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Take a look at any percussion section in a wind band or orchestra, and it’s generally full of men. This week, we’ll turn that on its head, as we l...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:31
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When many voices sing together, they create harmonies that are impossible alone. And when a group of women's voices join in song, the experience c...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2021
  • Length: 58:30
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“P.S. to Johnny: I am happy about the baby except the name. Couldn’t we find something a little less far out?” Rain’s mother dies young, and in a ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
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Girlie So Groovie dubs itself as, "The only show dedicated to the women who rock and to the listeners who love them!" This award-winning weekly rad...

  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:43
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In celebration of Women's History Month, this episode features author and activist Mikki Kendall, comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus, and music fr...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Mikki Kendall
In celebration of Women's History Month, this episode features author and activist Mikki Kendall, comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus, and music fr...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Foxgloves, Credit: Aaron Tinklenberg
Six Twin Cities women have come together to form the Foxgloves. The group features strong singing, playing and songwriting in both performance and ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Minneapolis singer songwriter Lydia Liza, Credit: Sheila Regan
After bursting on the Twin Cities music scene as a teenager, singer songwriter Lydia Liza got a crash course in growing up. By her early 20s, she s...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 3
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Christy Stillwell discusses her novel, "The Wolf Tone," winner of the 2017 Elixir Fiction Award. She also reads a short passage from an article she...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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What does it mean to be an American? Whether you’re from North America, South America or Central America, the group Americas3 will show you how we ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 29:34
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Monika Vischer is program director at Colorado Public Radio Classical. She is also co-founder and board chair of El Sistema Colorado, a non-profit ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gao Hong, Credit: Ryan Dawes
When the Minnesota Timberwolves asked Gao Hong to play the "Star-Spangled Banner" before a game, she was nervous. This would be the first time most...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Last Import, a Minneapolis surf punk trio, didn't meet at a bar or college. Nope. They met at an all-female rock school called "Girls Rock n Roll R...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Credit: Ryan Dawes
Near the end of his life, Franz Schubert composed "Death and the Maiden." Two centuries later, violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja grappled with the ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:55
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Last February, a former student at Utah State University wrote a Facebook post. She said she’d been raped by an instructor in the piano department,...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 26:53
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Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco returns with songs that are Political with a capital P and where "the feminist diatribes are turned up high"

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KALW and more


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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NYC-based composer Lainie Fefferman talks about being the only girl in math class, helping audiences get to know performers, and the problem with t...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 27:00
Caption: Rickie Lee Jones
Singer, songwriter and musician Rickie Lee Jones chats with host Gwen Thompkins about her life in music, moving to New Orleans, and her most recent...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 52:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cami Cote
Producer Kali Beeson's feature features a woman whose first yoga experience involved chanting. She went home and told her husband it was weird. Now...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 03:26
Caption: Nate Bradley playing at an event for rookie football players, Credit: Todd Goodrich
Here's a story that proves gushing affection for grandmas is universal. Producer Keiko Sagami's sound-rich piece features University of Montana def...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 2
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Comedian Martin Short reads from his amusing memoir, I Must Say: My Life As A Humble Comedy Legend. When he auditions for a musical, someone destin...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: Bob Athearn
Bob Athearn's a cat who's played a lot of joints -- joints you wouldn't take your best girl to. But the best of what this journeyman musician has t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Beyonce
Teen radio journalist, Lilli Carlsen, traces how her journey to become a feminist directly corresponds to musical artist Beyonce’s lyrics. For many...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
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I talked to a nice lady at Pike Place Market about why she loves to play the guitar.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:37