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'Dear Neighbor,' This Poster Is for You
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Writer Adlyn Carreras presents her 'Dear Neighbor' poster., Credit: Sheila Regan
The Frogtown neighborhood of St. Paul was hit hard during the civil unrest that followed the police killing of George Floyd. While buildings are be...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
History, Resilience and Seeds
From: Diana Opong
Caption: Sherry Manning, Founder Global Seed Savers
An American citizen creates a Filipino based nonprofit to help fight injustice in a simple, yet powerful way: through seeds.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Tan
From: StoryCorps
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Grandma Crescenciana was no stranger to sacrificing for family. Her grandchildren called her Lola. They grew up hearing stories about her life in t...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
Call Your Elders: We’re Going to Be Okay
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
Series: A Better Life
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Rosalind calls her Tita Margaret, a Filipina immigrant who lived through 9/11 in New York City.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 1
InsideApp201021: 3 Stories About Fierce Appalachian Women, 10/15/2020
From: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Series: Inside Appalachia
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This episode is all about one of Appalachia’s most critical natural resources — fierce women. We hear what happens when Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
Choosing Joy Over Boxes
From: Diana Opong
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Living life as a multi-ethnic person in the entertainment industry can have it's challenges, but one performer has found a way to choose joy despit...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 03, 2020
  • Length: 14:26
  • Purchases: 1
New York Fashion: Capsule 4 | Part 5 - Trail Blazers
From: Tom Howell
Series: 2019 New York Sumer Fashion: Capsule 4
Caption: CoEvolution, Credit: Tom Howell
Conrad Bradford joins Tom again in this pre-Covid-19 Capsule | Cabana Show from New York City. In this final episode of our New York Fashion series...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 25:08
Musician's Spotlight -Tanya Gabrielian Part Two - 741
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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How could a freak accident during a Kung Fu class change the life of a concert pianist? Hailed by the London Times as "a pianist of powerful physic...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
Musician's Spotlight -Tanya Gabrielian Part One - 740
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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How could a freak accident during a Kung Fu class change the life of a concert pianist? Hailed by the London Times as "a pianist of powerful physic...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
Indra Nooyi, a powerful business executivw
From: WHYY
Series: Women100
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Indra Nooyi, (nu-eee) a business executive named as one of the world’s most powerful women by Forbes, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal and others...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WITF, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 4
Not Succeeding Isn't an Option
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I grew up learning to survive and kind of scrapping it out, and I think that’s probably why I’m such a good businessperson.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Yong Ok Lee - Production Designer - Pandemic, We Go On, They, Grace, Dead Women Walking, The Farewell
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: The Farewell
Yong Ok Lee - Production Designer - Pandemic, We Go On, They, Grace, Dead Women Walking, The Farewell

  • Added: Sep 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
StoryCorps: Flip Cuddy and Christine Cuddy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Susan Ahn Cuddy (far right) at the US Naval Air Station in Florida in 1943., Credit: Courtesy of Flip Cuddy.
Flip and Christine Cuddy remember their mother, Susan Ahn Cuddy, a Navy gunnery officer who served in World War II.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2019
  • Length: 02:23
World in Progress 04/07/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Crushed hopes - How young Pakistani brides are ending up in the clutches of sex trafficking rings in China, the activist...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Lawyer Turned Poet Monica Youn
From: New Letters on the Air
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A lawyer-turned-poet and twice a finalist for the National Book Award, Monica Youn reveals why she felt the need to leave the legal field for creat...

  • Added: May 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
117: The End of Human Trafficking May Begin With Radical Empathy -Julia Flynn Siler
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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In 19th Century San Francisco's Chinatown only 1 in 10 people were women, and most of them were forced into prostitution, trafficked by criminal to...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KCSB-FM, KWIT and more


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Novelist Lisa See's “The Island of Sea Women”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Chinese-American Lisa See’s 11th novel, “The Island of Sea Women,” centers on the female friendship and family secrets of the haenyeo. For centurie...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 09:44
World in Progress 03/07/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Changing the Game - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say. But according to South Korean beauty standards that us...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Pao Houa Her: Who Better To Tell Your Story Than You
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Pao Houa Her is a photographer dedicated to producing art about Minnesota's Hmong community. Her thought-provoking work highlights the lives of war...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
Live from Minnesota: Mayda
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Live from Minnesota
Caption: Mayda's new album is called MRDR PXP., Credit: Cameron Yang, Styling by: Oskar Ly, Editing: by Sara Beth-Horishnyk.
Mayda is a prolific musician, artist and producer. Her horn-driven, R&B pop music is raw, exciting and feisty. This "Live from Minnesota" performan...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:34
Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio – Playing Your Part
From: WFHB
Series: Hearabouts: Asian American Midwest Radio
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Host Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin interviews Yuko Kurahashi Ph.D., a professor in the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:52
Playing The National Anthem On A Pipa? Gao Hong Brings It
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Gao Hong, Credit: Ryan Dawes
When the Minnesota Timberwolves asked Gao Hong to play the "Star-Spangled Banner" before a game, she was nervous. This would be the first time most...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Who you gonna call when your city water is toxic? Dr Mona!
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Pediatrician and public health advocate Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of “What The Eyes Don’t See. A Story Of Crisis, Resistance, And Hope In An Am...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2018
  • Length: 09:55
LOVE AND BANANAS -- Lek Chailert, Ashley Bell, and John Michael McCarthy Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ashley Belle, John Michael McCarthy. and Lek Chailer, San Francisco, CA 5/25/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lek Chailert, Ashley Bell, and John Michael McCarthy talk choices, chirping, and how an elephant can be like a Prius.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 28:48
Funny Asian Women Kollective Smashes Stereotypes
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Asian-American women are expected to be submissive and quiet. The Funny Asian Women Kollective — also known as FAWK — is out to change that and get...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1

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