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The focus of this WorldCanvass is the tenacious cycle of poverty, hunger, and disease which afflicts so many parts of our globe—and some of the cre...
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 23:26
The focus of this WorldCanvass is the tenacious cycle of poverty, hunger, and disease which afflicts so many parts of our globe—and some of the cre...
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 24:44
For most of its history, the Paris fire brigade has been all male. One of the force's 400 women talks about the physical challenges, and the need t...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW
- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 04:08
- Purchases: 3
Conducting is a surprisingly male world. Elizabeth Askren Brie has fought sexism throughout her career.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 2
Midwife Nicolas Dutriaux says the gender balance of his profession has lead to its marginalization.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 2
Car mechanics tend to be male. A Paris-area garage is trying to change that by hiring women to appeal to women.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 1
Fitting in is a point of contention for many women - the idea that to do well at work we have to mesh with company culture, instead of the company ...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 17:11
A joint Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi – a Pakistani and an Indian. Now if that doesn’t embarrass the two belligerent...
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 04:30
Some 60 widows in white saris from the town of Vrindavan made thier way to Kolkata for the festival of the Goddess Durga.
Something many of them ha...
- Added: Oct 07, 2014
- Length: 04:30
India's Mangalyaan orbiter has reached Mars, but the mission means as much for the women of India as it does for science.
- Added: Sep 30, 2014
- Length: 04:30
The Russian government wants to improve its country's birthrate. One way to do that is to improve maternity care and reduce infant mortality. But n...
- Added: Jul 14, 2014
- Length: 04:53
Mexico’s passionate soccer fans and colorful fiestas are in full gear for the World Cup. Lilia Fuquen reports that perhaps the strongest pillar of...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 1
Wisdom and stories learned from grandmothers in Central Mexican Kitchens. Plus: can years of farming rice change a cultural personality?
Bought by WJCT, KMUN, WABE, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMNF and more
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 7
Wisdom and stories learned from grandmothers in Central Mexican Kitchens. Plus: can years of farming rice change a cultural personality?
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 4
On the occasion of International Press Freedom Day, World Footprints was invited by the United Nations Foundation to attend a powerful event sought...
- Added: May 21, 2014
- Length: 01:00:06
In Sudan, where my family is from, there is an ancient beauty ritual that married women perform called dukhan. It’s like a sauna, but with smoke.
...
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 14:52
Radio Curious discusses jealousy with French psychoanalyst Marcianne Blevis, author of “Jealousy: True Stories of Love’s Favorite Decoy.”
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 29:01
Though she identifies herself as just an ordinary person with a dream, au contraire, Jenny’s accomplishments are stunning. She is an American who...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Apr 12, 2014
- Length: 09:53
- Purchases: 2
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 08:22
For Women's History Month with a nod to St.Patty's Day, we revisit Irish author Anne Enright, who discusses her dark but humorous approach to writi...
- Added: Mar 19, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This is a story about two films that are in the eye of a peculiar storm in India.
One is called Gulaab Gang. The other is called Gulaabi Gang with...
- Added: Mar 17, 2014
- Length: 04:30
Kerstin Rodgers aka Ms Marmite Lover - queen of London's underground restaurants - chats with me in her kitchen in Kilburn, North London. Topics du...
- Added: Feb 23, 2014
- Length: 19:24
In this episode of "Without Reserve" host Pam McKissick takes a look at small companies doing big business in foreign lands. Her special guests in...
- Added: Jan 19, 2014
- Length: 51:40
The image of India has changed in American eyes, yet so has America's image... in Indian eyes.
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 04:30
In Egypt, family, marriage and love all mix together in an unexpected way, especially when it comes to arranged marriages. The American University ...
Bought by KUER
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 10:31
- Purchases: 1
