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"It's A Grand Night for Bailing, Updated" in the Dept. of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning). Lyrics for the Great American Wrongbook!
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ... the story that belongs to everyone at some time in life- the times when crossing the river is very very difficult to do, no matter how big the boat., Credit: Susan Cook
We've been humming the tune from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "State Fair", again! "It's a Grand Night for Bailing, Updated! The Evangelical version" ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 02:39
"It's A Grand Night for Bailing!" In the Department of Poetic Justice (some Lyrics for the Great American Wrongbook) !
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ..And somewhere a Bird Who Is Bound he'll be heard is giving his lawyer a call,,,,.., Credit: Susan Cook
In The Department of Poetic Justice i(with lyrics for The Great American Wrongbook ) , remembering another moment of ex, um disclosure!

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:53
A Sonnet Sequence for Edna St Vincent Millay
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: More poems in the tradition: Breathng: American Sonnets, Credit: Susan Cook
On her birthday, a Sonnet Sequence "The Rage of the World" .

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Three Poems for Hard Times
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "We are watching the edge of the world, held by a vision, the persistence of breath...", Credit: Susan Cook
"When Loss and Innocence", "What Courage Wears to Bed", "The Meaning of Life". Poems from the author of "Breathing: American Sonnets"

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
To the First Images Seen of A Black Hole
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: " Breathing: American Sonnets" (Shermans.com), Credit: Susan Cook
Black holes still doing what they do. Re-visiting Einstein imagining his most important discovery.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 1
An American Sonnet for The Woman Who Is a Journalist
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: From a buddhist center "...the cellular call, compassion..., Credit: Susan Cook
During National Poetry Month, an American Sonnet to bring us to know better the women journalists of Ukraine.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 2
Shaming and Humiliating By Choice: Roe v. Wade and Denying Consequence
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: At the 1996 Dem National Convention, at the beginning of the Platform debate, women protested for the right to choose..., Credit: New York Times, August 28, 1996
As 6 Supreme Court Justices end Roe v. Wade, shaming and humiliating Pro-Choice advocates becomes the anti-choice strategy.

  • Added: May 21, 2022
  • Length: 06:13
Her Fashion Brand Empowers Women in Guatemala
From: The Story Exchange
Caption: Ruth Alvarez-DeGolia, Credit: Mercado Global
Ruth Alvarez-DeGolia helps women artisans tap international markets through her social enterprise, Mercado Global -- allowing them to earn critical...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 10:58
The Texas Abortion Ban, Vigilante Justice and Frankie Valli's Love for Human Connection
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...wide river as ever..., Credit: Susan Cook
The Supreme Court decision to ignore the inhumane aspects of the Texas Abortion law reminds us to look to the places where human connection is val...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 08:17
Part 3 What Future Holds
From: The Story Exchange
Series: 100 Years of Power
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In 2020, six diverse women run for president, and Nancy Pelosi takes the House. With experts Molly Ball, Kelly Dittmar, Ronnee Schreiber and Glynda...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 25:15
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2: Slow Burn of Progress
From: The Story Exchange
Series: 100 Years of Power
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From Eleanor Roosevelt to Shirley Chisholm, women begin to win control over their lives and bodies. With historians Susan Ware and Gina Luria Walke...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 38:44
  • Purchases: 1
Becky Buller , award winning singer, songwriter , musician returns to Unreal Bluegrass
From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Caption: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Becky Buller joins Steve on Unreal Bluegrass to discuss and share new music. Also discussed is the impact on music from COVID 19

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:46
An American Sonnet for the Woman Who Is A Journalist
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
As Gwen Ifill is honored, as the Holocaust murders of the ancestors of Terry Gross are revealed, in the aftermath of the harassing effort to intim...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
As American as Apple Pie: Domestic Violence and The Abuse of Power to Tarnish Victims' Credibility
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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A new exhibit at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center in Maine called "Finding Our Voices: Ending the Silence of Domestic Abuse" opened just befo...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2019
  • Length: 09:31
Why Women Don't Tell, Part 2: July 20, 1969 for Some Women Means Remembering Violence
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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The 54th anniversary of the Moon Landing reminds some of us that violence toward women and girls is still minimized.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 06:29
"Irrelevant!" For You Know Who! In the Dept of Poetic Justice, with lyrics for The Great American Wrongbook
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "...Irrelevant...how'd you get to be irrelevant...", Credit: Susan Cook
Attention Evangelicals! What if Jesus holds the Second Coming down in San Joaquin- you all stuck on the other side of the W--- that You Know Who ju...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 05:21
Speaking As If They Know, Part Two: Reproductive Choice, Provider Trust and Billing Specialists
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: HCFA-1500 Forms are Required, Credit: Susan Cook
When women exercise reproductive choice, are her reasons for doing so protected as a private communication between a provider and a patient?

  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 06:47
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: Alabama Had No Compassion Then. Now None for Women?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "The Arc of the moral universe is long but it moves toward justice."., Credit: Susan Cook
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry today asks if Alabama's long history of lack of compassion toward people of color now appears again in their lack of...

  • Added: May 20, 2019
  • Length: :54
Honoring the Public Trust: A Transitional Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Species: jodchumaryliz.newjerszeyish.corruptus, Credit: Susan Cook
As Maine's new Governor has formed a transition team. A "How to Honor the Public Trust Guide" might be helpful.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 08:59
Dept. Of Poetic Justice time! "Oh, They Did Shed Light on His Conduct Back At Home"
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: A Proverb: He who seeks a compliment sometimes receives the truth..., Credit: Susan Cook
In the Department of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning) with lyrics for the Great American Wrongbook and sung to the tune (Traditional) from "My Old Ke...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 02:25
The Thickness of the Moral Skin of the US Senate: To Be the Catcher in the Rye
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...If a body catch a body coming through the rye..., Credit: Susan Cook
The thickness of moral skin is sometimes measured in the willingness of its inhabitants to take on the risk of being the catcher in the rye- the on...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 08:19
What Do We Do # Me Too? In the Department of Poetic Justice (and The Great American Wrongbook)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: How Does Mitch McConnell Know What Goes On in A Woman's Body, anyway?, Credit: Susan Cook photo of an AP photo
From the Great American Wrongbook, possibly sung to "What'll I Do?", the Planned Parenthood GAG order and the GOP's knowledge of what goes on in a...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:36
How to Be Invisible, Part 2: Preventing Maltreatment By Listening to Someone Else
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Robert Indiana grew up in a home where the word love was never said., Credit: Susan Cook photo of AP photo
Our society has systematically discredited women's ability to know themselves, their bodies and their ability to parent. Child maltreatment, Harvey...

  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 09:50
How To Be Invisible: Love Alone Does Not Prevent Child Maltreatment
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: In Robert Indiana's childhood home, the word "love" was never spoken. , Credit: Photo of AP/ Susan Cook
We know in 2018 that invisibility of the child places the child at very high risk for maltreatment. The more invisible the child, the more likely ...

  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 07:50
The Political Power of Breastfeeding: A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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The World Health Organization, a United Nations affiliated committee almost succeeded in passing a resolution affirming breastfeeding as the best,...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 05:58