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Plane Queer: Airline stewards gay?! Really?!? (A history)
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Are most airline stewards gay? How did their legal battles with airlines advance gay rights and gender workplace equity? History professor Phil Tie...

  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:54
Brandon and His Meds
From: Jamie Courville
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After living with HIV for many years, Brandon recently had to start taking medication. He has advice for those who are in the same boat. Brandon p...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Groundwork: Democracy Close to Home
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: A resident of Chicago's 49th Ward., Credit: Melissa Beck
A timely one-hour special, hosted by NPR's Scott Simon, that tells stories of American democracy at the local level. We listen in as people wrestle...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, Nevada Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KRCU Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 79
I'm Not A Drag Queen! I'm Sylvester!
From: Sarah Danson
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A bio of the single best disco artist, who changed performance forever, Sylvester.

  • Added: May 26, 2012
  • Length: 18:13
Finding Miles
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Caption: Megan
A story of transition; from Megan to Miles.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 5
The Politics of Hair by Lou Clark
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
Series: Theatre from the Land of Enchantment
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A comedic, solo rant about identity in relation to hair.

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 47:20
  • Purchases: 4
Wendy & Lisa: Former Prince divas become heroic composers
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman came to renown in Prince's 1980s band, The Revolution, helping him compose the music of albums like Purple Rain. But...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side Radio: The Clothes Make the (Wo)Man
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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They say the clothes make the man, or woman. On this edition of B-Side we explore what our clothes say about who we are. B-Side's Tamara Keith visi...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, Remix Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KUT-HD, and KGOU


  • Added: May 11, 2008
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Electro-cellist Jami Sieber's "Unspoken"
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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An electric cellist goes global

  • Added: May 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
Leviticus 20:13 by Jesse Welsh
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Jesse says this piece is about the bible's opinion on homosexuality. Jesse Welsh is 17 years old and a member ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Mike Jones, author of "I had to Say Something" a memoir about his relationship with and eventual outing of Rev. Ted Haggard
From: Tish Pearlman
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Mike Jones, an ex-escort, discusses his relationship and eventual outing of Ted Haggard, which led to Haggard's downfall

  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 26:30
Muni Miles
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
Riding the muni on a Sunny day

  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 09:23
Picking Up the Pieces
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In the summer of 2006, Linda Boutaugh and Keri Fuchs were victims of a violent hate crime. Their home was destroyed, but their relationship survived.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 2