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The Three Furies: Poverty, Addiction, and Mental Illness

From: Dawn Dreyer

Producer Dawn Dreyer explores the "three furies" of poverty, addiction, and mental illness through her own struggles with bipolar disorder. "The T...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KZSC

Added: Mar 01, 2007
Length: 07:31
Purchases: 2

Memories -- Women's Songs for Women's History Month

From: Bernadette Cahill

Songs written, performed and chosen by women

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)

Added: Feb 28, 2007
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

What's the Word? Medieval Women

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March

A literary view of the lifestyles of medieval women.

Bought by KETR-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WKMS, KZYX, WLIW and more

Added: Feb 23, 2007
Length: 29:32
Purchases: 27

What's the Word? Elizabeth I and Victoria

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March

Literary portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria

Bought by WLIW, WNMU-FM, WLIW, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Added: Feb 23, 2007
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 12

What's the Word? Pride and Prejudice

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March

Jane Austen's _Pride and Prejudice_ continues to be popular nearly two hundred years after it was first published.

Bought by WLIW, WNMU-FM, WLIW, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Added: Feb 22, 2007
Length: 29:46
Purchases: 14

Experiencing the Blues: A Profile of Miss Lavelle White

From: KUT

A pioneer of Texas rhythm and blues tells her story

Added: Feb 06, 2007
Length: 09:55

Everyone is a Philosopher: The Hope House Scholars Program

From: Mitch Neuger

Documentary: Stanford professors teach philosophy to women in recovery.

Added: Feb 03, 2007
Length: 35:55

Home Planet: Behind the mask (The un-Valentine)

From: Spokane Public Radio

(Could be used as a "dark" Valentine) Public smiles often hide the private anger of those 'perfect' couples

Added: Jan 31, 2007
Length: 03:25

Clifford & Kidd - Preggers

From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd

Home Depot Hijinks

Bought by KZYX and WUSM

Added: Jan 23, 2007
Length: 03:31
Purchases: 2

Women Who Can Fly: Trina Robbins and Superheroines

From: Elizabeth Chur

Profile of Trina Robbins, who literally wrote the book on women in comics.

Bought by WJAB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jan 22, 2007
Length: 06:04
Purchases: 4

Shattering the Stigma: Women Confront HIV/AIDS in Africa

From: A World of Possibilities
Series: Women's History Month Special

Women Confront HIV/AIDS in Africa

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, 90.5 WSNC, KMUD, KREV-LP, WVAS and more

Added: Jan 11, 2007
Length: 55:00
Purchases: 12

In the Tractor Seat: Women Farmers Take the Steering Wheel

From: A World of Possibilities
Series: Women's History Month Special

Women Farmers Take the Steering Wheel

Bought by KSFR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KREV-LP, KRCB 104.9, KISU and more

Added: Jan 11, 2007
Length: 55:00
Purchases: 13

Program 20: Journey's End

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

Daisy Turner was proud of her heritage and understood the value of her family tradition. This is the concluding program in the series, Journey's End.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 02:48
Purchases: 2

Program 19: Alec Turner's Funeral

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

At the time of Alec Turner's death in 1923, Journey's End had been his home for 50 years.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 2

Program 18: Daisy's Near Marriage

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

At 40 Daisy became engaged to Joseph Bonet. When he later broke off the engagement, Daisy sued him--and won!

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 01:45
Purchases: 2

Program 17: A New Year's Recitation

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

By the turn of the century the Turner household had become a kind of community social center. This program explores the texture of these gatherings.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KGOU, PRX to iTunes, and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 04:56
Purchases: 4

Program 16: Daisy's Premonition

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

Daisy and her father were so close that she felt they could communicate psychically. This program details such an event.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 05:16
Purchases: 2

Program 15: Daisy Turner Goes to Market

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

When a Boston market owner attempts to cheat her father, Daisy travels to Boston to confront him.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 04:14
Purchases: 2

Program 14: Daisy's Black Doll

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

As a girl, Daisy Turner faces discrimination at school and confronts it directly--with poetry.

Bought by KZYX, PRX to iTunes, and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 04:39
Purchases: 3

Program 13: How Daisy's Sister Shot the Bull

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

Daisy suffered from rickets as a child and during her younger years was unable to walk. At a young age she heard prayers, recitations, hymns, and s...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 03:11
Purchases: 2

Program 12: Alec Turner, the Strong Man

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

In this episode Alec Turner accepts a challenge and performs a dramatic feat of strength.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 03:20
Purchases: 2

Program 11: Coming to Vermont

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

Alec Turner and his wife, Sally settle in Vermont on the farm he called Journey's End.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 03:20
Purchases: 2

Program 10: The Slate Quarry

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

Alec and Sally Turner lived for a time in Williamsburg, Maine, as members of a colony of freed slaves who worked in the Merrill slate quarry there.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX

Added: Jan 10, 2007
Length: 04:45
Purchases: 2

Program 09: Marriage and Near-Disaster at Sea

From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and her Family

After the Civil War ended, Alec worked helping freed slaves find jobs off the plantations. During this time he met his future wife, Sally Early, th...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KZYX