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National Writers Series: Elaine Weiss and William Kent Krueger

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three

Interviews with authors Elaine Weiss and William Kent Krueger

Bought by WCMU Michigan and WKAR

Added: Jul 23, 2020
Length: 54:30
Purchases: 2

Out in the Cold: The Political Imaginary of the Unhomed in the Great Depression

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Caption: An eviction protest in New York City dated Jan. 11, 1933.

As protests over the killing of George Floyd have taken over the streets of every major city, have converted hotels to homeless shelters and best f...

Added: Jun 30, 2020
Length: 59:01

88-01: Why Rosie the Riveter is "Not My Icon” - Betty Reid Soskin, National Park Service

From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

For the past decade, now 98-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Rivete...

Bought by WJCT, RadioStPete Florida, WLRH, KWIT, KKRN and more

Added: Jun 29, 2020
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 11

EP12 Tribute to Candye Kane

From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack

Candye Kane had an amazing life. She had a great voice, cool music and was a woman who was a champion for other women in the world regarding strugg...

Added: Apr 19, 2020
Length: 50:23

583-A Woman and Pluto

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Elizabeth William graduated from MIT in 1903 as one of the top students in physics and mathematics. As the head "human computer" at Lowell Observat...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW and more

Added: Mar 26, 2020
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 12

World in Progress 03/12/2020

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW

This week on the show: Fighting slavery worldwide - In this edition: Millions of people are forced to toil in forms of modern slavery across the ...

Added: Mar 12, 2020
Length: 30:00

Women100 Gloria Steinem

From: WHYY
Series: Women100

Women like Gloria Steinem, the voice of the feminist movement in the 1960s and 70s. She used her skills as a journalist and organizer to inform and...

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

Added: Feb 24, 2020
Length: :58
Purchases: 5

RDD: The Fight of The Past and the Future

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we celebrate the 100th birthday of the League of Women Voters, the LWV. The League is a nonpartisan political ...

Added: Feb 10, 2020
Length: 06:02

94: Hand Stitched Computers

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

During the 1960s when we were racing to the moon, computing tech made a huge leap. Computers had to be small to fit in the Apollo capsules and it w...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio

Added: Jan 19, 2020
Length: 04:51
Purchases: 1

89: Jiu Jitsu Suffragettes

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

That's right. Way back in the early 1900s, when women were protesting for the right to vote, there was a four-foot eleven-inch woman teaching the S...

Added: Jan 06, 2020
Length: 09:26

Let's Visit Meadowlands: Local History, the Dawn of a Birding Festival and a Shooting

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Let's Visit

Helen Abramson grew up in the Meadowlands area. She has fond memories of celebrations at the Bohemian National Hall and is a treasure trove of loc...

Added: Jan 03, 2020
Length: 14:32

“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 2

From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work

Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor, Ellie, and Megan continue their conversation about Seattle City Light’s Electrical Trades Program and how the f...

Bought by WMPG and KVSC

Added: Dec 27, 2019
Length: 27:59
Purchases: 2

Salem Bewitched

From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds

Caption: Local women perform witch trials in costume for the tourists., Credit: Eric Molinsky

To understand Salem in 1692, we need to delve into the imaginary world the Puritans believed in, where witches and Indians were both agents of the ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix

Added: Dec 27, 2019
Length: 16:34
Purchases: 3

“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 1

From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work

Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor, Ellie, and Megan examine Seattle City Light’s Electrical Trades Program and how the first trade’s women were tr...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KVSC

Added: Dec 20, 2019
Length: 28:01
Purchases: 2

133: Gail Collins and the Adventures of Older Women in American History

From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

When the colonists first came to America their ideal wife "was a woman who was civil and under 50 years of age." In the early seventies an ad decla...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WNIN, KWIT, KUT and more

Added: Dec 05, 2019
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 10

77: Maud Stevens Wagner

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Born in Kansas in 1877, Maud grew up to be the first white female tattoo artist in the United States.

Added: Nov 24, 2019
Length: 05:29

Women Warriors: The Voices of Change - Chapter 11, Hell Hath No Fury Like a Women Scorned

From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: Women Warriors - The Voices of Change podcast series

Women Warriors: The Voices of Change multimedia concert performed by Orchestra Moderne NYC, under the direction of Amy Andersson, features the musi...

Bought by WOUB

Added: Sep 20, 2019
Length: 04:51
Purchases: 1

73: Bridget 'Biddy' Mason

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

At the age of 42, Bridget Mason won a court case in California that freed her and her daughters from slavery. She went on to become a California re...

Added: Sep 11, 2019
Length: 05:14

Pam Jenoff, author of "The Lost Girls of Paris"

From: Boise State Public Radio

Bob Kustra interviews Pam Jenoff about her latest novel "The Lost Girls of Paris"

Added: Jul 30, 2019
Length: 29:46

121: Author Jennifer Weiner Writes a Radical "Beach Read"

From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

The times, they are a’changin’. This week on Inflection Point, Lauren Schiller talks to author Jennifer Weiner, about her newest bestselling book “...

Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, WNIN, KSJD and more

Added: Jul 02, 2019
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 9

S1 E8 Even The Morgue Has a Wait List

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine

Hospital administrator Galen Laserson recounts the time she got an unexpected call in the middle of the night, which prompted her to learn all abou...

Added: Jun 06, 2019
Length: 30:10

The Start Of Festival

From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

The Rough Draft Diaries is finally covering The Old West End Festival! This week we'll chat with members of the OWE Festival board to get a behind-...

Added: May 28, 2019
Length: 06:01

117: The End of Human Trafficking May Begin With Radical Empathy -Julia Flynn Siler

From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller

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

57: Stagecoach Mary

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Born in 1832, Mary Fields was the first African-American female Star Route mail carrier in the United States. Wearing two guns that she sometimes b...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio