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Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Can Schools Do?
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Shekinah Jackson and friends.
Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and La...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 20:47
Civil rights Act and Equal Pay: The Joke's on Women
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited pay discrimination against women and minorities was passed August 1964. Some thought it was a joke -- looks...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
10: Refugee Chefs: Empowering and Educating Through Food, 07/14/22
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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In this episode, we meet refugee chefs who now call the United States their home. In Milwaukee, Tables Across Borders brings the community together...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRPS, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Despite a defeat in Congress, advocates say they'll keep pushing for women to register for the draft
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Female Marine Corps recruits line up during boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. The first class of female recruits arrived at San Diego in 2021, ending almost a hundred years when the boot camp accepted only men., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
Congress dropped a controversial measure that would require women to register for the Selective Service. Men are required to register once they tur...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, KMXT, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 7
The Women of Afghanistan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: "Nightmare" by Shamsia Hassani, Credit: Shamsia Hassani
With all the talk about the women and girls of Afghanistan, Sandip wonders if it was ever really about them at all.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
10: Refugee Chefs: Empowering and Educating Through Food, 7/8/21
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Eat Your Heartland Out
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In this episode, we meet refugee chefs who now call the United States their home. In Milwaukee, Tables Across Borders brings the community together...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Marines' first west coast female boot camp is over, and it may be years before it happens again
From: American Homefront Project
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A group of female recruits completed Marine boot camp in San Diego this spring - the first time the Corps has trained women outside of Parris Islan...

Bought by KMXT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KPCC


  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
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From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Beauty pageant contestants use their platform to call out violence against women.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Coronavirus and Sub-Saharan Africa
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at Uganda and Rwanda, two countries who have fought pandemics before and were ready for this one. Both countries have lost...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Building The Sustainable Hair Salon with Beth Bradley owner of Collective Hair Salon
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Building The Sustainable Hair Salon with Beth Bradley owner of Collective Hair Salon. 90 % sustainable, with a focus on beautiful hair and a beaut...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 07, 2020
  • Length: 27:35
  • Purchases: 1
Tata's and Tans. Thermography and Spray Tans, Radiation Free Self Care for the Inside and Out.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Tata's and Tans. Thermography and Spray Tans, Radiation Free Self Care for the Inside and Out. Guests Taylor Pardue of Acurate Wellness and Lauren ...

Bought by WCNY and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 14, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
What Is It Like To Be A Woman In Poland?
From: Jason Kladiva
Series: World Pieces
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World Pieces Host Jason Kladiva asks Edyta Hinch about what it's like to be a woman in Poland.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 06:59
On the Bus
From: Jason Kladiva
Series: World Pieces
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The World Pieces Expedition hops on the bus and takes a ride to Detroit. Host Jason Kladiva takes listeners on his bus journey but discovers the v...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 06:49
A challenge for military moms: Breastfeeding and pumping on duty
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Staff Sgt. Melishia Francis prepares her breast pump in a lactation room at Lackland Air Force Base's Wilford Hall Medical Hospital., Credit: Daniel J. Calderón / US Air Force
Inflexible work schedules and lack of support can make it tough for new mothers in the military to keep breastfeeding their children.

Bought by KRZA, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUD, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 7
Facing unique mental health challenges, female veterans are killing themselves more often
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Deana Martorella Orellana's mother, Laurel Martorella (left), and Orellana's sister, Robin Jewell, hold her Marine Corps photo. Orellana killed herself a year after leaving the Marines. She had agreed to undergo counseling the day she died., Credit: Jay Price/American Homefront
Female veterans are nearly 2 1/2 times more likely than their civilian counterparts to kill themselves. Advocates say women's mental health challen...

Bought by KGUA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KRZA, WUSF and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 8
Area Voices: Northern Minnesota Women Head to Women's March in St. Paul
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Women's March 2016, St. Paul, MN, Credit: Katie Carter
Area Voices producer Katie Carter rode along on a bus from Bemidji full of women and girls headed to the Women's March in St. Paul. This segment o...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 18:11
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
From: Shea Gunther
Series: Marijuana Today Daily
Caption: Dawn rises on Boston's Back Bay as blue speckled clouds hazily stretch across the sky., Credit: Justin Jensen/Flickr
All the legal marijuana news and headlines for Tuesday, December 20, 2016.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 09:37
Monday, November 21, 2016 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
From: Shea Gunther
Series: Marijuana Today Daily
Caption: Two people sit at a brightly lit Tiki bar in Denver Colorado. , Credit: Sam Howzit/Flickr
All the legal marijuana news and headlines for Monday, November 21, 2016.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 11:21
Chitra Divakaruni discusses “Before We Visit The Goddess”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Chitra, an American Book Award winner, is known for creating tales of vivid women characters who live in either India or America. She is the author...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
What Lies Between Us
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Every immigrant has a coming to the America memory. Nayomi Munaweera came to America when she was 12. It was the mid eighties. And Duran Duran.....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Nurse Family Partnership brings first-time moms and nurses together
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Jasmine Jurado (left) and Nurse Lopez, with baby Anais., Credit: Liz Mak
Nurse Family Partnership, or NFP, found that limited access to good parenting information, or role models, can present an even greater challenge to...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Mending the Gender Gap in Energy
From: Lana Straub
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Women leaders in the oil and gas industry are using networking to mend the gender gap in the profession.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:31
Homeless veterans’ unlikely home in San Francisco’s Financial District
From: KALW
Caption: Jackie Cooper at home, Credit: Marcy Fraser
One in four homeless people are veterans. There are approximately 800 homeless veterans on San Francisco’s streets.Experts in the field believe the...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:07
Women’s pinball league gives positive tilt to Bay Area scene
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Two of the new games at Hi-Life, Credit: Angela Johnston
Ellen Frankel slips the last of her quarters into the Medieval Madness pinball machine and wipes the sweat off her forehead. It’s her second game o...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 4
Barbecue of the Body: Sudanese women bring ritual to Bay Area
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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In Sudan, where my family is from, there is an ancient beauty ritual that married women perform called dukhan. It’s like a sauna, but with smoke. ...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 14:52