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Adoption Story
From: Sarah Bromer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a story about two women who attempt to adopt a baby from an abortion clinic. Things don't go exactly as planned, and they end up in over th...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 18:01
  • Purchases: 1
Winona Women in History
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Catherine Goddard Smith
Did you know that Winona was home to a silent film actress, an opera singer, a beautician to the elite and ladies of the night? Today on Culture Cl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 19:36
  • Purchases: 1
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, January 3, 1923
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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While many of the most-told love stories are fairy tales, hers was real and it changed YOUR life.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Grace Murray Hopper, January 1, 1992
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Even if you've never heard of Grace Hopper, she changed your life.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Natural Child Birth: There will Always be Three Now
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Experience Natural Child Birth
Caption: Newly born, Max Ferrer, with his parents Nicole and Sean, Credit: Katy Sewall
When it comes to giving birth in America, less than 1% of couples choose a "natural birth;" that is a birth with no drugs - and little to no medica...

  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 17:14
Reality Check
From: David Schultz
Caption: Carolyn Parham, Credit: SpeakeasyDC
A mother of two faces a life-altering crisis when, just a few months out of rehab, a $5,000 check appears in her mailbox.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 28, 2010
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 3
Rocket Girls and Astro-nettes
From: Richard Paul
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Women in the ultimate Man’s World – the labs and Shuttle crew cabins of NASA in the 60s and 70s.

Bought by KUHF, Morehead State Public Radio, KRBD, WVTF, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 82
Thinness and Salvation
From: Sarah Yahm
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a piece about the symbolic meaning of fat in our culture

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUT-HD, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 5
Brian and Madison: BodyArt, The Artist and the Model
From: Glenn McKnight
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Brian and Madison talk about the art of Body Art from the perspective of the Artist and the Model

  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 06:25
Pillow Talk with Pussy Willow
From: Andrew Bowen
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A Glimpse into the Life of a Sex Worker

  • Added: Jun 15, 2008
  • Length: 09:59
Tough Love
From: Teresa Goff
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The women are doing time and the dogs need training. Together, behind bars, they are healing one another.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2008
  • Length: 10:16
  • Purchases: 2
Jenny or the abuse of Native American women
From: Anton Foek
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The forgotten story of Jenny, an abused native woman in South Dakota

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 06:49
Runaway
From: Homelands Productions
Series: World Views
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A single mother and her two teenage daughters tell the harrowing story of the girls' descent into an underworld of drugs and homelessness.

Bought by PRX Remix and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 34:20
  • Purchases: 2
Out of Their Hands
From: Teresa Goff
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Four bereaved mothers who first came together to share the pain and the tragic loss of their children tell the story of the 25 year-old organizatio...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 34:09
Queer Queers
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two woment that don't fit in the box of Queer

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WGDR, Spokane Public Radio, KWCW, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 5
Becoming a Man
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two transgender stories from Joan Schuman

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Gender Show
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Stories of butches, femmes and the question of gender.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 2
Becoming a Man
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2000
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two transgender stories from Joan Schuman

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Lesbian Couple Moving To Canada
From: Jim Williams
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A California lesbian couple has decided to leave the U.S. to try to find acceptance.

Bought by WGDR, KRCB 104.9, WBEZ, and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 26, 2005
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 4
Fran Rehfeld--Almost 100 years old in NYC
From: Mona Iskander
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An extraordinary New Yorker who lives alone as her 100th birthday approaches

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jul 09, 2004
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
The WASPs: Women Pilots of WWII
From: Radio Diaries
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The story of the first female pilots in WWII.

Bought by KVMR, KUT, RadioFreePalmer, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KCNP and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 22:42
  • Purchases: 50
Matching Outfits Not Included
From: Hillary Frank
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two elderly sisters, who are not twins, dress exactly the same, eat all the same food, and go everywhere together.

Bought by WJCT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser) and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2003
  • Length: 10:24
  • Purchases: 9