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Post-Roe America preview: Conversation with Alison Block, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
Caption: The Nocturnists: Post-Roe America series, Credit: Nicole Xu
After the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision in June 2022, Dr. Emily Silverman spoke with Dr. Alison Block – a family medicine physician, abor...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 48:10
Post-Roe America: 3. Trust Women
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
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After the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, many states in the middle of the country severely restricted abortion – but Kansas stood out as an except...

Bought by KGLP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 3
Post-Roe America: 2. The Canary
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
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When SB 8 passed in September 2021, Texas clinicians experienced a “Dobbs before Dobbs” effect, almost nine months before the rest of the nation. W...

Bought by KGLP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 4
Post-Roe America: 1. The Day Roe Fell
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
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When the U.S. Supreme Court hands down the Dobbs decision, clinicians rush to decipher its implications.

Bought by KGLP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 26:52
  • Purchases: 4
The Feminist Case for Joining a Men's Group
From: Felix Poon
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What is an anti-sexist men’s group? And, if I’m a man who identifies as progressive with feminist values, isn’t that enough? What do I need a group...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2019
  • Length: 13:11
  • Purchases: 1
More Than Paper Cuts
From: Ibby Caputo
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio documentary about gender discrimination in the workplace, part 5 of Scene on Radio's "Men" series.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 34:44
Season 2: Veronika Scott of The Empowerment Plan of Detroit Social Enterprise#42
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Veronika Scott
Veronika Scott of The Empowerment Plan shares her missional journey of discovering her passion for creating employment for the homeless. She courag...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 40:51
Ovarian transplants are on infertility's cutting edge
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Ralph and Katy Panek were able to have children thanks to a donated ovary from Katy’s twin sister Carol Enoch., Credit: Courtesy of Carol Enoch
Thirty-six-year-old twins Carol Enoch and Katy Panek are physically identical in every way but one: Katy was born without ovaries. She never menstr...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUER


  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 3
From Frogs To Wands of Destiny: The Invention of the Home Pregnancy Test
From: Mother
Caption: Meg Crane's home pregnancy test prototype, 1968., Credit: Courtesy of Bonhams.
Pregnancy tests weren't always the neat, little plastic wands we have in drug stores today.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 3
Karen Buscemi & The Quest for A Fashion District in Detroit#17
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season One: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Detroit Garment Group Founder Karen Buscemi, Credit: Boswell
The Bonfires of Social Enterprise episode with Detroit fashion writer turned job maker and social enterprise entrepreneuer. Karen Buscemi is trying...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:08
Lips&Hips#18
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season One: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Logo for Lips and Hips Detroit, Credit: Lips and Hips
From "Sista Suppers," to business skills training, Social Enterprise expert Romy Gingras talks about what inspired Lips & Hips founder, Yodit Mesfi...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 19:46
This Is Crohn's Disease
From: Jack Rodolico
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A patient with a nasty case of Crohn’s disease visits the best doctor in the world. That patient is this radio producer's wife.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Here and Now, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 18:15
  • Purchases: 4
Life of the Law #40 - Abuse, Abduction and International Law
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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What happens when one parent takes a child across international borders without the other parent’s permission? In 1980, the United States and inter...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 20:21
  • Purchases: 1
Cultural Conversations
From: Lisa Tuininga
Caption: Jane York and Nura Adam embrace at a meeting, Credit: Lisa Merrill, Bellevue WA
In Bellevue, Washington a group of women meet once a month to discuss their cultural differences and similarities. The conversations are transformi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 1
Infant Mortality: A special documentary
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
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Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:01
Natural Child Birth: There will Always be Three Now
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: Newly born, Max Ferrer, with his parents Nicole and Sean, Credit: Katy Sewall
When it comes to giving birth in America, less than 1% of couples choose a "natural birth;" that is a birth with no drugs - and little to no medica...

  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 17:14
Undark
From: Jenna Hammerich
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Glow. Green. Light. Radium. Even the words are beautiful.

Bought by Remix Radio and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 30:13
  • Purchases: 2
A New Kind of Boxing
From: Charles Lane
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Boxing has attracted a new type of pugilist: seniors, women, and cancer patients. A sound rich feature exploring the world of the non-traditional ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 2
Treating the Rainbow Nation: AIDS in South Africa
From: WFUV
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A look at the complex challenges facing those battling AIDS in South Africa

Bought by WSKG, 90.5 WSNC, and KQED


  • Added: Oct 24, 2006
  • Length: 57:11
  • Purchases: 3
Angels and Demons
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A docu-play about two couples and their experience with domestic violence.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 46:53
  • Purchases: 1
Part three: Anne Strike
From: Siobhan Mullen / David Lewis
Series: Get On With It
Caption: PRX default Piece image
in the third part of our series we look at a disabled model

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 10:02
Tsim Txom: Domestic Violence in Hmong Society
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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A look at domestic abuse in Hmong culture

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
City Lights
From: Jennifer Dunn
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Members of China's floating population recount their hopes and challenges as rural-urban migrants.

Bought by WBEZ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 27, 2004
  • Length: 20:37
  • Purchases: 2