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Caption: Two girls rescued from sex traffickers, Credit: Phillip Martin
Vietnam is losing its children. For years, girls and young women have been taken — kidnapped and trafficked across the border into Cambodia and so...

Bought by KUER, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore, San Francisco, CA 3/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmakers Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore talk revolutionary medicine, natural childbirth, and the importance of just being nice.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 26:12
Caption: Peace Pilgrim & Peggy O'Neill
Two women, two elders, who deep into the later years of life, made peace their goal – one, Catholic Sister Peggy O’Neill landed in war-ravaged El S...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Peace Pilgrim / Peggy O'Neill
Two women, two elders, who deep into the later years of life, made peace their goal – one, Catholic Sister Peggy O’Neill landed in war-ravaged El S...

Bought by KUHF, High Plains Public Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Martha Beck
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 26:21
Caption: CD Wright
CD Wright discusses the evolution of langauge in her poetry collections. Sasha Pimentel reads a Poetic License highlighting the power of line brea...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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How does a woman's age affect her life at work? Hillary Clinton may be going gangbusters at 65, but can the rest of us hope for a fruitful career l...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 14:30
Caption: Edith Piaf
Join us with poet and historian Bette Oliver as she discusses Piaf’s life; from her impoverished childhood raised in a Paris brothel by her grandmo...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 56:19
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." In a recent Views and Brews f...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and WJSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Shanthi Siva is originally from India, and now lives in Rochester Minnesota with her family. She has a Masters Degree in English Language and Liter...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
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Ever wonder what a Life Coach does? Before Melissa started with a Life Coach, she was stuck in a dead-end restaurant job. Now she is successfully f...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 09:15
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Bess Kargman talks balance, commitment, and synchronicity.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2012
  • Length: 26:24
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Two lives spent breaking the mold of both traditional and feminist perspectives are recounted in candid conversation, each with a focused sense of ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WZEN.org, KREV-LP, KUOW, WHRV and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Tate Taylor and Octavia Spencer, San Francisco, CA  7/11/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
THE HELP -- Writer/director Tate Taylor and co-star Octavia Spencer talk history, inspiration, and book reports.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Buddhist nun, meditator and author, Credit: Photo © Peter Aronson
This month on Open Mind, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, a Buddhist nun and author, joins us once again to talk about our sense of self?—?what’s healthy, wh...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:57
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A woman carries a baby to term for her best friend, whose chronic disease would make pregnancy hazardous.

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:58
Caption: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Credit: [PHOTO CREDIT REQUIRED] ©2009 Peter Aronson
A contemplative nun who spent 12 years meditating in a cave high in the Himalayas offers her views on human potential.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
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The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Recounted in this installment is the life, times, and legacy of Phillis Wheatle...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 47:29
Caption: Wura-Natasah Ogunji
Artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji sat down with producer Rebecca McInroy to discuss her inspirations, goals and life as an artist.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 08:12
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I've exchanged my Super Mom cloak for a Good Enough Mom sweatshirt.

  • Added: May 20, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
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The documentary about the lives of 3 Muslim religious leaders re-shaping their faith and their communities

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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Georgette Kanach loves to hunt, fish, hike, and do almost any activity that involves being out in the woods. It’s the place where she grew up, and ...

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: This polaroid of Joel was given to Carol by her social worker when the adoption process was completed., Credit: Photo courtesy Carol Brobeck.
When Carol was 20, she gave her baby boy away for adoption. Twenty years later, the son, Joel, came looking. The two tell their story of reunion.

Bought by American Voices, KUT, SALTcast Podcast, KCRW, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 10:25
  • Purchases: 8
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"For most of my adult life, I’ve had my hands on the wheel. With lists on my mind and places to be and things to do. I’ve worked hard and tried to ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
Caption: A Conversation with Alice Peacock is featured on this show of VOICES4theSoul
AAA music show featuring songs expressing a more meaningful side of life. This hour features a short, but delightfully intimate conversation with A...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 59:01