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004 Helen Wheels
From: Tim Ayres
Series: Borderland Jukebox
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The life and music of Helen Wheels. Her band performed at CBGB's in New York during the height of the punk movement in the 70s, before her untimely...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:30
Margaret Hastings, the “Shangri-La WAC”
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
Caption: New York State Museum, Credit: New York State Museum
In honor of Women’s History Month, Devin and Lauren highlight a Pomeroy marker in Tioga County and tell the story of Corporal Margaret Hastings, a ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Women's History Month: Changing the Narrative, Women War and Peace II
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Making the future while surviving a war. In humanity’s never ending war stories, combat makes the news, but the macho gaze misses the complex reali...

Bought by KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
NL 22-12: Jazz Women of the 1940s, 3/14/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Night Lights
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Trumpeter Billie Rogers, vibraphonist Marjorie Hyams, and other unsung heroines of the World War II era in jazz.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:04
Women's History Month: Women's Choice is More Than Roe vs Wade
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipeline to prison for the vulnerabl...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
S06 Ep28: Women of Old, Part 2, 3/12/2022
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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This week, music written in the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque. These are the works that set the foundation for the music of today.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
Elise Hooper's ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC by Elise Hooper (her fourth novel) tells the powerful story of American Army and Navy nurses kept as prisoners for nearly thr...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 09:36
AG 22-14: Doris Day, Jazz Singer: A Centennial Celebration, 3/28/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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Doris Day was a pop star and a film star, but this week on Afterglow, I’ll highlight the often overlooked aspect of her career: a jazz singer. We’l...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
StoryCorps Griot: Mary Othella Burnette and Debora Hamilton Palmer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mary Othella Burnette and Debora Hamilton Palmer at their StoryCorps interview in Saint Clair Shores, MI, and Sparks, NV, on Feb. 6, 2022. , Credit: By StoryCorps
Mary Othella Burnette tells her daughter, Debora Hamilton Palmer, about “Granny Hayden,” a second-generation midwife in Black Appalachia.

Bought by Vermont Public


  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
205: Vatican Women's Rifle Team
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Amy pulled out all the stops for this shenanigan filled episode. Don't be an April's Fool like Trace.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
198: Mary McLeod Bethune
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Mary McLeod Bethune was the daughter of former slaves and a founder of Bethune-Cookman University. She was often the only woman of color with a sea...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
AG 22-10: Shout, Sister, Shout: The Great American Songbook's Feminist Anthems, 2/28/2022
From: WFIU
Series: Afterglow
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The Great American Songbook is chockablock with antiquated notions of gender roles, but a few songs flip the script. This week, we explore songs of...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
UPDATED AUDIO: Freedom for Women Requires Abolition Feminism: Suzanne Pharr & Beth Richie
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipeline to prison for the vulnerabl...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Conversations: Elinor Cleghorn, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
Caption: Unwell Women
Emily discusses the problem of gender bias in medicine with Dr. Elinor Cleghorn, author of "Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 43:24
Sarah Vogel’s The Farmer’s Lawyer: The North Dakota Nine and the Fight to Save the Family Farm
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Can a lawyer in their first courtroom case win against the mighty power of the US federal government? Yes, she did. The Farmer’s Lawyer by North D...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 09:18
Novelist Annie Barrows
From: New Letters on the Air
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Next time on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR, hear Annie Barrows, the co-author of the international best seller and book club favorite, THE GUERNSEY LITERA...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women fought trafficking and created a refuge in this Chinatown building
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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We look at the history of the Cameron House in San Francisco's Chinatown. The women who founded the organization worked to rescue Chinese women and...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
A Radio History - 2021 Holiday Special
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This year, the Rough Draft Diaries is taking a step back in time to learn about the history of the radio play. Tune in for this year's special but ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Joshua Prager
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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April Baer of Michigan Radio's "Stateside" talks with Joshua Prager about his book "The Family Roe."

Bought by WNMU-FM and WKAR


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 2
Treating the Whole Person (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Pregnant people who struggle with substance abuse face an uphill battle getting the care they need for their pregnancy and the care they need for t...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHEN-LP, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Treating the Whole Person (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Pregnant people who struggle with substance abuse face an uphill battle getting the care they need for their pregnancy and the care they need for t...

Bought by KXCV, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Treating the Whole Person (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Pregnant people who struggle with substance abuse face an uphill battle getting the care they need for their pregnancy and the care they need for t...

Bought by KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, WJCT, KRDP and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Treating the Whole Person (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Pregnant people who struggle with substance abuse face an uphill battle getting the care they need for their pregnancy and the care they need for t...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
S06 Ep13: In Olden Times, 11/27/2021
From: WCNY
Series: Feminine Fusion
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It’s a trip through the centuries, as we hear music composed by women In Olden Days. From 16th century convents, to the court of a king, and Victo...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
Women on the Waterfront
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn
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At the start of World War II, 200 women were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That number ballooned to 7,000 at the height of the war, but after...

Bought by KVNF and KCNP


  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2

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