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As reports of Qaddafi soldiers raping women emerge from Libya, we talk to feminist Gloria Steinem about the root causes of sexual violence against ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:01
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When Congolese journalist Chouchou Namegabe first started reporting on sexual abuse in her country, the language didn't even have a word for "rape."

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:33
Caption: Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy in Pakistan.
Acclaimed Pakistani filmmaker and journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ("Children of the Taliban") talks with us about the insidious tactics employed b...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 09:09
Caption: A Moro rebel in Sultan Kudarat, Southern Philippines, on Feb. 19, 2008., Credit: Mark Navales
Annabelle Abaya, who has served as the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process in the Philippines and founded The Conflict Resolution Group Found...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Stella Sabiiti speaking on a panel in Austria in 2006., Credit: Frank Helmrich
Through the African Union’s Peace and Security Department, activist Stella Sabiiti works with rebels who inflict violence on civilians in conflict ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:53
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Why would a woman join an armed group? Tufts Professor Dyan Mazurana talks to us about how a cycle of violence is much more to blame for women's pa...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:46
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Professor Joshua Goldstein debunks the idea that biology hardwires men for fighting wars and women for staying on the sidelines on this week's podc...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:30
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Playwright and activist Lynn Nottage explains how after interviewing survivors of Congo's civil war in 2004, she was inspired to write "Ruined," wh...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:46
Caption: Filmmaker Julia Bacha.
Documentary filmmaker Julia Bacha takes us to the Middle East to explore the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. She talks about her new fi...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 07:15
Caption: A meeting for rape victims near Walungu, South Kivu in DRC in 2001.
For our first podcast episode, we go to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has been called the "rape capital of the world." Jocelyn Ke...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 09:39
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This Saturday March 20th, marks the 8th Anniversary of the Iraq War. Join Radio Curious for a conversation with Cindy Sheehan, of Gold Star Mom’s ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Gary Barnes' father gave him one thing in life: the wish to be a sailor. Gary achieved his dream and became a Chief Petty Officer for the Navy, whe...

Bought by KMXT, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 3
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From "Endless Summer" 8/13/2010: War News Radio reports on the status of women in Afghanistan, how they have come to be marginalized in most aspect...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 08:05
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From "Uploading the War" (7/16/10): War News Radio reports on efforts to provide Afghan women with education.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:15
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with filmmaker Frank Stiefel, about his documentary “Ingelore,” which chronicles the life of his mother, Inge...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
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Susan Crane is a serious political activist of an unusual form. Instead of lobby the powers that be, she has taken a hammer to beat on weapons of m...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:28
Caption: Kathleen, Then & Now
Short documentary collage of voices recorded in St. Louis during World War II on a Wilcox-Gay Recordio. The Greatest Generation carries on, as reme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2009
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Malika Kalontarova, Credit: Warren Lehrer, photo ©2003
A family of Bukharan Jewish dancers and musicians escape war-torn Tajikistan. They move to an apartment near Queens BLVD, and go from dodging bulle...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
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This Story is Free! A mother of four in Iraq tells her story of going to University and sending her children to school

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 05:04
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This Story is Free! A mother and daughter in Iraq tell their story of remaining focused on education and the future despite the ongoing violence in...

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Mar 08, 2007
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Profiles of poet George Evans, a veteran medic, and Lynda Van Devanter, whose experiences as Vietnam nurse inspired China Beach. Warning: Graphic D...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, WKMS, WRGY, KBYS 88.3 FM, NPR Illinois and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
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Japanese American "War Brides" living in Fayetteville, North Carolina discuss their experiences with war, marriage, immigration, and cultural identity

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WETA, and WYSO


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 12:41
  • Purchases: 3