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Our Bodies, Our Stories: Reproductive Health Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Woman in Handcuffs, Credit: Thisisbossi
Pregnant women in America’s prisons are being shackled to their beds; others are being sterilized. Correctional institutions claim the policies are...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Author Alexandra Fuller and "Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In her first memoir, “Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood,” British-born Alexandra introduced us to her family and her early y...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota: Breanne Marie talks with Amy Clark
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Breanne Marie
Breanne Marie is a relatively new country western musician who is rapidly becoming visible, along with her band The Front Porch Sinners, in Duluth...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ten Years Later: Counting the Costs of War in Iraq
From: Making Contact
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We look back at the 2003 invasion of Iraq, 10 years later. For Iraqis, for the US military, and for the anti-war movement: how have things changed,...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Supermoms
From: Frimet Goldberger
Caption: Frimet Goldberger and her family
College can be tough but students who are also mothers have to balance work with real-life home work.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
What to Expect When You are Aborting
From: Cassie Wagler
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Excerpts from the anonymous blog "What to Expect When You Are Aborting."

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 07:51
WINGS #47-11 Muslim Divorce in India
From: WINGS Women's International News Gathering Service
Caption: Kalpana Pradhan, Kolkata, India
A chaotic system of divorce by folk beliefs and text messages may be nearing its end.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
The Beat: Anne Dunn - A poem in honor of Paul Wellstone
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller, writer, and poet. Following Paul Wellstone's death she wrote this poem to honor his legacy.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
Melissa's Diary, Part 2: Raising Issaiah
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
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This is Melissa’s second audio diary. Her son Issaiah is now one-year-old. “I’m a really selfish person…I want to be treated as the baby. I want t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:37
  • Purchases: 1
Life Before & After Title IX in Southern Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Cindy Davis talks about life before and after Title IX in Southern Minnesota.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:31
Starving for Perfection
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Listening to Chloe (a 16 year old) play the violin is listening to an inspired, emotional, and technical artist. But Chloe doesn’t agree. Focused...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 07:37
Supermoms
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
Caption: Frimet Goldberger and her family
College can be tough but students who are also mothers have to balance work with real-life home work.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
Ernie's Green Free Tree
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Under Ernie’s Free Tree neighbors and passersby pick from the free pile, the last of Ernie Winger’s possessions—recycling, laughing, crying, rememb...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Little Bit Happy
From: Joanna Solotaroff
Caption: Wanda and her family, Credit: Joanna Solotaroff
There are approximately 500 homeless families living in Cape Cod. Joanna Solotaroff interviewed Wanda and her three children to find out what it me...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
My Saints Alive
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A man whose wife died of breast cancer manages to find love again. But then he learns the woman who will be his second wife is diagnosed with breas...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Never On Sunday: The Hidden World Of Elena Fonseca
From: Samuel Robinson
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The story of Elena Fonseca, a remarkable women from Montevideo, Uruguay. Elena was a diplomats wife who lived in a number of countries before retur...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Transgendered
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A sensitive generational discussion on the issues facing those who are transgendered.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Maxine Hong Kingston
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Maxine Hong Kingston discusses her path-breaking books. [22:55]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 22:55
  • Purchases: 1
The Possibility of You
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Pamela Redmond
Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew? In THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, bestselling author Pam...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
Remembrance: On Time And Distance
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Chu-Yin Lo Roberts
Dmae Roberts produced a special half-hour radio memorial on the 10th anniversary of her mom’s death. Remembrance: On Time And Distance is part memo...

Bought by KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KVSC, and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Debra Gwartney, author of 'Live Through This'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Debra Gwartney reads from 'Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters' and talks about the challenges she faced...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Syria's YouTube Revolution
From: Latitude News
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As the Syrian revolution unfolded over the last year, Syrian-Americans have been glued to YouTube - the primary source of information from the war ...

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
Commanding Responsibility
From: KUOW
Series: Less Than Honorable: Sexual Assault In The US Military
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The second part of our series examines the challanges victims face after being sexually assaulted in the military.

Bought by WEZU and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 2: Secrets
From: Astoria Sojourner
Series: Handmade Radio
Caption: Squaw Rock (DAH-N0L-YO) , Credit: www.noehill.com
Stori Sojourner weaves music, memories and ideas together as well as reveals a long time secret of her own. Guest on the show, Jessica Stephens, sh...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 07, 2012
  • Length: 30:33
  • Purchases: 1
Janis Joplin: The Pearl Sessions
From: Joyride Media
Series: The Milestone Series
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Janis Joplin's friends and family talk about her final album,"Pearl."

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMUN, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23

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