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From Paper Bags to Circular Saws -- Who Thunk 'Em Up?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The old saying "necessity is the mother of invention" may be true, but it leaves out an important component -- the real "mothers" and "aunts" and "...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
The Oscars and Upon Us: Who Are the Bigtime Losers?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Females are without question the stars of Hollywood costume design, raking in Oscars in numbers that far outstrip the men. They get lots of well de...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:30
Motor Maids and Bubblegum - A Tale from The Heart of America
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Tales From the Heart of America
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Discover the vibrant love and legacy of women motorcyclists in 'Motor Maids and Bubblegum,' a tribute to the trailblazers who rode beyond societal ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 1
She Fought Goodyear in 2009:Today's Women Are Still Winning
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In 2009 Lilly Ledbetter learned she had been paid 40% less than men in the same Goodyear Tire & Rubber job. It was a long slog, but she won, and wo...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
AMOS 23.31: Humans Can Echolocate, Too, 2/13/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Humans Can Echolocate, Too

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 20.165: Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?, 8/18/2020
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
Gender & STEM Achievement
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Girls get slightly higher grades in science and math worldwide than boys, but fewer enter STEM professions.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 18.221: Dolphins May Help Us Understand Menopause, 11/5/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Dolphins May Help Us Understand Menopause

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
GPV30 Book Review - A Spool of Blue Thread
From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:07
Gender Bias & Online Sales
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Buyers shell out a lot less on online auctions for when the seller is female.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Women's History Month Series Promos
From: WDSE
Series: Womens History Month series
Caption: Women's History Month
March is Women’s History Month and this annual series of 60-second spots from KUMD celebrates women of Minnesota who lead, create and Inspire. Thi...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:08
Radio Retrospective: The First Woman of Sound Effects
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Ora Nichols (left) and the CBS Sound Effects Team, Credit: Wikipedia
Ora Nichols lead the sound effects team that brought "War of the Worlds" to life on the radio. That doesn't mean she got along with Orson Wells. Me...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 3
Neurosexism
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Our ideas about how the anatomical differences in male and female brains explain the behaviors of men and women may be based on bias rather than sc...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mind-Controlled Medicine
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A brainwave-triggered implant which could potentially turn on genes controlling the production of therapeutic proteins., Credit: March Folcher/ETH Zurich
Could brainwaves one day trigger an implant that stops epilepsy and chonic pain episodes before they begin?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Day Job 3: The Best Laid Plans Of Lesli Wood
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Lesli Wood of The Redwood Plan, Credit: Joshua McNichols
Lesli Wood has achieved almost every goal she's set for herself. She's a professional lawyer. And her band, The Redwood Plan, has played to big cro...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 14:20
  • Purchases: 1
Rod Is God!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Gulaab Gang Poster
This is a story about two films that are in the eye of a peculiar storm in India. One is called Gulaab Gang. The other is called Gulaabi Gang with...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
More than an office
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's just a simple office, but for some students it's like a home, complete with an "adoptive mother." It's a routine place made special.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
The place, the music, the memories
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For one Indian classical singer, a crowded little apartment in Queens--or even just the sound of a shruthi box (an Indian-style musical drone)--bri...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle - We Still Love Our Country
From: Andy Cahn
Series: New Music from Public Media Service
Caption: in stores Feb 1
Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle (Romantica) join together for a new EP of duets. Includes originals and cove...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 14:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Hidden Messages in Zulu Beadwork
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: A Zulu girl wears her beadwork, Credit: Hlengi We Dube
You're fourteen, and you're in love with a boy in the next village. How do you tell him? Well, you bead it of course. This week's Global Guru uncov...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
Getting Old is Hell
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
The world through 94-year old eyes

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 1
Clifford & Kidd - Preggers
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Home Depot Hijinks

Bought by KZYX and WUSM


  • Added: Jan 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
National Women's History Museum Radio Spots
From: Russell Hodge
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25 Radio Spots for Women's History Month

Bought by WSGE, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KVNF


  • Added: Feb 09, 2006
  • Length: 01:38:44
  • Purchases: 3
Water Woman
From: La Siréna Imakhu
Series: Black History Month
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Popular storyteller Imakhu Mwt Shekemet's contemporary version of Afro-Brazillian folktale, "Mae de Agua."

Bought by WSLR, WABE, KUT, KUT, WJAB and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 10
Born Smiling
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An adult daughter, bringing flowers to her mother's grave, imagines what her mother would say to her, both condemning and loving.

Bought by WQJC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1