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This is a special ENCORE edition. Before it was legal in the United States, some doctors would risk arrest to provide women with access to safe abo...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Guests: Lael Echo-Hawk on reforming Native tribal councils; NY City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito on being a “first”; Jessica Neuwirth’s ne...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 55:55
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Guests: Eva Longoria talks about her Latina political activism; Ellen Bravo’s workplace update on the progress of paid leave legislation; Dana Cowi...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 54:41
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Guests: Lily Tomlin on the Kennedy Honors; Katrina vanden Heuvel on Molly Ivins, and UN Women director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on changing the world...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 56:03
Caption: Femen North America, Credit: Femen North America
How can a woman determine how she is perceived by the world, and even by herself? On this edition, we hear stories of women who are using their bo...

Bought by WCPN, WRIR, and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Government Policy Produces Record Levels of Economic Inequality in U.S.; A...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
First of five broadcasts on what's at stake for women in the upcoming elections. Today's topic: Some candidates are promising to repeal Obamacare ...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
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It's been forty-one years since the landmark Roe V. Wade decision legalized abortion in the U.S. But foes have never stopped in their quest to ove...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
On November 19th citizens of Albuquerque, New Mexico, will vote on the first city-level 20 week abortion ban in the U.S., with no exceptions for r...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama got a short reprieve when Russia put forward a plan to avoid a U.S. missile strike on Syria by sequestering Syria’s chemical weapon...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Hollie McNish, poet
We explore the role of the community in supporting moms to breastfeed their babies.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: :47
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one half minute commentary on why House Republicans took their 40th meaningless vote to repeal Obamacare before getting out of town for a 5...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary on the blame that's been aimed at Hillary Clinton because of Anthony Weiner's sex scandal.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary from series host Martha Burk on the House abortion ban vote and women.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Danni Jesudowich and Paul McClanahan instruct Keely Ahlstrom on how to shoot a full vent ribbed 20 gauge Benelli semi-automatic shotgun with adjustable chokes.
The National Rifle Association started its Women on Target program in 2000. According to their website, they’ve trained over eighty thousand women...

Bought by KUER and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 2
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Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun Times talks with series host Martha Burk on what it's like to cover the presidential campai...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
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Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
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Women's votes are crucial to any candidate -- in fact, women can control any election. What are their priorities?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:32
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We'll focus on the needs of families who have the least amount of resources and are most under attack. Guests will include Jessica Aranda, with So...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 28:45
Caption: Bangledeshi woman and child, Credit: Flickr user: nomanson
Shrinking the world’s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need more contr...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Domestic workers in Texas., Credit: Flickr user: Nuevo Anden
With the passage of New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2010, workers are now organizing in California and other states to win basic righ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Rally in support of the Ohio Prevention First Act, Credit: creative commons Flickr user ProgressOhio
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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From persistence to flexibility, neighborhood team leader Paula offers an inside look at what it takes to be a volunteer with President Obama's re-...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:43
Caption: Pro-abortion rally, Credit: Flickr user: ProgressOhio
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...

Bought by WCSU-FM and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Gloria Feldt
The future belongs to women. Around the world, women are inspiring each other to envision a world where women lead, but quite differently. Women ar...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, KSKQ, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6