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Baseball Girls Take On High School
From: Nahanni Rous
Caption: Shalvah Lazarus pitching in 2021, Credit: Jen Stillerman
Sixteen-year-old Shalvah Lazarus shares her own story and interviews other young female baseball players about the choice they face when they start...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 09:15
National Writers Series: Keith Gave, Tim Rappleye and Lisa Brown-Miller
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Tim Rappleye and Keith Gave talk about their book, "A Miracle of Their Own," with U.S. Olympian Lisa Brown-Miller.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Kristin Knight Pace RERUN
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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This is a rerun of Sarah Aronson's interview with Kristin Knight Pace, one of thirty-one women in the world to have completed both the Iditarod and...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
How does it feel to be the only girl wrestler on a team?
From: Ariel Mejia
Series: ASM Youth Radio Fall 2020
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I’ve made this piece based off of how it feels to be a wrestler.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 05:53
401: Why We Fight / 402: Yuck, 8/10/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Why We Fight" - Why would a 40-year-old English professor want to become a cage fighter? This hour, a look at ritual combat. HOUR TWO:...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 12
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Running For Your Life" and "Hurricane Of The Heart" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: After breaking his back, doctors told Gary...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dipa Karmar, India's Pride and Shame
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dipa Karmakar in Rio
On Sunday night, much of India was watching television with bated breath. All for one young woman at the Rio Olympics. Her name is Dipa Karmakar an...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
#29 Suzy Favor-Hamilton
From: How To Be Amazing
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Suzy Favor-Hamilton went from being a three-time Olympian to a high class escort in Vegas. She tells her fascinating story, and how she got contro...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:28
11: Brandi Chastain, Soccer Pro and Missy Park, Title Nine-The Power of Sports for Girls
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Brandi Chastain
The US Women's soccer team won the World Cup in 2015--the first time since Brandi Chastain was on the field in 1999. In this episode, we talk to Br...

Bought by KSJD, WRIR, KPOV, KUT, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Chasing a Dream
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Steffi’s passion, dedication, and strength contributed to achieving her goal of playing softball at a collegiate level.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 04:24
Kathryn Bruni Young on Strength Training in Yoga - Episode 8
From: Brian Cauley
Series: Tiny Conversations
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A conversation about the importance of adding strength training to your yoga practice.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2014
  • Length: 11:56
Carolyn Wilson - Female Power Lifter
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique we address a subject we haven’t before, female power lifting and physique competition. This local Winonan owns two of her o...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 35:22
  • Purchases: 1
Equal Time Minute - Augusta National and Women
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of opening Augusta National Golf Club to women.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Learning to Run Again
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch on women in sports.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:40
Teenage Iron-Woman
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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Rachel, at 16 years old, pushed herself through the rigors of training for and completing a 1/2 Ironman Triathlon to raise money to vaccinate 1,000...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 12:13
StoryCorps: Gweneviere Mann and Yasir Salem
From: StoryCorps
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Gweneviere Mann talks to her boyfriend, Yasir Salem, about living without a short-term memory. Her condition results from a stroke she suffered dur...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 2
Producer Profile: Diane E. Benson and Jonathon Stanton
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
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Ben Kreimer speaks with Diane E. Benson and Jonathon Stanton, about their films incorporating Alaska Natives and their efforts to overcome harsh Al...

Bought by KBBI Alaska and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 10, 2011
  • Length: 27:55
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Kij Johnson
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Writer Kij Johnson believes rock climbing helped her reject thoughts of suicide and embrace life.

Bought by WEZU, XRAY.fm, WEZU, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 4
Foul Hook: My Fishing Lesson
From: Susan Barrett Price
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Short fishing tale from my stream behind the strip mall, a lesson not so much about fish

  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:10
This I Believe - Angelina Michetti
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
NPR listener Angelina Michetti believes in seeking perfection of character through the study of karate.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, Remix Radio, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 4
We Are Lane One
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Emily LaFond can't handle the shame of not being the best. But an embarrassing stint on the school swim team helped her lose her ego.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1