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Freed, Lynn — Reflections on a Life

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

The personal journal is often not meant for the eyes of anyone but the writer. When a stranger’s journal is read, the reader often becomes a voyeur...

Added: Nov 20, 2018
Length: 29:00

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for October 10, 2018

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Although Kavanaugh’s Been Installed on Supreme Court, the Fight is Far Fr...

Bought by WRIR and KMXT

Added: Oct 10, 2018
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Stephanie Coontz, author of "The Way We Never Were"

From: Boise State Public Radio

Bob Kustra interviews Stephanie Coontz about the revised edition of her book "The Way We Never Were"

Added: Jun 05, 2018
Length: 30:00

StoryCorps: Kristin Glasgow and Karen Offutt

From: StoryCorps

Caption: Kristin Glasgow (left) and Karen Offutt (right)

In the late 1960s, Karen Offutt was a patriotic teenager who got chills whenever she heard the “Star-Spangled Banner.” At 18, she dropped out of nu...

Bought by WDBM, WVBI-LP, and WEZU

Added: Nov 15, 2017
Length: 04:23
Purchases: 3

Matilda and the Wobblies

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

From the Ukrainian Pale to Bridgeport, Connecticut. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Radicalized by d...

Added: Nov 14, 2017
Length: 58:12

White Lies to Brown Women: The Disingenuous Feminism of the Right

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

In our show today with Sara Farris we’ll ask, what’s behind the right-wing demand for women’s rights in the context of immigration (hint, it’s the ...

Bought by KZYX and WRIR

Added: Jul 11, 2017
Length: 58:00
Purchases: 2

The Strange Life of Work: Kathi Weeks

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

In The Problem with Work, Kathi Weeks challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labor, is inherently a social and political good. Or in oth...

Bought by XRAY.fm and RadioFreePalmer

Added: Jun 27, 2017
Length: 58:01
Purchases: 2

The Working Tapes: Taxi Driver

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

In 1974, author and oral historian Studs Terkel published his seminal book "Working," a portrait of America based on 130 interviews. The raw record...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: May 09, 2017
Length: 05:05
Purchases: 3

The Working Tapes: Advertising Executive

From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes

Studs Terkel interviews a female advertising executive in the 1970's for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and KZYX

Added: May 04, 2017
Length: 03:19
Purchases: 3

StoryCorps: Larry Kushner and Eileen Kushner

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

As an adult, Eileen was diagnosed with a learning disability. At StoryCorps, she remembers how she overcame the challenges she faced at work.

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU

Added: Sep 19, 2016
Length: 02:38
Purchases: 1

RDD: Fighting Fire with Jennifer

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

Join The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor as a local Toledo firefighter talks about a normal day on the job.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: May 31, 2016
Length: 06:08
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps: Sharon Long and Steve Sutter

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Enrolling in college at 40 to study art, Sharon Long had no idea an anthropology class would put her on a path to a career as a forensic artist.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio

Added: Apr 29, 2016
Length: 02:20
Purchases: 2

StoryCorps: Barb Abelhauser and John Maycumber

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Barb Abelhauser explains how she quit an office job she hated and became a bridgetender, beginning a career she quickly fell in love with.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio

Added: Apr 15, 2016
Length: 02:13
Purchases: 2

The true cost of fast fashion: a look inside Los Angeles sweatshops

From: Making Contact

Caption: Santee Alley , Credit: Ana Gremard / Used Under CC/ flickr

On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take you on a trip through LA’s garment district, notorious for sweatshop conditions, abuse, and the outrig...

Bought by KALW

Added: Mar 25, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

StoryCorps: Trista James, Tanya James and Michelle Paugh

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

In 1979, Tanya James went to work in the West Virginia coal mines. She came to StoryCorps to share her experiences from those early days.

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRIR, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and more

Added: Mar 18, 2016
Length: 02:27
Purchases: 6

The Car Mechanic

From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique

Caption: Dahl Automotive Museum, Credit: Teri Tenseth Market

On this episode of Culture Clique, we get underneath the hood and learn about the automotive repair field. We visit with two technicians, Hannah an...

Added: Mar 09, 2016
Length: 19:06

Everyone Has Something to Sell - The Culture of Multi-Level Marketing

From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique

On this episode of Culture Clique, we explore multi-level marketing. Is it a pyramid scheme? Is it good for the seller? What are people’s impressio...

Added: Sep 17, 2015
Length: 01:07:58

Uptalk on Jeopardy (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Uptalk is that rising, questioning tone some people use when ending a statement. And women aren't the only ones who do it—so finds a study of conte...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, WKCC, KRDP and more

Added: Sep 04, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 9

StoryCorps: Monica Harwell and Andrea Cleveland

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Andrea Cleveland (L) and Monica Harwell (R)

Monica Harwell, talks to her daughter, Andrea Cleveland, about being the first woman to climb electric utility poles for ConEd in New York.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU

Added: Aug 17, 2015
Length: 01:59
Purchases: 3

Baby's Bodyguard

From: Re:Work

All of us are on this planet because we were born. Still, for most of us, giving birth is so mysterious. Many people don’t really learn about what ...

Added: Jul 31, 2015
Length: 28:00

Karen Buscemi & The Quest for A Fashion District in Detroit#17

From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season One: Bonfires of Social Enterprise

Caption: Detroit Garment Group Founder Karen Buscemi, Credit: Boswell

The Bonfires of Social Enterprise episode with Detroit fashion writer turned job maker and social enterprise entrepreneuer. Karen Buscemi is trying...

Added: Jul 28, 2015
Length: 28:08

Mark McDermott, a Union Activist, Community Organizer, and Historian, Part 2

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

Mark McDermott, a Union Activist, Community Organizer, and Historian, Part 2 Interview: Mark explains why Labor and Community are the same side of...

Bought by KPIP-LP

Added: May 22, 2015
Length: 28:09
Purchases: 1

The Madam Next Door (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until 1...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, and KENW