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Caption: Kandi Mossett, Credit: Nikki Richter
Jessica Alva. Khadija Rose Britton. Hanna Harris. Anthonette Christine Cayedito. If you haven't heard of these women, it’s no surprise. They’re fou...

  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 28:30

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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The leader of a landmark abortion study shares what research and her own family experience suggests will happen to people who are denied abortions ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 17:37
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A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing — in the courts, on the campaign trail, at the ballot box this N...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
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A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing — in the courts, on the campaign trail, at the ballot box this N...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 17:59
Caption: Clarice “Bun” Hardy stands on the beach with her dog in the Native Village of Shaktoolik, Alaska. Hardy, a former 911 dispatcher for the Nome Police Department, says she moved back to her village after a sexual assault left her feeling unsafe in Nome. , Credit: AP Photo/Victoria Mckenzie
Even after the initial trauma, invasive medical exams, and difficult police questioning, a woman in Nome who reports sexual assault must also confr...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Houda, her mom and sister, and their friend Mishelle on the tram in Sabino Canyon
Episode 31 Two years ago on July 28th, Houda’s family stepped off a plane into the intense Tucson heat. They weren’t sure what was in store for the...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 04:38
Caption: Dr. Lorena Gonzalez at her desk at the Syracuse VA Medical Center, Credit: Conor Wight
Doctor Lorena Gonzalez is a surgeon - but last year, she became a cancer patient. This is the story of how she applied her knowledge and experience...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:12
Caption: The Reverend Jessie Smith, with two of St. Anne's guests, Joanna and Carla
The face of homelessness is changing, in ways that are not easily addressed by any one group or agency. More people have resorted to living in th...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode is the second installment exploring women within prisons. First, we get updates on struggles in Bulgaria and Turkey, hear about propos...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:43
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Nashua, NH Police Sergeant, Lakeisha Phelps is one of two black police officers on a force with 176 police officers, in one of New Hampshire’s most...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
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In 2011 the Dayton Correctional Institution became the third women’s prison in Ohio, when it was changed from a 500-bed male facility to a women’s ...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:04
Caption: Students at Syracuse University march around campus holding signs and chanting.
A piece about college students standing for change and ending rape culture.

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:26
Caption: Suzette Jordan, Credit: Sandip Roy
Recently the Park Street rape victim did something almost unthinkable in India. She revealed her identity.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Helen Morley was an unsung hero in a relatively unknown battle – the grassroots fight for mental health care in Chicago. Her deficits were often he...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:20
Caption: Kalpana Pradhan, Kolkata, India
A chaotic system of divorce by folk beliefs and text messages may be nearing its end.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
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As the Syrian revolution unfolded over the last year, Syrian-Americans have been glued to YouTube - the primary source of information from the war ...

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
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The second part of our series examines the challanges victims face after being sexually assaulted in the military.

Bought by WEZU and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
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For most women, the way their pregnancy, labor, and recuperation is handled by the correctional system has a lot to be desired. But there are some...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 2
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Rally to renew federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 10:10
Caption: Josette Sheeran, Executive Director United Nations world Food Programme, National Press Club 9/29/2010, Credit: Terry Hill
World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran spoke on 10 steps to solving world hunger at The National Press Club on September 29, 2010.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
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The story of “Kathy”… a 9-year-old whose life was turned upside down after her parents were arrested during a workplace raid.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 12:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
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This 55 min piece features excerpts from a Feb.24th tribute to folk singer Odetta at the Riverside Church in NYC. Performing artists include Pete S...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WSLR, Marfa Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2009
  • Length: 55:21
  • Purchases: 6