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Caption: Fauxnique portrays Wonder Woman, one of many characters in her show "The F Word" at Oasis cabaret, San Francisco, 2016., Credit: Gareth Gooch
Monique Jenkinson, a.k.a. Fauxnique, was the first cisgender woman to win the title "Miss Trannyshack" in 2003, raising many glittered eyebrows in ...

Bought by WORT and WORT


  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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An interview with Danforth Prince, author of "The Seductive Sapphic Exploits of Mercedes de Acosta: Hollywood's Greatest Lover"

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 24:30
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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
Caption: Patriotic Women - including Patrice Michaels, Credit: Cedille
Have you seen The Notorious RBG? You can hear works in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as well as American Canvas by Jennifer Higdon, and The...

Bought by KMUN, High Plains Public Radio, WETS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
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How do you do become an empowered woman when you're not yet a woman? A tribute to teenage Betty Friedans and Gloria Steinams everywhere. The Mortif...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 23:26
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When was the last time you saw a piece of art that made you uncomfortable? For some artists, the shock of the new and transgressive isn’t just an ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Caption: Sybil Leek, Credit: <a href="http://covenantofrhiannon.org/sybilleek.htm">Covenant of Rhiannon</a>
In 1966 Studs Terkel sat down with witch, astrologer, psychic and author Sybil Leek. Join us for this except from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive w...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KYUK, KZYX, KRZA, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 7
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Literature and explicit sexuality collide in Believer Book Award winner Tamara Faith Berger's haunting novel, Maidenhead.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:04:41
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Author and feminist pop cultural critic Roxane Gay talks about her upcoming novel, her approach to telling Haitian stories, and what writers can le...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 39:22
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Retro seems to be all the rage these days. From fashion to food to music, everything is coming back around again. So this week we are looking into ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
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This week we pay tribute to the women of the world with a show themed in their honor. We start out with Managing Editor Noel Clark, who takes a loo...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 31:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Scott -- called "The Tomboy of the Air" -- was part of Curtiss' exhibition team, flying upside down and plummeting to the earth in "death dives," ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:21
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This week on Culture Queue, we dive into the world of the obscene. First Producer Marcheta Fornoff learns about a little “dirty dancing” for the sa...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Rand was even arrested once wearing long underwear and a "censored by the SFPD" sign -- despite the judge's immunity ruling

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
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Phoebe Ann Moses so fascinated a sharpshooting Irish immigrant named Frank Butler by beating him out of a hundred dollar bet that he married her an...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
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Annie Edson Taylor was the first to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:57
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And at twenty-eight years of age, having beaten every challenge life threw her, O'Neil climbed into the seat of a hydrogen peroxide powered rocket ...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
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Author Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special encore presentation of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stor...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Director Debra Granik discusses her award-winning film, Winter's Bone.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 24:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Author, Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Pantera Blacksmith
As a pole dancer, Pantera travels all over the world performing and giving workshops. She has won titles (who knew such things were awarded for pol...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 25:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The art of tattooing was not fully legalized in all fifty states until the second half of the twentieth century. One of the last states was Maine. ...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Thesy Surface as Margaret McPoyle on the FX sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", Credit: FX network
An interview with British actress Thesy Surface of FX's hit sitcom, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"

  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 26:34

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3