolution re...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:58
When the Poop is No Longer a Gift
From: Hillary Frank
Series: The Longest Shortest Time
Caption: William in the NICU, Credit: Matt Clark
A newborn turns blue, is rushed to the NICU, and his parents deal with going home while the baby remains in the hospital, hooked up to machines.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 25, 2011
  • Length: 10:36
  • Purchases: 1
Libby and the Girls
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Libby St. Pierre knew since she was a young girl that she wanted only a few simple things in life: a career, which she has as a nurse in Auburn, Ma...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 3
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, January 3, 1923
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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While many of the most-told love stories are fairy tales, hers was real and it changed YOUR life.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
The Friendship Center
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A local sewing group is making a difference for women who are forced to start over...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:11
Community Caring
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Sunday Father's Day Supper, Credit: Walter Murch
How do women share and care for each other through their ages.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 13:43
Family, Derby and Nothing Else
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Maine Roller Derby skated into Portland, Maine and called the city home in 2006. Roller derby is a fast-paced full-contact sport played on skates.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
It's Right For Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Alice Loesch has lived through a century that has seen some of history’s most sweeping changes in the lives of women.

Bought by WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSFR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 10
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Cold comfort
From: Spokane Public Radio
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This time of year, even when the spirit isn’t really there at all, we can decorate and party and shop ourselves into a state of manufactured joy. ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2009
  • Length: 04:35
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: Thanks to the Dog.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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"For most of my adult life, I’ve had my hands on the wheel. With lists on my mind and places to be and things to do. I’ve worked hard and tried to ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
"Suspect" with Poet Erin Malone
From: Elizabeth Austen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Erin Malone’s poem “Suspect” explores how one new mother feels about her body, leading literary producer Elizabeth Austen to consider some assumpti...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2009
  • Length: 05:21
Flatline Days
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The story of being bipolar and being a mom.

Bought by KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, WMPG, SALTcast Podcast, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 5
Not Ready for a Box
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A woman decides to kick her drug addiction.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Birth Plan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Preparing for a major moment in unusual circumstances.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:19
I Have The Day Free
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of the only woman in Maine serving a prison sentence in home confinement.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:50
A Welcome Home
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a Maine foster mother who's taken in dozens of kids over the years.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 1
Swimming on Blind Faith/Deep Sea Sisters
From: ken girardey
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A love story between a fisherman and a mermaid. Can it be?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 25:48
Kids and Cell Phone Calls
From: Laura Friedman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Mother's Commentary on Kids and Cell Phone Calls - with sound.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 03:18
The Education of a Young Dairy Farmer
From: Ed Janus
Series: Milk on Our Boots: The Terroir of Dairyland
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Cows helped form the moral character of a young woman farmer

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 10:39
  • Purchases: 1