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A Jazz-Age Murder That Toppled Gotham’s Mayor

From: Francesca Rheannon

We talk with Michael Wolraich about his book, The Bishop And The Butterfly: Murder, Politics, And The End Of The Jazz Age. Then, we re-air part of ...

The philosophers who invented the modern self

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: TTBOOK Favorites of the Week for PRX Remix

Just over 200 years ago, a group of renegade German writers and philosophers came together in a small town and forever changed who we think we are....

Bought by PRX Remix

The Witch Beat

From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio

Tonight we are talking about witches. And interesting religions, new & old. And especially California’s incredible occult countercultures—the esote...

National Writers Series: Keith Gave, Tim Rappleye and Lisa Brown-Miller

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four

Tim Rappleye and Keith Gave talk about their book, "A Miracle of Their Own," with U.S. Olympian Lisa Brown-Miller.

Bought by WNMU-FM

737: Generation Witch / 738: Rituals Of Fear, 10/29/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Generation Witch" - They’ve been hunted and silenced and burned at the stake, but witches are still practicing the craft. We take you fr...

701: Shapeshifting / 702: Finding Your Voice, 6/25/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the...

Constant Wonder - The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Scheming in the commandant's dress shop.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

Episode 165: Unfit

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

In August 1934, Ann Cooper Hewitt was having lunch with her mother when she suddenly felt pain in her abdomen. When she went to the doctor, he told...

Two Leaders of the Womens Suffrage Movement

From: Francesca Rheannon

Caption: Inez Mulholland on Horse poster

In this episode, WV features two women who were important to the fight for women’s suffrage but whose names are less known than those of Elizabeth ...

Susan Quinn on Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady

From: Francesca Rheannon

Susan Quinn talks about her acclaimed book, Eleanor and Hick. It’s about the romance between Eleanor Roosevelt and journalist Leonora Hick.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio

StoryCorps: Cohen

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Time now for StoryCorps, As the end of year approaches, we’re taking time to remember those we’ve lost. This week, we honor the late Justice Ruth...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio and WYAP

Episode 140: Cowboy Bob

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. G...

The Hidden Sheroes of Film Editing from Hollywood to Bollywood and Beyond

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

What are you watching? There’s a good chance it was edited by a woman. This time on the Laura Flanders Show, we talk with avant garde filmmaker and...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer

The Write Question - Sharma Shields - 390

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Sharma Shields discusses her novel, The Cassandra. She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio

WoodSongs 972: Si Kahn & Friends

From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs

Caption: Folk legend Si Kahn on the WoodSongs Stage.

On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes folk icon Si Kahn to celebrate his legacy with special appearances from T...

Bought by KMUN, WEJP-LP 107.1, KDLG, WETS, Radio Bristol and more

National Writers Series: Marie Benedict

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two

Journalist and director of arts and culture for the city of Detroit Rochelle Riley interviews author Marie Benedict.

Bought by WKAR

Aida Edemariam, THE WIFE’S TALE & Russell Powell, APPLES OF NEW ENGLAND

From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice

We talk with Aida Edemariam about her memoir, The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History. It’s about her Ethiopian grandmother who, over nearly a century ...

“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 2

From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work

Caption: High Voltage Women by Ellie Belew

Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor, Ellie, and Megan continue their conversation about Seattle City Light’s Electrical Trades Program and how the f...

Episode 79: Secrets and Séances

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

Helen Duncan was a famous medium who travelled around Britain in the 1940s performing séances. She claimed to speak to the dead, and even produce p...

Bought by PRX Remix

Honey From a Weed: The Life of Patience Gray

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Caption: Patience Gray in her flat in London, circa 1960. Photo by Stefan Buzás. Courtesy of Nicholas Gray.

A weed might be said to represent valuelessness, and worse perhaps, a thing which actively devalues what many consider to be the proper and true wa...

Bought by KZYX

The Rape of Eve: Newly Discovered Texts of Resistance (Celene Lillie) ENCORE

From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit

Caption: The Rape of Eve by Celene Lillie

All the origin myths of Rome are rape narratives. Dr. Celene Lillie has found resistance to Rome's culture of rape and domination in Gnostic texts ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WETS, and KCMJ Community Radio