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When Women Run, Women Win...Except When They Don't
From: Women Run the West
Caption: Utah-based Real Women Run holds trainings for potential female candidates on how to manage a campaign, how to fundraise, how to work with the media, even hands-on stuff like how to actually file for candidacy., Credit: Jennifer Pemberton
There aren’t many women serving in Utah’s legislature, but a new law this election year gives hopeful political candidates a new way to get on the ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, XRAY.fm, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 3
Abortion, Sex, Bisexuality, Rape, single parenthood, and Women’s Power.
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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Writer, activist, filmmaker, and lecturer Jennifer Baumgardner explores abortion, sex, bisexuality, rape, single parenthood, and women’s power.

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 24:20
New York Times bestselling author Karen Abbott
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
Caption: Best Selling Author Karen Abbott, Credit: karenabbott.net
Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of SIN IN THE SECOND CITY, AMERICAN ROSE, and, most recently, LIAR TEMPTRESS SOLDIER SPY,

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 23:13
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending March 18, 2016
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Indigenous Activist Berta Cáceres Slain Amid Honduras' Rising Political Vi...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending December 11, 201
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: If Paris Climate Summit is a Turning Point, Governments Must Go Beyond Cur...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WRIR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending October 16, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Assessing the Consequences of Russian Intervention in Syria’s Civil War; C...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mark McDermott, a Union Activist, Community Organizer, and Historian, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Mark McDermott
Mark McDermott, a Union Activist, Community Organizer, and Historian, Part 2 Interview: Mark explains why Labor and Community are the same side of...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
No Peace for Women in Afghanistan
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Afghanistan is a place where peace just won’t stick. Radical Islamist Taliban insurgents have intensified their attacks on the capital with brazen ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
Motherhood by Choice not Chance ENCORE
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This is a special ENCORE edition. Before it was legal in the United States, some doctors would risk arrest to provide women with access to safe abo...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine Week Ending January 9, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Government Policy Produces Record Levels of Economic Inequality in U.S.; A...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine Week Ending December 5, 2014
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Ferguson Streets Explode in Anger After Grand Jury Opts Not to Indict Darr...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Women and the Elections: What's at Stake?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
First of five broadcasts on what's at stake for women in the upcoming elections. Today's topic: Some candidates are promising to repeal Obamacare ...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Strong-armed
From: Neena Pathak
Caption: Danni Jesudowich and Paul McClanahan instruct Keely Ahlstrom on how to shoot a full vent ribbed 20 gauge Benelli semi-automatic shotgun with adjustable chokes.
The National Rifle Association started its Women on Target program in 2000. According to their website, they’ve trained over eighty thousand women...

Bought by KUER and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 002: Ami Greko
From: Emily Schultz
Series: Truth & Fiction
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Publishing women talk tech, sexism and the future.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 43:51
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
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
Inside the Presidential Campaigns: What's It Like?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun Times talks with series host Martha Burk on what it's like to cover the presidential campai...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
Victoria Woodhull: The First Woman to Run for President
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In the 19th century, Victoria Woodhull was many things: a clairvoyant, a businesswoman, an advocate for women’s rights and sexual freedom, and a ma...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 8
What Makes A Family in New Mexico Healthy and Able to Thrive?
From: KUNM
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We'll focus on the needs of families who have the least amount of resources and are most under attack. Guests will include Jessica Aranda, with So...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 28:45
Population Control or Population Justice?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Bangledeshi woman and child, Credit: Flickr user: nomanson
Shrinking the world’s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need more contr...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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
Justice in the Home: Domestic Workers Re-define the Labor Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Domestic workers in Texas., Credit: Flickr user: Nuevo Anden
With the passage of New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2010, workers are now organizing in California and other states to win basic righ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Women's Health
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: 1999 US Postage Stamp, Credit: Istock photo
Recent controversies surroundings reproductive health issues have sparked outrage among across the country. From the halls of Congress, to Richmon...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
Melissa Harris-Perry: Confronting Stereotypes of the Black Woman
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, Credit: Melissa Harris-Perry
On this edition, author and political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry speaks about the stereotypes black women face, the resulting impacts o...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WCPN, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Women and Power: “Power Over” or “Power To?"
From: Bioneers
Caption: Gloria Feldt
The future belongs to women. Around the world, women are inspiring each other to envision a world where women lead, but quite differently. Women ar...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, KSKQ, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6