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Bending In 2020
From: Ahri Golden
Series: Bending In 2020
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​BENDING IN 2020 started off as a gift for my courageous friend, Alaiya, whose husband died by suicide, before Covid. I was curious to know how she...

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:02:00
Motor Maids and Bubblegum - A Tale from The Heart of America
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Tales From the Heart of America
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Discover the vibrant love and legacy of women motorcyclists in 'Motor Maids and Bubblegum,' a tribute to the trailblazers who rode beyond societal ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 1
Post-Roe America preview: Conversation with Alison Block, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
Caption: The Nocturnists: Post-Roe America series, Credit: Nicole Xu
After the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision in June 2022, Dr. Emily Silverman spoke with Dr. Alison Block – a family medicine physician, abor...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 48:10
Post-Roe America: 1. The Day Roe Fell
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
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When the U.S. Supreme Court hands down the Dobbs decision, clinicians rush to decipher its implications.

Bought by KGLP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 26:52
  • Purchases: 4
Tina Turner the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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Queen of Rock 'n' Roll is a musical history of the great Tina Turner hosted by musicologist Howard Burchette.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
  • Purchases: 2
Returing to Myself - Monologue by Kiara Chavez and Kirsten Wilson
From: Motus Theater Boulder
Series: Motus Theater UndocuAmerica Monologues
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Kiara tells a tender story of flying home to Mexico for the first time since she was four to see her ailing grandmother. (*She was able to visit as...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 14:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Ultimate Dunk
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Women in the Austin Music Scene
Caption: Kana Harris (right) interviewed in the Texas Folklife archive room
Punk Musician & Creator of Community Record Store, Kana Harris merges all. This story was produced by Mary Hollyman, Tony Plata, and Cynthia Luna w...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
VIVA LA MUJER HISTORIA 1
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: Viva La Mujer
Caption: women power, Credit: npr
In Viva La Mujer we speak to different Latinas creating spaces and power in different platforms around the country.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: :59
Women on the Front Lines
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)
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The Grupo de Mujeres, or Womens' Group, works tirelessly for the dignity of their families and themselves at the Workers Defense Project. Here are ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
On The Right Track - A Bonus Episode
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: THE HUSTLER FILES
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There's a saying, 'you don't know what you don't know' but perhaps you'd like to know so in this bonus episode we'll share how The Hustler Files ca...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2018
  • Length: 20:26
Her Road of Trials, Episode 102
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: THE HUSTLER FILES
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Meet hustler La’Kia Young. She could be anyone, anywhere with a past paved in rubble and pain but her perseverance proves that failure isn't final.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 21:12
Teodora Schipper (b.1944 in the Philippines)
From: SLB Radio
Series: Women's History Month
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Teodora Schipper (b. 1944 in the Philippines) reflects on her life based on this 2013 interview by 5th graders Addie and Scott of Winchester Thurst...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KGLP


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 2
Niama Elharrak (b. 1971 in Morocco)
From: SLB Radio
Series: Women's History Month
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Niama Elharrak (b. 1971 in Morocco) reflects on her life based on this 2014 interview by 5th graders Hannah, Carsten and Garrett of Winchester Thur...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Marlene “Miss Pumpkin” Murphy of Homestead, Pennsylvania
From: SLB Radio
Series: Women's History Month
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Former steelworker Marlene “Miss Pumpkin” Murphy of Homestead, Pennsylvania reflects on her life based on this 2015 interview by Propel Homestead m...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Laxmi Aryal (b. 1951 in Nepal)
From: SLB Radio
Series: Women's History Month
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Laxmi Aryal (b. 1951 in Nepal) reflects on her life based on this 2014 interview by 5th graders Mat, JP and Lily of Winchester Thurston School in P...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
Karla Stept (b.1918 in Austria)
From: SLB Radio
Series: Women's History Month
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Karla Stept (b.1918 in Austria) reflects on her life based on this 2011 interview by 5th graders Anatea, Ellis and Jackson of Winchester Thurston S...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 1
Hermila Perez, Dominican Republic native who came to the U.S. in 1951
From: SLB Radio
Series: Women's History Month
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Hermila Perez reflects on her life before and after coming to the United States in 1951 based on interviews by Clarence and Jevon, teens participat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
What a Girl Wants
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Aarti Chandorkar blindly tastes some high calorie chocolate cake
We take a break from all of the serious topics we've been covering and get into two things we love: fashion and food. We ask locals to define Seatt...

Bought by KUT and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 16:55
  • Purchases: 2
Shirley Chisholm: The Politics of Principle
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1972, Shirley Chisholm launched a spirited campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was the first woman and first African American to run. De...

Bought by WABE, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 10
For One Cajun Shrimper, a Journey from Despair to Defiance
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Darla Rooks looks out over the oiled marshland of Bay Jimmy. , Credit: Barry Yeoman
It has been over a year since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, but it’s still too early to measure the complete cost of the ensuing disaster. Despite...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 11:47
Literacy comes to the community: Afghanistan Child Alert
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Story is Free! Martin Bell, former BBC Correspondent, travels to Afghanistan and in this story looks at the community-based approaches to impr...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:51
The Dangers of Home Births in Pakistan
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This Story is Free! Homebirths are common in Pakistan, and Mandy Cunningham goes on the ground to try to understand the many risks associated with ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:41
Life in a Nepalese Hospital without a Doctor
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Hear about how one hospital survives without a doctor in the Nepalese mountains

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Nepalese Woman, Kamala, Makes her way to the Hospital
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for a pregnant women to get medical care in a small village in Nepal

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:01
Risks for Women Giving Birth at a Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for pregnant women and new mothers with limited resources in an Afghanistan Hospital

Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 2