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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
33: The Future of Transportation--Robin Chase, co-Founder of ZipCar & Sara Schaer, co-founder of Kango
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Robin Chase
Robin Chase co-founded ZipCar, changing the way we think about transportation--and has since continued to innovate in ways that will shape our futu...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Susan Bennett
From: The Hangar Studios
Series: Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women
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Meet voice actor and singer Susan Bennett, whose voice has appeared on 100s of radio and tv commercials but who probably know her best as the origi...

Bought by WCNY and CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gender Bias & Online Sales
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Buyers shell out a lot less on online auctions for when the seller is female.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sally Ride on Dumb Questions, The Experimenters
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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“I wish that there had been another woman on my flight. I think it would have been a lot easier.” - Sally Ride in 1983. Interviewed by Gloria Steinem.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, WLRH, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 12
Big Move / Snooping Tech / Linda Evans / Digital Estate Planning / Mispronounced Words
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Amy Goyer/caregiving Segment 2 and 3: Todd Morris/spygear Segment 4: Linda Evans/actress Segment 5: Naomi Cahn/digital estate planning S...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jennifer Theisen: Girls Who Code
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Women make up 47% of the US workforce, but hold only a small fraction of computer and IT jobs in the US. The latest stats from the Department of La...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 1
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, Troy Public Radio, WKCC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Caren Merrick
From: The Hangar Studios
Series: Sandi Klein's Conversations with Creative Women
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Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and businesswoman Caren Merrick takes us on her professional journey.

Bought by WCNY and CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Succeeding as a Woman in Tech - Shaan Kandawalla, Melody McCloskey, Amy Sheng - Ep 04
From: The Story Exchange
Series: The Story Exchange
Caption: Shaan Kandawalla, PlayDate Digital; Melody McCloskey, StyleSeat; Amy Sheng, CellScope
If there were more women in tech, would women enjoy better tech products? We look for answers through three women who are succeeding in the tech in...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:52
The ‘Rain Woman’ Behind a Digital Detective Agency - Alison Chung - Ep 03
From: The Story Exchange
Series: The Story Exchange
Caption: Alison Chung, TeamWerks
The Chicago businesswoman parlayed a phenomenal gift for numbers into a successful computer-forensics firm called TeamWerks.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 22:32
Creating Indiegogo - Danae Ringelmann - Ep 02
From: The Story Exchange
Series: The Story Exchange
Caption: Danae Ringelmann, Indiegogo
The San Francisco native was inspired by her small-business-owner parents to create the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform. Little did she know her bi...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 18:39
13: IDEO.org's Patrice Martin & Writer Leah Hunter, Designing the Future. For Humans
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Patrice Martin, IDEO.org
Technology is advancing so quickly--are humans becoming obsolete? Or are humans still at the center of solutions? We'll meet Leah Hunter of Fast C...

Bought by WRIR and KUT


  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 2
Girl Power -- Groks Science Show 2015-06-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Rachel Swaby discusses women in science.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPVL, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 4
Part Four: The Unspoken Crisis
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Marylouisa Cantu (left) with her case worker Lucretia Cox (center) and mother Star Tafolla, Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
Almost 17 percent of the babies born here in Dunklin County are born premature. According to data from the World Health Organization, if this were ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:10
7: Lauren Mosenthal/Eileen Carey & Sharon Miller--Can't A Girl Get a Break? Mentorship and the Glass Ceiling
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Lauren Mosenthal & Eileen Carey
71% of fortune 500 companies provide mentorship programs that help women get ahead--but are they done well? And more and more women own their own b...

Bought by WSGE, KWMR, KSJD, WRIR, and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 11: The Skinny on Your Skin
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
Caption: Art by <a href="http://www.noapkaplan.com/atopic">Noa Kaplan</a>, Credit: Jed Kim
Your skin is your largest organ and is also is a thriving ecosystem, covered in bacteria. While many of us consider regular showers key to keeping ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KWMR, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 17:29
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 10: The Ultimate Wayback Machine
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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Looking through a telescope is like being inside a time machine -- you are seeing light from the past. And some space telescopes allow astronomers ...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KRZA, KWMR, XRAY.fm, KPIK-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 20:31
  • Purchases: 8
Designer Cheryl Fosdick
From: WDSE
Series: Radio Gallery
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Fresh from her talk "Empathy, Dependence, and Magic," our guest this week is Cheryl Fosdick of CF Design. If you missed this months "TED at Teatro,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Women in STEM
From: WDSE
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You may have heard about the push for STEM learning in the schools - STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. And no wonder, sinc...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Wishful Thinking (the dislike club part IV)
From: Benjamen Walker
Series: Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
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In 2007, Kathy Sierra quit the internet because of misogynist hate trolling and stayed off the social web for 7 years.

Bought by KZYX and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 07, 2015
  • Length: 26:25
  • Purchases: 2
1: Lindsey Turrentine, CNET & Caterina Fake, Flickr and Foundery: A Woman's Place in Tech
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Lindsey Turrentine, CNET.com
Lindsey Turrentine, of CNET.com & Caterina Fake founder of Flickr and Findery.

Bought by KWMR, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Teen Girl Loves Computer Science, But Struggles To Fit In
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: 16-year-old Ifrah Abshir says she is in a committed relationship with Computer Science. But she still struggles to fit into the tech industry. , Credit: KUOW Photo/Ahlaam Ibraahim
Sixteen year old Ifrah Abshir had a rocky start with computer science, but she eventually fell in love with it. The tech industry has been trying t...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:33
Sudden Genius, Hidden Income, Home Decor Facelift, Enchanted Objects, and Winter Decorating!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
Series: 2 Boomer Babes Radio Hour
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First, at 31 Jason Padgett's life completely changed after a brain injury he recieved while being mugged. Instead of being incapacitated he was tra...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 1