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REPLAY Voices of Vietnam: Women of War (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Alongside the army of men on the front lines of conflict was an army of women in support roles.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Scheming in the commandant's dress shop.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 52:28
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the women of a small town as they work together to help the wartime effort in author Jennifer Ryan’s ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for May 11, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: US Goal to Degrade Russia’s Military Risks Dangerous Ukraine War Escalatio...

Bought by WETS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WKPW


  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
IE: Inside Europe, 4/22/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Critics slam the UK’S plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. The German chancellor under fire over weapons for Ukraine. Con...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Veterans are at higher risk of eating disorders. The pressure of military life may be one cause.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Chandler Rand accepts her trophy at the 2018 All American Marathon at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Rand was the first female to complete the race., Credit: Fort Bragg Family & MWR
A VA study concluded that veterans experience bulimia at about three times the civilian rate.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, KWMU St. Louis, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 8
Margaret Hastings, the “Shangri-La WAC”
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
Caption: New York State Museum, Credit: New York State Museum
In honor of Women’s History Month, Devin and Lauren highlight a Pomeroy marker in Tioga County and tell the story of Corporal Margaret Hastings, a ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
IE: Inside Europe, 4/1/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Sex traffickers target Ukrainian refugees.Ukrainian cultural heritage becomes a casualty of war. Is Turkey becoming a back-...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Women's History Month: Changing the Narrative, Women War and Peace II
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Making the future while surviving a war. In humanity’s never ending war stories, combat makes the news, but the macho gaze misses the complex reali...

Bought by KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
2. War
From: Maria-Cristina Marras
Series: Micro
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This is a true story. My dear friend M. told this to me one day in the office, at lunch time, and it has been haunting me since.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:00
For service members of color, fear of racism in military towns weighs heavily in career choices
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Carlandra "CT" Moss, now retired, served 24 years in the Army. As a service member of color, she said she often had to make tough decisions, weighing the best interests of her family against her military career., Credit: Anthony Bell / Fort Lee Traveller
The report from Blue Star Families found some service members are passing up career-advancing moves because they don't want to relocate to certain ...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KWMU St. Louis, KPBS and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 6
Elise Hooper's ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC by Elise Hooper (her fourth novel) tells the powerful story of American Army and Navy nurses kept as prisoners for nearly thr...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 09:36
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 2, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: With Putin’s Ukraine Invasion, the World Enters a New, More Dangerous Cold...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Despite a defeat in Congress, advocates say they'll keep pushing for women to register for the draft
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Female Marine Corps recruits line up during boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. The first class of female recruits arrived at San Diego in 2021, ending almost a hundred years when the boot camp accepted only men., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
Congress dropped a controversial measure that would require women to register for the Selective Service. Men are required to register once they tur...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, KMXT, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 7
National Writers Series: Afghanistan Panel Discussion
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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A panel discussion on the end of the war in Afghanistan, with Doug Stanton, Rahela Sidiqi, Jack Segal, Shannon Spann DeBruyn, and Edris Fana.

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bois Forte Veteran Series - Dianna Goodsky
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Bois Forte Veterans Series
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KBFT Bois Forte Veterans Day Series featuring Anishinaabe Men and Women of the Bois Forte Nation of Chippewa in Minnesota. In this episode, we hear...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Surviving Genocide, Dark Fish, Love the Wasp
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: The cat the helped a Muslim teen survive the Serbian siege of the 1990s; Topic 2: Some of the darkest-skinned creatures on the planet live...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSTK


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 51:49
  • Purchases: 5
American Veteran: She joined the Army to learn to cook. She ended up a prisoner of war
From: American Homefront Project
Series: American Veteran 2021
Caption: Specialist Shoshana Johnson, veteran of the U.S. Army, Credit: Insignia Films
Shoshana Johnson was the first Black female prisoner of war in American history. The trauma of that experience has stayed with her for years.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, KGOU, RadioStPete Florida, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 12
American Veteran: 'So different than what we thought it would be'
From: American Homefront Project
Series: American Veteran 2021
Caption: 1st Lieutenant Edie Meeks, veteran of the U.S. Army., Credit: Insignia Films
Serving as a nurse in Vietnam, Edie Meeks struggled to balance compassionate care for her patients with the anger she felt about the war.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGOU, RadioStPete Florida, KBBI Alaska, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 8
'I feel like we’re punished': Military spouses face employment barriers when their family relocates
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: In an August ceremony, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signs a law that makes it easier for military spouses to get professional licenses. The bill signing ceremony took place at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut., Credit: Office of Gov. Ned Lamont
Spouses who work in professions that require state licenses often hit roadblocks when they move to a new state. A few states are trying to streamli...

Bought by KUT and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
625: What Afghan Women Want You To Know / 626: More Than Just A Game, 10/2/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'What Afghan Women Want You to Know' - Teachers. Actors. Ancient rug weavers. Whisperers of forbidden poetry. The women of Afghanistan wa...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for September 8, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: In Texas Abortion Law Ruling, Supreme Court Moves Closer to Overturning Ro...

Bought by KVSC, RADIOLEX, and WKPW


  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 25, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Afghan-American Community, Allies Demand Biden Ensure Safety of Afghanista...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KVNF, and WKPW


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Historias and Military Voices Initiative: Connie Doria Rocha
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Connie Doria Rocha talks about her experience as a civilian mechanic during WWII, and how that taste of independence changed her life.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
The military's plan to reform its response to sex crimes likely will take years to enact
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Lynn Rosenthal, chair of the Pentagon’s sexual assault independent review committee, speaks to the media July 2 about proposed changes in military sexual assault and harassment investigations., Credit: Jackie Sanders / Department of Defense
President Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have endorsed major changes in how the military handles sexual assault and harassment cases. But...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, KCUR, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 5

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