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Venmo Reparations
From: Beandrea July
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When one white woman working in Hollywood received a surprise residuals check, she skipped the bank and deposited it straight to Twitter. She offer...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Sharma Shields - 390
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Sharma Shields discusses her novel, The Cassandra. She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 79: Secrets and Séances
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Helen Duncan was a famous medium who travelled around Britain in the 1940s performing séances. She claimed to speak to the dead, and even produce p...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 31:17
  • Purchases: 1
Band Box Records of Denver, Colorado
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Band Box Records was a 1950's rarity, a woman-owned recording business. More exceptional, Vicki Morosan was a Romanian immigrant making a daily be...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:39:22
Changing Traditions ... is a Tradition. The Middle Edges #106
From: Teosson Wells
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Marriage is historically ... and hysterically ... a nontraditional tradition.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 19:10
It was Only Meant as a Prank...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: FEBRUARY 2016
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Swapping places with your identical twin little sister wasn't intended for life, but.... Author Ann Morgan reads from her new novel, Besides Myself...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
Health Care Hackers
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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When you’re sick, looking up symptoms online is not always the best idea. But if you have a disease that’s poorly understood and often overlooked b...

Bought by KSFR and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with author, Margot Livesey
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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NEA Lit Fellow and author Margot Livesey discusses The Flight of Gemma Hardy---her reimagining of Jane Eyre. [32:40]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2014
  • Length: 32:40
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Sarah Greenough about O'Keeffe and Stieglitz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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The editor of My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, Vol 1 discusses the relationship of the two artists. [29:32]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 1
Grace Murray Hopper, January 1, 1992
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Even if you've never heard of Grace Hopper, she changed your life.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Mediaeval Baebes
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: The Mediaeval Baebes, Credit: Hayley Madden
The allure is undeniable. Six talented, attractive women breathe renewed life into the rich texts of medieval songs and poetry with their haunting...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Story of Lata
From: Outer Voices
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who's sailing now? women and the revival of traditional polynesian sailing in the solomon islands

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUER, KWMR, WLPR , KMXT and more


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 23
Every Ship is Different
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Board an oil tanker on its way into Portland Harbor with harbor pilot Captain Susan Clark.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 2