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A Musician's Life: Leslie Gore
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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In the early 1960's Leslie Gore's songs spoke to adolescents. With the British invasion, Gore lost her appeal to the teen set but she continued m...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Ani DiFranco
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Music icon Ani Difranco says she unconsciously wrote the same song over and over until she realized she was carrying old family wounds.

Bought by WGDR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Tegan and Sara
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Tegan and Sara are identical twin sisters. Now in their twenties they've been performing their own brand of indie rock since they were teens.

Bought by KMXT, KXOT Public Radio, and WMNF


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Mary Gauthier
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Mary Gauthier quit drugs and alcohol and discovered songwriting. She's attracted critics and fans with her empathic depictions of people on the ma...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KMXT, and WMNF


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Kaki King
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Kaki King amazes audiences with her wicked guitar. But don't call her a virtuoso!

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KMXT, and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 25, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 5
SXSW '08 Coverage - Girl in a Coma
From: KUT
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Profile of 2008 SXSW Artist: Girl in a Coma

  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:18
The Emergence of Joni Mitchell
From: Paul Ingles
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UPDATED! Two-hour exploration of the seminal work of heralded songwriter Joni Mitchell. Over 50 Mitchell songs are featured in the recommended tw...

Bought by WABE, WXXI Rochester, KNCT FM, WDDE, KLCC and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:58:58
  • Purchases: 44
What's the Word? Shakespearean Queens
From: Modern Language Association
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Gertrude, Cleopatra, and Margaret--perspectives on women and power

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
What's the Word? Medieval Women
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March
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A literary view of the lifestyles of medieval women.

Bought by KETR-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WKMS, KZYX, WLIW and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 27
What's the Word? Women Warriors
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March
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From Joan of Arc to GI Jane--a look at women warriors.

Bought by KETR-FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KVNF, WHFR and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:54
  • Purchases: 29
Hair Cut Check Up
From: Tanya Ott
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African American women die of breast cancer at much higher rates than other women, but a unique program is turning African American hair dressers i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 3
The Emergence of Shawn Colvin: Inside "These Four Walls"
From: Paul Ingles
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Three-time Grammy winner Shawn Colvin is captured in the studio working on her 2006 album THESE FOUR WALLS and reflecting on her career in music.

Bought by North State Public Radio, WHRV, Wyoming Public Radio, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, WILL and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2006
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 9
What's the Word? Muslim Women Writers
From: Modern Language Association
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Works by female writers from Muslim countries offer us important perspectives on questions of religion, nationalism, and the role of women in Islam...

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCPN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 12
Black Classical Masters series: Denyce Graves
From: David Person
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Four-part series that profiles opera star Denyce Graves, with interview excerpts

Bought by WNMU-FM and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 20:01
  • Purchases: 2
What's the Word? City of Ladies
From: Modern Language Association
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In 1405 Christine de Pisan wrote a landmark book called _The Book of the City of Ladies _in response to works that attacked and slandered women.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 7
Saving the "King of Trees"
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Profile of a Connecticut scientist who is trying to reintroduce the American chestnut

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jul 18, 2005
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
Gender And The American Experience.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Historian Alice Kessler-Harris looks at women's rights then and now.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KQED, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 3
What's the Word? Chinese Women's Poetry
From: Modern Language Association
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A celebration of Chinese women poets.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCPN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 30:03
  • Purchases: 11
The Attack on Black
From: Jessica Seigel
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Why basic black remains basic in fashion despite yearly marketing assaults.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2004
  • Length: 06:19
Bus Driver-Long Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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What the bus driver thinks about while she's staring staight-ahead

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WHCP-LP Cambridge, The Story, PRX Remix, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 6
Bus Driver-Short Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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What the bus driver thinks about while she's staring staight-ahead

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KUHB, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 22, 2003
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 4
Life Stories - Jobs: Women at Work
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Three portraits of women working - A pastor, a seasonal worker, and a judge

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KMUN, KUER, WFAE and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2003
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 72
Life Stories - Jobs: Teaching ("Educating Esme')
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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The Diary of a First Year Teacher, "Educating Esme." One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portraits.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUER, WFAE, KPIK-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 19
Life Stories - Families: Women and Children
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Three stories of young women - Concerning Breakfast, The Trapeze Artist, Alone Like a Stone. One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portra...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUER, WFAE, HowSound, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 18

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