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Patti McCracken discusses "The Angel Makers"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Patti McCracken is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in Smithsonian magazine, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian and many oth...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 24:20
National Writers Series: Rochelle Riley and Chris Bohjalian
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Discussions with authors Rochelle Riley and Chris Bohjalian.

Bought by WKAR, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
Weddings - recorded 6/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational panel discusses weddings

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 23:17
National Writers Series: Elaine Weiss and William Kent Krueger
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Interviews with authors Elaine Weiss and William Kent Krueger

Bought by WCMU Michigan and WKAR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
88-01: Why Rosie the Riveter is "Not My Icon” - Betty Reid Soskin, National Park Service
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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For the past decade, now 98-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Rivete...

Bought by WJCT, RadioStPete Florida, WLRH, KWIT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
World in Progress 03/12/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Fighting slavery worldwide - In this edition: Millions of people are forced to toil in forms of modern slavery across the ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
133: Gail Collins and the Adventures of Older Women in American History
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Gail Collins & Lauren Schiller
When the colonists first came to America their ideal wife "was a woman who was civil and under 50 years of age." In the early seventies an ad decla...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WNIN, KWIT, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
121: Author Jennifer Weiner Writes a Radical "Beach Read"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Jennifer Weiner
The times, they are a’changin’. This week on Inflection Point, Lauren Schiller talks to author Jennifer Weiner, about her newest bestselling book “...

Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, WNIN, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
117: The End of Human Trafficking May Begin With Radical Empathy -Julia Flynn Siler
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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In 19th Century San Francisco's Chinatown only 1 in 10 people were women, and most of them were forced into prostitution, trafficked by criminal to...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KCSB-FM, KWIT and more


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
112: How Radical Change Happens - Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl, Credit: Casey Orr
Times like these call for radical ideas. But is being a radical a positive thing? And if so, why are so many radicals seen as dangerous? In this...

Bought by KWIT, Louisville Public Media, KCSB-FM, KWIT, WNIN and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Dorothy Cotton on MLK's Legacy (Ms. Cotton Passed 6/10/18)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Dorohy Cotton
Dr. Dorothy Cotton, one of Martin Luther King's top colleagues in the civil rights movement, passed away at her home in Ithica, New York, Sunday, J...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
88: Why Rosie the Riveter is "not my icon" - Betty Reid Soskin, National Park Service
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Betty Reid Soskin
For the past decade, 96-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Riveter/WW...

Bought by KWIT, KWMR, KUT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
On Behalf of the President
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Lauren A. Wright
First ladies have been a vital part of American policy and politics since the election of George Washington.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Highest Glass Ceiling
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ellen Fitzpatrick
Since the late 1800s four women have run for the office of US president.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
45: Dr. Amanda Foreman "The Ascent of Woman" & Annie Brown - The Decline of Women Coaches
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Dr. Amanda Foreman
Award-winning historian Dr. Amanda Foreman argues that a history that pushes women to the margins is an untruth that must be challenged. To this en...

Bought by KKRN, KSJD, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Mary Gibbs: First woman park commissioner in the nation
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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We talk with Connie Cox from Itasca State Park about Mary Gibbs, the first woman park commissioner in the nation.

Bought by KSRQ, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 15:22
  • Purchases: 3
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, Troy Public Radio, WKCC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, WTJU and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Lisa See and her “China Dolls”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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It’s 1938 in San Francisco. War is brewing around the world, but America's entry into World War II is still several years away. Meanwhile in this ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Curtis and Kathy
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Curtis Billie from N'MPower
N’MPower participant and Program Manager, Curtis Billie, interviews Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, a potter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, in a community ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:32
Culturology: Caroline Fraser, editor of "Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House Books" talks to Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Caroline Fraser
Originally published from 1932 to 1943, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books are classics of children's literature, beloved by millions. Now T...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 14:51
  • Purchases: 2