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Caption: Abigail Spanberger, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Abigail Spanberger swore an oath at age twenty-four “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and d...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 21:33
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The French Pantheon was created in 1790 to honor those who have done great service to the country. The motto over the door reads "To great men, a g...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:58
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For some people, such as Tali Aronsky, life is a meal. So how can chicken drumsticks, kubeh soup, hard boiled eggs, lamb biryani and lahme bi ajeen...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 17:09
Caption: Shanna Marie Wallace, Credit: Shefik
Faith - Shanna Marie Wallace is a Spiritual Interfaith Minister, who inspires in her classes, workshops, and guest speaking appearances. Her passio...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:06
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Qandeel Baloch grew up in a conservative village in Pakistan, a place where it was shocking to see a woman swimming outdoors. She ran away from hom...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 34:33
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Houda knows a thing or two about having one’s life upended. About sheltering in place. This isn’t the first time she and her family have spent mont...

  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 04:35
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Espionage was once a mostly male pursuit but these days the top three officials at the CIA are women. On this program we hear from Jonna Mendez, th...

Bought by WWNO, KSPB Pebble Beach, WVTF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KECG and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 58
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What was a nice Jewish grandmother doing flying into ISIS territory, preparing for a secret mission? After Lisa Miara's family suffered through ter...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 31:56
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Recent studies have shown the therapeutic effects of running on depression. This, shouldn’t come as a surprise for people who’ve been blessed by it...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2019
  • Length: 08:28
Caption: Aber Diana on her boda, Credit: Travis Sanderson
Boda Bodas are motorcycle taxis in Uganda. They are an inexpensive and efficient way to get around. Everyone takes them, but only men drive them. A...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 15:19
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Sharon and Cansu are from enemy countries and have no common language. They also happen to be in love. A story of a relationship in the age of Goog...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: ouda in front of KXCI–photo by her teacher Christina
In episode 25 of Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship, Houda interviews Christina, one of the English Language Development teachers from her schoo...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:10
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Each year, 1.4 million people are diagnosed with lung cancer worldwide. The 5-year survival rate for these patients is only 15.9%. In this episod...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:51
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In this interview during the 2017 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO, which took place June 2nd to 5th in Chicago...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 39:02
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During the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which took place June 2nd to the 5th in Chicago, Illinois, the ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 27:32
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This episode of The Onco'Zine Brief is an interview with Nancy Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. This program was originally recorde...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 24:22
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This episode of The Onco'Zine Brief is an interview with Angela M DeMichele, MD MSCE, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Perelman School...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 33:31
Caption: Kasey O'Connell, Fif Ghobadian and Alice Cahan, Credit: Road Twenty-Two
Iran-born Fif Ghobadian created San Francisco fashion brand Road Twenty-Two to provide jobs for women released from prison.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 13:36
Caption: Houda, her 14-year-old sister Sara, and a friend. A month after Houda’s family moved to Arizona, Melanie took them to visit her friend’s horses. This was the second time Melanie & Houda met, and Houda’s shirt was Melanie’s first clue about what an extraor
Episode 6: Houda brings us to her high school at the beginning of the war, when she was fourteen years old, after her father’s arrest and release.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:15
Caption: Melissa Austria, Founder of GotStyle
Toronto retailer Melissa Austria has created thriving menswear stores that appeal to guys who hate to shop but want to look good.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:44
Caption: Majd Abdulghani
Majd Abdulghani is a teenager living in Saudi Arabia, one of the most restrictive countries for women in the world. She wants to be a scientist. He...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 3
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Sri Lanka's civil war lasted 26 years. It cost the lives of an estimated 100,000 people and devastated the north and east of the island nation. In ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:38
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High School Senior, Eavan Burke, had a life changing experience on the tea plantations of Kenya, Africa. She decided to aid to the workers by creat...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
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At the mere age of 16, Jihana Mendu went on the adventure of a lifetime to Peru. While there to pursue her ambition of working in the medical field...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
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This audio documentary was produced by Jehad (JeJe) Rajab for the audio production course at The American University in Cairo in Cairo, Egypt. The ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:56