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Professor Joshua Goldstein debunks the idea that biology hardwires men for fighting wars and women for staying on the sidelines on this week's podc...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 07:30
Playwright and activist Lynn Nottage explains how after interviewing survivors of Congo's civil war in 2004, she was inspired to write "Ruined," wh...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 06:46
Documentary filmmaker Julia Bacha takes us to the Middle East to explore the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. She talks about her new fi...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 07:15
For our first podcast episode, we go to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has been called the "rape capital of the world." Jocelyn Ke...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 09:39
Who was she? Imagine Indiana Jones or Lawrence of Arabia ... think of them in skirts ... and you're close. Archeologist, diplomat, writer and poet ...
- Added: Jul 03, 2011
- Length: 03:00
Film maker MT Silvia's mother, Pauline Silvia, was a US Navy biologist conducting research on the effects of radiation on mice and dogs from 1952 t...
- Added: May 05, 2011
- Length: 30:02
This Saturday March 20th, marks the 8th Anniversary of the Iraq War. Join Radio Curious for a conversation with Cindy Sheehan, of Gold Star Mom’s ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KSFR
- Added: Mar 16, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Radio Curious hosts a conversation with Susan Crane, founder of Plowshares who will be discussing her lifetime commitment to ending nuclear prolif...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Mar 16, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Gary Barnes' father gave him one thing in life: the wish to be a sailor. Gary achieved his dream and became a Chief Petty Officer for the Navy, whe...
- Added: Feb 08, 2011
- Length: 04:52
- Purchases: 3
From "Endless Summer" 8/13/2010: War News Radio reports on the status of women in Afghanistan, how they have come to be marginalized in most aspect...
- Added: Aug 12, 2010
- Length: 08:05
From "Uploading the War" (7/16/10): War News Radio reports on efforts to provide Afghan women with education.
- Added: Jul 16, 2010
- Length: 08:15
Radio Curious revisits a conversation with filmmaker Frank Stiefel, about his documentary “Ingelore,” which chronicles the life of his mother, Inge...
- Added: Jun 07, 2010
- Length: 29:01
Nationally, female soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan make up the fastest growing group in today’s veteran population. But after serving ...
Bought by Wyoming Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 12, 2010
- Length: 04:37
- Purchases: 2
Miep Gies, the Austrian woman whose family protected the family of Anne Frank during World War II and who found Anne's diary scattered on the floor...
- Added: Jan 14, 2010
- Length: 19:01
Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo i...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 3
Susan Crane is a serious political activist of an unusual form. Instead of lobby the powers that be, she has taken a hammer to beat on weapons of m...
- Added: Nov 17, 2009
- Length: 30:28
- Added: Nov 06, 2009
- Length: 29:00
From the Sudan Radio Project: We explore women's role in war and peace-building in South Sudan.
- Added: Nov 01, 2009
- Length: 06:04
The Ribbon Demonstration, on the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima - what people could not bear to lose in a nuclear war.
- Added: Oct 06, 2009
- Length: 05:14
From "Drying Up," June 26, 2009. War News Radio reports on the tangle of issues surrounding temporary marriages in Iraq.
- Added: Jun 26, 2009
- Length: 07:24
During World War II, more than a hundred thousand women made history serving on active duty in the Navy. Known as WAVES, these women did everything...
- Added: Jun 08, 2009
- Length: 05:00
Short documentary collage of voices recorded in St. Louis during World War II on a Wilcox-Gay Recordio. The Greatest Generation carries on, as reme...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 18, 2009
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 17, 2009
- Length: 28:56
Take a look at this picture. Maybe you can figure out that the Civil War soldier on the right is a woman. But the guy sitting next to her sure coul...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Prairie Public, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WUTC and more
- Added: May 13, 2009
- Length: 18:05
- Purchases: 15
- Added: Apr 03, 2009
- Length: 29:01
