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Birds - In 2012, Joanne "J-Bird" Phillips founded J-Bird Music for the Arts, with the vision of reviving arts programs by providing much needed equ...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 03:28
Wishes - Yolanda Franklin-Moore is Fashion Designer and Owner of Xande Fadee, an innovative fashion and accessories line. She is a highly skilled f...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 01:11
Love - Alee Opuiyo is a 2005 Howard University School of Communications graduate. She majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Political Scie...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 01:19
Happiness - Yolanda Franklin-Moore is Fashion Designer and Owner of Xande Fadee, an innovative fashion and accessories line. Yolanda is a highly sk...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 01:36
After experiencing domestic abuse, Michelle Dirienzo started her own company to teach women self-defense in a non-threatening environment
Bought by WOUB
- Added: Feb 19, 2020
- Length: 04:43
- Purchases: 1
Like many kids who come from working class immigrant families, Kateri Gutierrez felt a lot of pressure to get ahead. After a brief stint trying to ...
- Added: Jul 21, 2019
- Length: 07:05
Audio documentary about gender discrimination in the workplace, part 5 of Scene on Radio's "Men" series.
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 34:44
SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to our first episode about Sheila, Episode 88: Cold Case, before you listen to this one. This episode contains descr...
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 27:44
In 1984, Sheila Wysocki found herself helping the police investigate the murder of her college roommate. Detectives asked her to help gather inform...
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 34:29
Chelsea Harden's horses create magical spaces where kids with special needs can connect and learn. Hear how she manages the unusual business assets...
- Added: Sep 21, 2017
- Length: 13:33
Iran-born Fif Ghobadian created San Francisco fashion brand Road Twenty-Two to provide jobs for women released from prison.
- Added: Jun 20, 2017
- Length: 13:36
Tatiana Garcia Granados started The Common Market to bring farm food to her Philadelphia neighborhood. Now she's taking on the nation's broken food...
- Added: Jun 20, 2017
- Length: 14:55
With her nonprofit One Simple Wish, Danielle Gletow is bringing the joy of childhood to the lives of foster kids, one wish at time.
Bought by WOUB
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 14:45
- Purchases: 1
Kathy Brough and Anita Saville created Budget Buddies to help homeless women break free of poverty, aided by a sisterhood of volunteer personal-fin...
Bought by WOUB
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 15:00
- Purchases: 1
Hear how Houston pool-builder Kryshon Bratton has used the entrepreneurial "pivot" to stoke growth and create the work-life balance she wants.
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 11:57
How Angelica Garcia-Dunn went from struggling to feed her kids to building a booming Texas-sized trucking company.
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 12:45
Toronto retailer Melissa Austria has created thriving menswear stores that appeal to guys who hate to shop but want to look good.
- Added: Nov 10, 2016
- Length: 11:44
Veronika Scott of The Empowerment Plan shares her missional journey of discovering her passion for creating employment for the homeless. She courag...
- Added: May 11, 2016
- Length: 40:51
The Bonfires of Social Enterprise episode with Detroit fashion writer turned job maker and social enterprise entrepreneuer. Karen Buscemi is trying...
- Added: Jul 28, 2015
- Length: 28:08
From "Sista Suppers," to business skills training, Social Enterprise expert Romy Gingras talks about what inspired Lips & Hips founder, Yodit Mesfi...
- Added: Jul 27, 2015
- Length: 19:46
Online crafty marketplace Etsy went public in April 2015. What does that mean for the makers who sell their goods on the site?
- Added: Apr 22, 2015
- Length: 28:50
Financing a business plan or personal project usually means taking out a bank loan, but for many immigrants, there's another alternative. KFAI's Al...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 04:39
America's first African American female millionaire.
Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KBEM, KSKA, RadioStPete Florida, KETR-FM and more
- Added: Jan 29, 2015
- Length: 02:02
- Purchases: 8
There's a lot at stake for new food startups, but in Brooklyn, NY, the climate has become unmistakably hospitable.
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 08:20
Many women in the US are still forced to choose between having a career or having children. Some brave women choose to do both. In the wake of Anne...
- Added: Jan 10, 2014
- Length: 05:02