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Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Liz Watson
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Democratic candidate for Indiana’s 9th district, Liz Watson joins Michael Glab in the WFHB studios for a special live edition of Big Talk!

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 09:01
Moms-To-Be With Addiction Face Obstacles At Every Turn
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
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Insurance companies set rules that sometime make patients go for days without opioid addiction medicine. These rules are especially tough on pregna...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Peggy
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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A local resident talks with Michael Glab about how they came to live on the streets, and where she finds hope, on this week’s episode of Big Talk!

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:57
What are your thoughts on the Michelle Carter case?”
From: WFHB
Series: Voices in the Street
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This week's edition asks Bloomington residents what they think about the conviction of Michelle Carter, a teenager who urged her boyfriend to commi...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:42
For Rape Survivors, Specially-Trained Nurses Offer A Bridge To Justice
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
Caption: A rape kit (pictured) is used to collect evidence after a sexual assault. How well the kit is completed matters in a prosecution., Credit: Esther Honig/Side Effects Public Media
In Ohio, sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE nurses) can help administer rape kits to victims and bring perpetrators to justice. But in rural area...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 2
Childbirth in Prison
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we hear some prison-related news and then return to the topic of pregnancy in prison. We continue our discussion with Dr. Alicia Suarez,...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 28:03
Female Survival in Prison
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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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
Families and Prison: Part Two
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week’s episode is the second installment of our Families and Prison series. We speak with April, a formerly-incarcerated mother who works with...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:39
Conflicting Mammography Guidelines May Jeopardize Women’s Ability to Get Treatment
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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It’s mid-October and by now, you’ve probably picked up on the fact its Breast Cancer awareness month. Women all over the country are being flooded ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1
Big Talk: Danielle Urschel
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Danielle Urschel of the Bloomington Print Collective joins Michael Glab on this week’s edition of Big Talk.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 11:00
Can Social Workers Lower The Country's Premature Birth Rate?
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
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Premature birth can lead to long-term health and development problems and is one of the main reasons parents lose their babies. To prevent this, OB...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNIN, and WILL


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 4
Bought and Sold
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Javille Sutton was a 14-year-old runaway when she accepted a ride from a pimp who sold her across the country for the next six years. She was arrested multiple times as a juvenile. She now counsels girls at a horse ranch for young victims of trafficking.
Advocates for kids are pushing for a new approach to combating underage prostitution: treating young people caught up in sex trafficking as victims...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WRIR, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
#5 Period Piece
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Sick
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Lisa De Bode got curious about how homeless women deal with menstruation, so she wrote a story on it. Then, things started to change. Plus, Jake l...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 16:50
  • Purchases: 1
ALLAN WOLPER TALKS TO ARACELIS LUCERO
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Aracelis Lucero, a former Wall Street executive who was raised in the South Bronx, has rededicated her life to mentoring the thousands of documente...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:09
Federal Funding To Prevent Teen Pregnancy At Risk In Budget Battles
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
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Congress is fighting over another spending bill this week, and a grant program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy could lose its funding. A small...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 03:25
New Sexual Assault Policies In Place At University of Wyoming
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Wyoming Public Radio Education Stories
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This summer, the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act went into effect nationwide, laying out new protocols colleges and universities must follow...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
How much will it take to change fraternity culture?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Here in the Bay Area, fraternities based at UC Berkeley have had their share of problems. According to the University of California Police Departme...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
Micro-lending helps local entrepreneurs
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Financing a business plan or personal project usually means taking out a bank loan, but for many immigrants, there's another alternative. KFAI's Al...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
How is U.C. Berkeley addressing sexual assaults on campus?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Student activists Sofie Karasek and Meghan Warner, Credit: Liz Mak
On the state level, California is working to address the issue of sexual assault on campus. In September, the state passed a new “Yes means Yes” la...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 2
Neurosexism
From: Susanne Bard
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Our ideas about how the anatomical differences in male and female brains explain the behaviors of men and women may be based on bias rather than sc...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Impulse Under The Influence:Campus Rape Culture
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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"Impulse Under the Influence" examines campus rape culture and how easy access to alcohol exacerbates the incidence of sexual abuse.

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 55:07
  • Purchases: 1
Women Rising #25 Activists Against Global Armaments and War
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Miriam Nobre, Credit: http://marchamulheres.files.wordpress.com/
We profile women fighting the expansion of global militarism and violence; Stella Soh, Kathy Kelly, and Miriam Nobre.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
The Mary Jane Mindset: Teenagers and Marijuana
From: Radio Rookies
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Radio Rookies Temitayo Fagbenle and Gemma Weiner spent the past several months talking to dozens of teenagers who smoke weed about where they buy i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 2
A Domestic Violence Story: Reforming Offenders/Protecting Victims (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Caption: Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we look at a program that seems to be having some success in quelling the violence in some men with histories of do...

Bought by KUOW, WCPN, KUOW, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 5
A Domestic Violence Story: Reforming Offenders/Protecting Victims (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, we look at a program that seems to be having some success in quelling the violence in some men with histories of do...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2