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StoryCorps Griot: Sharon Brangman and Jenna Lester
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sharon Brangman (Left) and Jenna Lester (Right)
Dr. Jenna Lester talks to her mother, Dr. Sharon Brangman, about growing up in a family of black women who have dedicated their lives to medicine.

Bought by WVBI-LP and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
In Safe Hands
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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When we began Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship 20 episodes ago, Houda was focused on studying journalism and political science. But over the p...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:23
The Queen of Dark
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Nyakim Gatwech and Erianna Jiles
Minneapolis model Nyakim Gatwech has drawn a lot of attention for her dark complexion. In an industry that values blonde hair and blue eyes, Nyakim...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
Drawing Ideas with Roz Chast
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: NEA Audio Miscellany
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In this audio piece, among other things, we learn how she joined The New Yorker’s staff and how her illustrations are infused with a particular kin...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 06:26
Interview w/gastroenterologist KAREN KIM about her journey into medicine
From: Out of Bounds
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Interview with feminist MD, KAREN KIM about her path into a medical career

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Interview w/ writer DANA SPIOTTA about her most recent novel "Innocents and Others"
From: Out of Bounds
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The award-winning teacher and novelist discusses her latest novel "Innocents and Others"

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 27:00
ALEXANDRA HEDISON, ex-actress and photographer
From: Out of Bounds
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Former actress talks about her journey into fine art photography

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
"The Glass Castle" author Jeannette Walls
From: New Letters on the Air
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Former celebrity journalist Jeannette Walls discusses her hardscrabble childhood which she depicted in her memoir THE GLASS CASTLE, now an August 2...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
REI launches Force of Nature effort to advance gender equity in the outdoors
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Outdoor co-op REI recently launched a comprehensive effort to promote gender equity in the outdoors. WTIP's CJ Heithoff spoke with Bloomington REI ...

Bought by WDBM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 15:40
  • Purchases: 3
Untangle
From: Andy Short
Caption: Kaycee Snowden
This piece is a lil profile of Kaycee Snowden. She's a badass knitter and old school artisan -though she didn't come by her craft easily. To check...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 2
102: I Wanna Be A GLOW Girl (w/ Kate Nash & Kia Stevens)
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Inspired by the new Netflix series, GLOW, Mortified features girls who prove wrestling isn't just for dudes. With very special guests Kate Nash and...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 29:38
Snap 815: True Believers, 6/29/2017
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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On the next all-NEW Snap, "True Believer." What if you, the lion, the scarecrow, and the tin man, discover that pitiful fella behind the curtain i...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
The Slam Poet Laureate of Winona
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Nicholle Ramsey, slam poet, Credit: Sylvia Thomas
Slam poets and sonnet lovers usually don’t hang out together. But in Winona, Minnesota, they do. KFAI’s Sylvia Thomas reports on an unusual poetry ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Ani DiFranco: Binary
From: Joyride Media
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Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco returns with songs that are Political with a capital P and where "the feminist diatribes are turned up high"

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KALW and more


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
RDD: Marjory the Motivator
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Marjory is a keynote speaker, author, playwright, student, and advocate for children in the foster care system. Her success in these areas stems la...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
98: Mean Girls (w/ Daniel Franzese)
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Gossip! Backstabbing! Burn Books! Mortified celebrates the 13th anniversary of Mean Girls with stories of tyrannical kids. Featuring an interview D...

  • Added: May 21, 2017
  • Length: 25:27
StoryCorps: Sarah Churchill and Yomi Wrong
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Sarah Churchill tells her daughter Yomi Wrong -- who has a genetic disorder that causes her bones to break easily -- about the night Yomi was born.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 4
Listening to Ladies: Lainie Fefferman
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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NYC-based composer Lainie Fefferman talks about being the only girl in math class, helping audiences get to know performers, and the problem with t...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 27:00
RDD: One Star Placed in the Center
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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One Star Placed in the Center is the name of the mural located in downtown Toledo along Adams and 11th ­street. It is one of the many murals the Ar...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: Mo and the Sub Shop
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In 2015 Maureen Brogan received a message from the original owners of the Original Sub Shop, a small deli in Toledo, asking her to take over the bu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: The Fabric of Downtown
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Erin Claussen a local archaeologist and historic preservationist.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Trudy James: Ahead of Her Time
From: The Art of Risk
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Spiritual, emotional, professional, financial—how many risks can you take in one lifetime? In seventy-eight years Trudy James has taken all of thes...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 36:36
Lizzie Webb Guptill-Linda Pupke
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Lizzie Webb Guptill
Lizzie Webb Guptill as written and presented by Linda Pupke

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:39
RDD: Advice with Marcy Kaptur
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week The Rough Draft Diaries chats with Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:48
Everything In It's Right Place?
From: Terence Mickey
Series: Memory Motel
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With the help of memories, whether joyful or heartbreaking, an ordinary object can become a time machine. Since objects hold our memories how do we...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 32:40

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