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Have some chuckles as Amy Poehler reads from her new book, Yes Please. Another example of our daily 100-second compelling readings you don't want y...
- Added: Mar 21, 2015
- Length: 01:40
Noa Guy was a promising Israeli composer. When she came to New York twenty-one years ago to rehearse for a concert at Carnegie Hall, she never imag...
- Added: Mar 08, 2015
- Length: 14:09
At an extremely early age, Shavit Ben-Arie became the leading expert on the female members of the Israeli parliament and in many cases, he became t...
- Added: Feb 27, 2015
- Length: 21:25
Mishy Harman shares the zany matchmaking adventures of his Orthodox downstairs neighbor, which he had no chance but to overhear because all her dat...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 26, 2015
- Length: 09:27
- Purchases: 2
America's first African American female millionaire.
Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KBEM, KSKA, RadioStPete Florida, KETR-FM and more
- Added: Jan 29, 2015
- Length: 02:02
- Purchases: 8
Rima Fakih is most known for winning Miss USA in 2010 as the first Arab and first Muslim to do so. But most people know that surrounding that was ...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 25:06
Falling asleep is a dirty business. The few that have managed to schedule sleep at a reasonable time are blessed, but maybe those who can't are ble...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 03, 2014
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 1
Encouragement seems to reveal itself in the oddest of places. In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley is comforted by the writings of an ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 03, 2014
- Length: 04:05
- Purchases: 1
Finding your footing after graduating from college can be difficult. In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley deals with the doubt and unc...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Dec 03, 2014
- Length: 04:08
- Purchases: 1
What do our voices say about us? On this edition we explore voice and identity. We'll hear from someone who nearly lost their voice as well as the ...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A woman shares her experiences running a small scale organic farm.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 29, 2014
- Length: 05:32
- Purchases: 1
Visit the Raptor Rehabilitation Center in Antioch College's Glen Helen Nature Preserve, which takes in an average of 150 birds of prey a year.
- Added: Aug 27, 2014
- Length: 04:37
From patrolling the streets of Sunset Boulevard to infiltrating prostitution rings, this female police officer has seen it all. Patty Corso’s persp...
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 07:41
Kari Kirkland stands on a narrow platform high above the ground. As a trapeze instructor, her job is to convince students to jump off that platform...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Delmarva Public Media, and KUOW
- Added: May 20, 2014
- Length: 16:18
- Purchases: 3
How do you proceed with your life when a family secret is revealed?
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 06:11
Pittsburgh's Raging Grannies, the local chapter of an international activist group of women over 50, protest through song.
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 09:16
This week on What What Why, it's almost prom season and we're examining the event's significance. Love it, hate it, go to it or don’t, but prom is ...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 07:59
When my sister placed her baby for adoption, she and the adoptive parents developed an unexpected relationship.
- Added: Apr 02, 2014
- Length: 10:06
State Rep. Chris Taylor tells the story of her difficult second pregnancy.
- Added: Feb 24, 2014
- Length: 17:40
Ala'a Basatneh was once a mall-loving “average Arab-American teenager.” When the Syrian Civil War started, she became #ChicagoGirl, the center of a...
Bought by WMNF
- Added: Feb 24, 2014
- Length: 25:58
- Purchases: 1
Jonathan speaks with Inna Shevchenko, a leader of the radical feminist protest organization FEMEN, whose manifestations have garnered her equal mea...
- Added: Feb 24, 2014
- Length: 25:58
In our food-obsessed culture, we likely never think about what's on the menu at an eating disorder clinic. A couple of gourmet chefs bring their in...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 08:55
- Purchases: 3
Trish McEvoy is a woman in her 40s who just traded in her job at the bank for a position as a booker at an escort agency. She tells us about being ...
- Added: Dec 13, 2013
- Length: 04:31
- Purchases: 2
This audio documentary aims to show the journey of a young woman in Egypt who gave up on the corporate world to follow her dream. Join Deana Shaaba...
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 10:24
This show features three moms talking about the elusive “work/life balance”. But is this even the right term for this perennial conundrum?
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 15:08
