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Caption: Peggy Orenstein, Credit: Michael Todd
Birds do it. Bees do it. But we definitely don't want to think about our teens doing it. For her new book, "Girls and Sex. Navigating the Complicat...

Bought by KWMR, WRIR, KSJD, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
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An interview with fashion theorist Dr. Joanne Entwistle about her book, The Fashioned Body. The Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging and original...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
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High School Senior, Eavan Burke, had a life changing experience on the tea plantations of Kenya, Africa. She decided to aid to the workers by creat...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
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At the mere age of 16, Jihana Mendu went on the adventure of a lifetime to Peru. While there to pursue her ambition of working in the medical field...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Mother Daughter Book Club at One More Page bookstore discusses "A Mango Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
Do you see colors when you do math problems? The heroine of "A Mango Shaped Space" does. Kids from the Mother/Daughter Book Club at One More Page b...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:28
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ne of the businesses that has been growing within the sector of organizational planners is Erin Condren. Erin talks with Sophia Breton about how sh...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 04:23
Caption: Maria Perez with her daughter Estefania
Being a mother isn’t easy. It’s harder being both single and an immigrant. But that didn’t stop Maria. RadioActive’s Estefania Chirino Perez shares...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:20
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This sound-rich essay looks into the spirit & teamwork that the Martin Middle School girl's volleyball team embodies.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:32
Caption: Mother: A Podcast, Credit: logo created by Justin Schnarr
Fifteen year old Delia Hernandez tells her nurse why she breastfeeds.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 08:06
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No-Fear-Teti of Egypt's Cairollers discusses Women's Roller Derby in post-revolutionary Egypt.

  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 41:06
Caption: Ala'a Basatneh, activist
Ala'a Basatneh was once a mall-loving “average Arab-American teenager.” When the Syrian Civil War started, she became #ChicagoGirl, the center of a...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Melissa in 2013., Credit: David Gilkey/NPR
Listen to Melissa's teenage and grown-up diaries in this podcast episode.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 39:30
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Rachel, at 16 years old, pushed herself through the rigors of training for and completing a 1/2 Ironman Triathlon to raise money to vaccinate 1,000...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 12:13
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Middle school girls have a lot to deal with. One psychologist says that a way to help them is by pairing the preteen girls with college-aged mentor...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KENW, KZYX, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 4
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Coastal Studies for Girls is a hands-on marine science and leadership program for sophomores in high school. But for 15-year-old Laura, it’s more ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4
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Lindsay Ess was a fashion model, a designer, a stunning beauty. And then at the age of twenty-four, just two years ago, doctors had to cut off both...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2010
  • Length: 27:39
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Imane takes a break during a game in Oak Brook
Four young Moroccan female soccer players step outside their borders and expectations to come to Oak Brook, Illinois for a women's soccer leadershi...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KISU, KUOW, and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Cha Lee Vue, Credit: Alexis Trauger
A Gordon Parks HS senior excels by the grace of her daughter's love...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
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Research suggests that the experiences girls have with science during their middle school years are the most critical in determining whether they ...

Bought by WDBM, Radio Newark, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 19, 2008
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 3
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Learn how Dr. Lecia Barker, a researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is working with a computer magnet program in the Denver public ...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 19, 2008
  • Length: 15:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Special podcast: Women and girls tell their stories through film and radio documentaries

  • Added: Jun 04, 2008
  • Length: 18:39
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Her first year in the competition, Camea says this piece is about encouraging young women to love themselves and succeed beyond adversity. Camea O...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Her third year in the competition, Deja says this piece is an about the under appreciation of female MCs. Deja Taylor is 18 years old and a membe...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:24