PRX - Pieces for Topic: Women
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The pandemic has upended caregiving and what it means to be a working mom. More than 2 million women have left the workforce because of the cost an...
- Added: Jun 17, 2021
- Length: 04:27
In 2018, Michelle Huston came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Lauren Magaña, to talk about her life’s calling to take care of the dying, and how i...
- Added: Oct 22, 2020
- Length: 03:05
After being incarcerated for 15 years, Chalana McFarland is reunited with her daughter following a federal memorandum that called for releasing non...
Bought by WYAP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WERA-LP
- Added: Jul 27, 2020
- Length: 03:20
- Purchases: 3
Three generations of hospital pharmacists discuss staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and what carrying on their family legacy means to them.
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 2
Topic 1: Menstruation Hygiene Concerns in Africa. Topic 2:The Story of Fry Bread is the Story of American Indians
Bought by KOWS
- Added: Jun 09, 2020
- Length: 48:44
- Purchases: 1
While many of us transition to working out at home during COVID-19, others already made the transition- to avoid harassment. Hear the women behind ...
- Added: May 06, 2020
- Length: 06:02
While many of us transition to working out at home during COVID-19, others already made the transition- to avoid harassment. Hear the women behind ...
- Added: May 05, 2020
- Length: 06:06
Even after the initial trauma, invasive medical exams, and difficult police questioning, a woman in Nome who reports sexual assault must also confr...
Bought by High Plains Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Apr 08, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
What was a nice Jewish grandmother doing flying into ISIS territory, preparing for a secret mission? After Lisa Miara's family suffered through ter...
- Added: Jan 29, 2020
- Length: 31:56
In 1988, a handful of tough, idealistic women banded together to fight for women's rights to pray, as men do, at the holiest Jewish site in the wor...
- Added: Jan 28, 2020
- Length: 47:26
Denise Baken tells her children about her family's legacy of military service—and the battles faced along the way.
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, PRX Remix, and WHRV
- Added: Sep 26, 2019
- Length: 02:19
- Purchases: 3
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Women in the Austin Music Scene
Series: Women in the Austin Music Scene
A snapshot into the struggles and triumphs of Austin's hidden gem, Tameca Jones. This story was produced by Tina Steiner, Jay Bhattacharyya, and Ma...
- Added: Jul 15, 2019
- Length: 04:41
Saadia interviews Jade Chang. Jade is the author of The Wangs vs. the World. The book has been named a New York Times Editors Choice as well as bes...
- Added: May 01, 2019
- Length: 40:50
An Interview with Deborah Campbell about her Investigative Non-Fiction Book "A Disappearance in Damascus"
- Added: Apr 29, 2019
- Length: 30:01
Twenty years ago, Leona Kinsey disappeared from her home in La Grande, Oregon and was never seen again. Her daughter, Carolyn DeFord, a Puyallup tr...
- Added: Apr 01, 2019
- Length: 02:09
Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones, was born in 1830. She lived a quiet, non-public life until she was approximately 47 years old and then, for almost...
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Stephanie Land discusses her memoir, "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive." She also reads a few short passages.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Prairie Public, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Feb 20, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
Bodybuilding is no easy feat. Bodybuilders spend endless hours in the gym. They count carbs and grams of fat meticulously. Why? To get ripped, mayb...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 20, 2018
- Length: 04:40
- Purchases: 2
This is audio of a formerly incarcerated woman reading a letter she wrote while in prison.
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 03:13
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 12:56
- Purchases: 1
With one hop of the fence, a star-crossed lover (Emmy nominee Rupert Friend) storms back into the life of the married woman (Golden Globe winner Mi...
- Added: Sep 25, 2018
- Length: 29:18
Elaine Kahn meditates on care, loss, and the uncertainty of the future.
Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KHSU, and KENW
- Added: May 31, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Mary Cisper mediates on loss and grief after the death of her former husband.
- Added: May 21, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
"What we don’t know is what happened in the 18 seconds that the police officer that was in the hallway. He ended up shooting my son seven times in ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 36:29
Prageeta Sharma reflects on the last night of intimacy with her terminally ill partner.
- Added: Apr 05, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
