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Dress to unrepress: Women who dressed like men, broke rules and made history
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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This hour on Audacious: A conversation with Tracy Dawson, author of 'Let Me Be Frank: A book about women who dressed like men to do shit they weren...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 50:02
Why'd You Do It: I snuck my incarcerated boyfriend out of prison in a dog crate
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, hear the story of Toby Dorr. She was on the run with John Manard for 12 days after she helped sneak him out of prison...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Assistant Professor, Domestic Violence Survivor Finds Hope In Her Journey and Academic Research
From: KRCL
Caption: Jennifer Andrus, Ph.D., Credit: University of Utah
2-way interview with Dr. Jenny Andrus about her study of domestic violence.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:43
Rising Against Asian Hate: Turning Grief Into Action
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Join Laura and Gina Kim for this impactful conversation on combating anti-Asian hate. A documentary series on PBS, Rising Against Asian Hate: One ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
V (formerly Eve Ensler): Reckoning with Our Past, Transforming the Future (Suggest- Women's History Month)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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“Reckoning” is the new best-selling book from V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of “The Vagina Monologues” and founder of V-Day/One Billion Rising, ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KVNF, KDNK and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
When judges dismiss claims of domestic abuse, children can pay the ultimate price
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Family court judges sometimes decide that domestic abuse claims are not credible. But making the wrong call can end with children paying the ultima...

Bought by WFHB and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
What Research Says About a Post-Roe World
From: Tradeoffs
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The leader of a landmark abortion study shares what research and her own family experience suggests will happen to people who are denied abortions ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 17:37
F-Word- February/March: The Pandering Months
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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::The latest commentary by Laura Flanders, The F-Word :: "Here we are again, ending Black History Month, starting Women’s History month. ...Do we n...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
S2 Ep 5: Treating the wounds of trauma
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Musician and artist, Becka Baker, at band practice in Tacoma, Washington.
In this episode, we hear personal stories from three women that show just how tightly woven together trauma, pain and addiction are. Also, we hear ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 32:36
10-14: The Marriage of the Sun and Moon: The Truth and Reconciliation of Gender, 12/11/2019
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: William Keepin and Cynthia Brix, Credit: Dana Beigel
Today gender reconciliation is a burgeoning new movement for transformational healing. Gender reconciliation visionaries Pat McCabe, Cynthia Brix, ...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 28:31
The Pregnancy to Prison Pipeline: Media Matters
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As the President sounds off about holy babies born and unborn, we talk about the ongoing criminalization of women who happen to get pregnant. What ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KDNK


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Osborn, John Jay:  A Marriage as a Separate Entity
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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“Listen to the Marriage” is a novel by John Jay Osborn, a retired lawyer and law professor. The story centers a marriage counselor and a recently s...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Testimonies: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
From: Prairie Public
Caption: Olivia Lone Bear Poster in Fargo, ND, Credit: Prairie Public
"Testimonies" is a program where people who share similar life experiences & challenges come together to talk about them. In this episode, 3 enrol...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:13
  • Purchases: 2
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
HOMELESS HOSPITALITY: PRIEST OPENS CHURCH PROPERTY TO CAR CAMPERS
From: Barb Seaman
Caption: The Reverend Jessie Smith, with two of St. Anne's guests, Joanna and Carla
The face of homelessness is changing, in ways that are not easily addressed by any one group or agency. More people have resorted to living in th...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
Female Survival in Prison
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This episode is the second installment exploring women within prisons. First, we get updates on struggles in Bulgaria and Turkey, hear about propos...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:43
Women's Voices From Dayton Correctional Institution
From: WYSO
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In 2011 the Dayton Correctional Institution became the third women’s prison in Ohio, when it was changed from a 500-bed male facility to a women’s ...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:04
Decade of Dope
From: renee wilde
Series: Women's Voices From The Dayton Correctional Institution
Caption: Dayton Correctional Institution, Credit: renee wilde
Inmate Melody Williams interviews fellow prisoner Aimee Wissman about her heroin addiciton. For Aimee, who is an artist, heroin was a way to emulat...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:50
Diana's Dog Habit
From: renee wilde
Series: Women's Voices From The Dayton Correctional Institution
Caption: Dayton Correctional Institution, Credit: renee wilde
Diana Linz has always had a connection with dogs. Being in the dog program at the prison helped Diana cope with being locked up.

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:22
02-10: Becoming a Habitat: Motherhood, Faith and the Environmental Human Rights Movement , 10/14/2015
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Sandra Steingraber, Credit: Tim Porter
We live in a society dependent on toxic chemicals. Today about 287 such chemicals trespass inside the blood of newborns – and inside all of us - wi...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
LIVE LAW 10: Prison Break
From: LIVE LAW
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“After 22 years [of working in criminal justice], I didn’t think there was anybody that could tell me anything more about how broken the criminal s...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 13:10
How is U.C. Berkeley addressing sexual assaults on campus?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Student activists Sofie Karasek and Meghan Warner, Credit: Liz Mak
On the state level, California is working to address the issue of sexual assault on campus. In September, the state passed a new “Yes means Yes” la...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 2
Impulse Under The Influence:Campus Rape Culture
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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"Impulse Under the Influence" examines campus rape culture and how easy access to alcohol exacerbates the incidence of sexual abuse.

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 55:07
  • Purchases: 1
Raising Angel
From: Chloe Prasinos
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Jamie is pregnant and has nowhere she can go. She finds herself at Saint Andre Home, a modern day home for unwed mothers, where she awaits her four...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2014
  • Length: 07:31
Birth: A Rite of Passage or a Medical Event? A Mother's Day Special
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Baby Drew with her Mommy, Caitlin, and her Mamma, Monica, Credit: Giovanna Rossi
How does the process of birth impact new motherhood? Is it a rite of passage or a medical event? Next time on Well Woman Radio we’ll hear from Pam ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1