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Caption: Robert Indiana grew up in a home where the word love was never said., Credit: Susan Cook photo of AP photo
Our society has systematically discredited women's ability to know themselves, their bodies and their ability to parent. Child maltreatment, Harvey...

  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 09:50
Caption: In Robert Indiana's childhood home, the word "love" was never spoken. , Credit: Photo of AP/ Susan Cook
We know in 2018 that invisibility of the child places the child at very high risk for maltreatment. The more invisible the child, the more likely ...

  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 07:50
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Dianna Flett, a former military officer, started Girl Smarts to teach confidence to girls in 4th and 5th grades.

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 12:48
Caption: Emily Abad
"A lot of young girls are often taught to sort of stay quiet or to put other people's needs before ourselves... And if we are to speak up or to sta...

Bought by KCSB-FM, KSJD, KCSB-FM, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Rachel Simmons
For many girls today, the relentless pursuit of accomplishment is fueled by harsh self-criticism and an acute fear of failure. Rachel Simmons has b...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCSB-FM, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Karl Jacob grew up on the Iron Range of Minnesota. In his new film, it becomes a character in the story.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 13:59
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What to look for when your family needs a Nanny ?! We speak with Nanny's Tender Loving Care, Inc. Founder Kelly Bozeman and she gives us the best o...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 27:30
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Anna Freeman and her daughter, Brianna, discuss how bullies have impacted their lives.

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 2
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Peace Talks Radio host Paul Ingles talks with two therapists - Kathryn Stamoulis, from Hunter College in New York City and Jennifer Weeks, director...

Bought by KUNM, KUOW, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Rachel Lehmann-Haupt
Why should biology decide when you'll have a baby? Now the decision about when to have children has a new wrinkle--"how" to make a baby. As journal...

Bought by KWIT, WNIN, KUT, KSJD, and KWMR


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
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There are girls all around the globe addressing tough issues that no young person should have to deal with--but must, by the luck of where and when...

Bought by KCSB-FM, KWIT, WSGE, KUNM, WNIN and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: No Increased ChildCare Credit or ChildHealthcare $ from US Senate Tax Overmaul, Credit: Susan Cook
The recently passed Tax Overhaul bill declined to increase the child care credit while leaving no money for the Children's Health Insurance Program...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Joanna Dymond
A radio story about wolves ignited a curiosity in author Joanna Dymond. Her wonder about wolves being taken off the endangered species list inspir...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 12:12
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On this week's edition of Big Talk!, Michael Glab speaks with Theresa Ochoa, the founder of HOPE—an organization that pairs juvenile delinquents wi...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 09:17
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Some surprisingly controversial theories of human longevity. 

  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 18:06
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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
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Rebecca Barry talks about her wonderful memoir "Recipes for a Beautiful Life"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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For thousands of moms with opioid addiction, this is their struggle: keeping their disease under control during and after pregnancy, in order to ke...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Johnny Morehouse Memorial, Credit: Renee Wilde
Johnny was the son of a local cobbler who fell into an old canal that cut through the center of Dayton where Patterson Boulevard now runs. His belo...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 04:55
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Most of us don’t know what to say when we are grieving or how to reach out when the people we love go through something awful. Kelsey Crowe, co-aut...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, WNIN, WCPN, KUT and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Danielle Gletow, One Simple Wish
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
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Gayle Moen was recently awarded the Northwest Artist of the Year Award. Gayle lives in Shelly, MN and is a talented musician and choral director. S...

  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 08:22
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Sarah Churchill tells her daughter Yomi Wrong -- who has a genetic disorder that causes her bones to break easily -- about the night Yomi was born.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WEZU, WVBI-LP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 4
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A sampling of ideas and best practices for raising girls into adulthood. Three women who all have daughters and are also scholars and writers in t...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Walker, MN-based Child Psychologist Amy Donnan created her line of My Feelings(tm) toys out of her drive to to help young people having trouble wit...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2