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Essie Weingarten, Founder, Essie Nail Polish
From: From Scratch
Series: From Scratch
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Essie started her eponymous brand in 1981 with $10,000 after working in the hosiery business. When Essie launched, there were very few companies ma...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 32:00
StoryCorps: Jim Stockdale and Jasey Schnaars
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Vice Admiral James Stockdale was a Vietnam War POW for more than seven years. His son, Jim, recalls the family’s difficult wait for his father’s re...

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 2
37: Jo Boaler - Stanford, Revolutionizing Math Education & Nancy Lublin, Founder of Crisis Text Line
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Jo Boaler, Stanford
Jo Boaler is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University revolutionizing the way math is taught in K-12 schools, by challenging the...

Bought by KCSB-FM, KKRN, KSJD, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Diane Jarvi: Finnish-American Woman and World Artist
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Diane Jarvi, Credit: Nick Lethert
She’s an artist of many talents, and she keeps embracing more and more. Diane Jarvi is touched by Finnish, American and other world cultures, and s...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 09:19
The Speed of Sound: Lissie
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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My Wild West may be Lissie’s third album, but she’s been on the scene for well over 10 years in various projects. Still, this new album finds her a...

Bought by KUCB, KSRQ, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sherry Wang – Fly
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
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Sherry Wang isn't just another teenager balancing good grades with studying for the SAT's and having fun. Instead, on top of all the expected press...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 04:56
Sally Ride on Dumb Questions, The Experimenters
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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“I wish that there had been another woman on my flight. I think it would have been a lot easier.” - Sally Ride in 1983. Interviewed by Gloria Steinem.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, WLRH, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 12
14: Actress Lily Tomlin & Dir. Paul Weitz; Zoe Elton, Mill Valley Film Festival
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Lily Tomlin & Paul Weitz
We've all heard about the "Bechdel Test" for women in film. But what still needs to happen for women to reach parity with male directors, producers...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
11: Brandi Chastain, Soccer Pro and Missy Park, Title Nine-The Power of Sports for Girls
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Brandi Chastain
The US Women's soccer team won the World Cup in 2015--the first time since Brandi Chastain was on the field in 1999. In this episode, we talk to Br...

Bought by KSJD, WRIR, KPOV, KUT, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Mammary Lane
From: Marianne Gardner
Caption: Rosemary and David
Mammary Lane: A Breast Cancer Survivor Sketches Her Battle.

  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:45
Not Throw Away Women: How Serial Killers Stalked Black Women in South Los Angeles
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Margaret Prescod, Credit: Laura Flynn
In the 1980s in South Los Angeles more than a dozen black women were murdered. Many of these women’s bodies were found in parks, alleyways, and dum...

  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 08:31
Normalizing Violence Puts Black Women’s Lives at Risk
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Making Contact’s fellow Rochelle Robinson brings us this story exploring how violence against women, especially women of color, is so pervasive tha...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 1
Not Throw Away Women: Black and Indigenous Women Disrupt Violence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today’s show we’re exploring how some women have been dehumanized to the point of indifference. We’ll learn how one community is undoing the sil...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
3: Kira Wampler, Lyft & Ilana Stern, Weddington Way-Women Driving the New Economy
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Ilana Stern
Transportation and weddings are both multi-billion dollar industries--and if you're a business person, that means opportunity for reinvention.On th...

Bought by KCSB-FM, WMUU-LP, WRIR, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Linda Siegal
From: The Summit
Series: Recovery Minutes
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Linda was lost in the darkness of addiction until her arrest led to intervention and a new life.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
Hire Me Gimlet
From: Podcast Kelly
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A radio nerd chases her dream job. Also a love story.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 14:13
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Gender and Identity (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Understanding gender and identity--what do we mean by these terms and how do they affect the ways in which we see ourselves and others?

  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 23:17
Carolyn Wonderland: A True Texas Guitar Hero(ine) Gets Her SXSW Due
From: Michael May
Caption: Carolyn Wonderland just released a new CD and will be performing this weekend at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas., Credit: Brio
It's South By Southwest time in Austin, Texas. And right now, the streets are clogged with an event optimistically titled "The Million Musician Mar...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 1
Furious Flower: Rita Dove
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Every ten years, the Furious Flower Poetry Conference is held at James Madison University. This year, the event was dedicated to renowned poet Rita...

Bought by KENW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
Furious Flower Honors Rita Dove (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove.

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KVSC, KRDP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Kitchens of Central America (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Wisdom and stories learned from grandmothers in Central Mexican Kitchens. Plus: can years of farming rice change a cultural personality?

Bought by WCNY, KFOK-LPFM, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Food Sleuth Radio, Joan Dye Gussow Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The New York Times calls Joan Dye Gussow, “the matriarch of the eat locally, think globally food movement.” Gussow, Professor Emeritus at Columbi...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Day Job 3: The Best Laid Plans Of Lesli Wood
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Lesli Wood of The Redwood Plan, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Lesli Wood has achieved almost every goal she's set for herself. She's a professional lawyer. And her band, The Redwood Plan, has played to big cro...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 14:20
  • Purchases: 1
Tara and Lulama
From: Littleglobe
Caption: AIDS Skeletons, Credit: Bob Smith
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 08:22
Curtis and Kathy
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Curtis Billie from N'MPower
N’MPower participant and Program Manager, Curtis Billie, interviews Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, a potter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, in a community ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:32