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Joyce and Sequoya have a chat about what its like growin up and what it was like....

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 30:40
  • Purchases: 2
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Behind the scenes and before the downbeat… join concert pianist and host Lara Downes backstage in the Green Room for a look into the real lives of ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
People could cite a number of accomplishments in a 44-year run in collegiate athletics to describe Pat Meiser, a Title IX trailblazer and one of th...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 49:46
Caption: Sybil Leek, Credit: <a href="http://covenantofrhiannon.org/sybilleek.htm">Covenant of Rhiannon</a>
In 1966 Studs Terkel sat down with witch, astrologer, psychic and author Sybil Leek. Join us for this except from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive w...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KYUK, KZYX, KRZA, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Agnes Sampson and witches with devi, Credit: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
How magic and law shaped the witch trials of early modern Europe

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:33
Caption: MOTHER: A PODCAST, Credit: Logo created by Justin Schnarr (justinschnarr.com/).
After Annie Cho gave birth to her son this spring, she struggled to make traditional Chinese "confinement" practices (hygiene rules + special postp...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Continues to be the foundation for my life.  Will forever be missed and loved.
On May 16, 2004 was the day I lost my closest friend, my biggest supporter, my biggest inspiration to be the best person I could be. and the best h...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:05
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The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove.

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KVSC, KRDP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Microphone, Credit: Grant https://www.flickr.com/photos/visual_dichotomy/
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 ...

Bought by WNJR and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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What is it like to experience a grand mal seizure?

  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 22:24
Caption: Sound Advice for Young Women
Two young women, Victoria and Carolyn, who are about to go off to college share their goals, hopes and concerns and get sound advice from Gail Syri...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 52:30
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Join us for episode seventy-one as we speak with EveAnna Manley, President of Manley Laboratories, a manufacturer of beautifully engineered and cra...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
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Is it a boy or a girl? What happens when babies are born with ambiguous genitalia.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2014
  • Length: 29:09
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When and where were you happiest? Novelist Helen Oyeyemi answers a modified version of the Proust Questionnaire, a set of questions made famous by ...

Bought by KPIP-LP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Nerdette Great Lady Nerds of History Spcial
For America's birthday, Nerdette highlights the mothers of movements. Hosts Tricia and Greta bring you the stories of journalist Nellie Bly, painte...

Bought by WCNY, KOSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WHRV, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Ruby Dee, c. 1960, Credit: John Springer Collection/Corbis
Ruby Dee, actress, writer and activist died on June 12 at the age of 91. The WFMT Radio Network is offering this excerpt of Ruby Dee speaking with ...

Bought by PRX Remix and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Emotionally Leaning in to Life
This is the first of the series of shows for Women with Women. Lauri Rich was my first guest and she addressed the question "Can a woman have it al...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 46:22
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Maya Angelou discusses growing up in Stamps, Arkansas, and early adulthood experiences as recounted in her recently released autobiography I Know W...

Bought by PRX Demo Station, KAAD-LP, KRDP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUZ and more


  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:04:47
  • Purchases: 27
Caption: Baby Drew with her Mommy, Caitlin, and her Mamma, Monica, Credit: Giovanna Rossi
How does the process of birth impact new motherhood? Is it a rite of passage or a medical event? Next time on Well Woman Radio we’ll hear from Pam ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. An early activist profiled.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, and other musings.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
Caption: A gathering for the "Rally To Improve Birth" in front of the Austin TX. Capitol Building., Credit: rallytoimprovebirth.com
Interviews with birth professionals and a mom.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 30:01
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On this episode of Don't Cha Know, we learn about The Women of Winona's Past, as presented by Jennifer Weaver. Jennifer is the Assistant Director o...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 14, 2014
  • Length: 34:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Can one museum exhibit help change the tide of a culture? Rebecca Messbarger, professor of Italian and women, gender, and sexuality studies, explai...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 16:55
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WWII widow Peggy S. Harris lost her husband of 6 weeks and never remarried. Pauline Laurent's husband died in Vietnam in 1968 and Erin Dructor's hu...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00