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Caption: Eva Gay
In the late 1880s, a young journalist named Eva Valesh went undercover in Minneapolis to report on the lives of working women for the St. Paul Glo...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2023
  • Length: 18:19
Caption: On the National Mall, Credit: Charles McGuigan
From where we stood, in every direction, as far as the eye could see, there were people holding placards above their heads, all of them moving, som...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 25:44
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In the mid-20th century, American women were bombarded with tips, tricks, and goods to help them become the perfect housewife.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and KCHW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 5
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In the mid-20th century, American women were bombarded with tips, tricks, and goods to help them become the perfect housewife.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WTJU, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
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In the mid-20th century, American women were bombarded with tips, tricks, and goods to help them become the perfect housewife.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, CHSR-FM 97.9, WJCU, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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In the mid-20th century, American women were bombarded with tips, tricks, and goods to help them become the perfect housewife.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin joins in the adventures a middle-aged royal who refuses to grow old gracefully in Corsage.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KKRN


  • Added: Dec 23, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer, Geraldine Brooks talks about her 2015 book, THE SECRET CHORD. This historical novel about the Biblical King...

Bought by WNJR and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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As we continue to learn about women composers of the past, twelfth-century abbess and mystic Hildegard von Bingen remains one of the most studied, ...

Bought by WGTE Public Media


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we celebrate the smoky voice of jazz singer Chris Connor, who got her start with Claude Thornhill’s band in the 1940s, and went on to re...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Generation Witch" - They’ve been hunted and silenced and burned at the stake, but witches are still practicing the craft. We take you fr...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption:  Sergeant C.J. Scarlet, veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps., Credit: Ronan Killeen
Growing up as the daughter of a Marine, C.J. Scarlet dreamed of following in her father’s footsteps. When she enlisted in 1981, she was part of the...

Bought by KTEP, KWMU St. Louis, Texas Public Radio, WVTF, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Sacheen Littlefeather at her StoryCorps interview in Novato, California on October 2, 2019., Credit: By Rochelle Kwan for StoryCorps
At the 1973 Academy Awards, actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather spoke out against the mistreatment of Native Americans on and off the big scre...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2022
  • Length: 02:48
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Today in part two of a two-part episode, Dr. Lewis discusses their experiences in academia. Dr. Moten is a Black Feminist Historian who specializes...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 27:00
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Today in part one of a two-part episode, Dr. Lewis discusses their experiences in academia. Dr. Moten is a Black Feminist Historian who specializes...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 31:17
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The name Beverly Kenney might be a footnote in jazz history, but this singer had an intelligent, alluring and melancholic style that’s among the be...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Eleanor Herman
Wherever you look in history, you’ll find misogyny. It’s equally rampant in the rumors surrounding Cleopatra during her reign and Kamala Harris bef...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, works by women from the Baroque and Classical eras.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2022
  • Length: 58:31
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Molly and Nevada Barr remember their mother Mary Barr, a firefighting aviator who was the first woman to fly for the U.S. Forest Service.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2
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From the 1950s on, Ella Fitzgerald became known around the world as one of the most renowned live performers in jazz. This week, we’ll sample from ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This week, we take a look at some of the jazz and swing tunes from the 1950s Capitol Records diva Kay Starr, in honor of her 100th birthday.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Nani Vazana visits with host John Floridis prior to her appearance at the 2022 Montana Folk Festival in Butte, Montana to talk about her most recen...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
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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 WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, KXCV, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WNED Buffalo and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8