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Sisters in Pain
From: Down to Earth Productions
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This Peabody Award-winning documentary details the imprisonment and eventual release of 10 women who struck back against the men who violently abus...

Bought by WLRN, 90.5 WSNC, KQED, Louisville Public Media, KVNF and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2004
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 11
Dancing On Hurt Feet
From: Christopher Sprinkle
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Beautiful spoken-word poem by renowned artist Jaha Zainabu.

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 1
Reclaiming Islam: A Woman's Perspective
From: Laura Jackson
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Muslim scholar Leila Ahmed argues for an alternative to fundamentalist Islam, for an oral, ethical tradition, passed down from mothers and grandmot...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFUV, and KZYX


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 17:40
  • Purchases: 4
Born Smiling
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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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
German Measles
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A mother reveals to her daughter that, faced with a likelihood of birth defects, she decided against abortion, and was lucky. "What would you have...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2004
  • Length: 01:38
Lawyers
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A divorce lawyer is deeply disturbed when his own client wins.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Justin on the Inside
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Amy is a man trapped inside a woman's body.

  • Added: May 26, 2004
  • Length: 08:06
The Hula Lesson
From: Outer Voices
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In “The Hula Lesson” we join Hawaiian Hula teacher Roselle Bailey and her halau of multicultural women to find out what hula is, what it means to H...

Bought by KZYX, KUER, WABE, KFOK-LPFM, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 09, 2004
  • Length: 57:26
  • Purchases: 20
Memorial
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Every 100 days, Roberts saves the phone messages of her mom who passed away two years ago as a living memorial.

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WTJU, Prairie Public, Delta College Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 02, 2004
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 26
paintmixers
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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artist damali ayo's search through paint stores to match paint to her skin tones.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2004
  • Length: 05:07
Pay to Play
From: Charles Lane
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An investigation into the different women's professional football leagues.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WJAB, WEKU, and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Mar 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 4
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded (Short Version)
From: Hannah Palin
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It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by KUOW, Wisconsin Public Radio, KPCC, East Village Radio, WUAL and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 6
The Day My Mother's Head Exploded
From: Hannah Palin
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It is the story of the brain aneurysm that almost killed my mother in 1987 and how she became a completely different person from the mother of my c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, XRAY.fm, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2004
  • Length: 19:59
  • Purchases: 10
Polly's Boa
From: Jackson Braider
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Who knew the riverbanks of Boston catered to such diverse wildlife?

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Mar 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Breast Cancer Monologues
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A one-hour documentary special intricately woven from interviews, readings and original music about how breast cancer has affected the lives of wom...

Bought by WJSU, KVSC, KWIT, KPVL, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2004
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 16
Polly Thayer Starr and a Student Drawing
From: Jackson Braider
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An artist remembers an early piece of work

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
School Front Office
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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You're going to the Principal's office. But don't worry. There's a nice lady down there

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, KSJD, PRX Remix, KCUR, and KUHB


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 5
Life in a Brothel
From: Barry Vogel
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Prostitutes and their customers: Who are they, why are they there, and who supports them.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2003
  • Length: 29:00
Chicken In Every Pot
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: In Julia's Kitchen
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Julia Child Makes Chicken Soup

Bought by KUER, KPIK-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KERA, KBOO and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2003
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 9

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