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Opera diva and cross-over star, Renee Fleming, talks performance gowns, diva desserts and the language of music with host of The Dinner Party, Elys...
- Added: Dec 06, 2015
- Length: 41:23
"Rookie" Founder and "Yearbook" Editor, Tavi Gevinson, talks feminism, facing your fears and the best pig-out foods with host of The Dinner Party,...
- Added: Dec 06, 2015
- Length: 44:07
Movie Producer, Gigi Pritzker, and host of The Dinner Party, Elysabeth Alfano, chat about the movie biz.
- Added: Dec 06, 2015
- Length: 32:13
Guest Mia Birdsong of Family Story is addressing the entrenched problem of poverty a new way--by starting with redefining what we think of as a 'tr...
- Added: Nov 27, 2015
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 5
Catherine Hardwicke talks platonic love stories, friendship tics, and shaving Toni Collette's head.
- Added: Nov 13, 2015
- Length: 19:54
One of the ways people used to "find themselves" was to join the Peace Corps after college. But what if you could take a year off before college--t...
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 3
This week, we uncover what makes for great investigative journalism...by talking to two investigative journalists, of course. Both our guests are w...
- Added: Nov 05, 2015
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 3
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
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
Comedian and actress Sarah Silverman, and Director Catherine Hardwicke have each made a career of challenging assumptions--from what a female comed...
- Added: Oct 28, 2015
- Length: 52:59
- Purchases: 5
The causes of cancer seem to be everywhere. From makeup products, to the clothes we wear, and the furniture we buy. And even if it has a pink ribbo...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUT, KSJD, and WRIR
- Added: Oct 21, 2015
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 4
Our guests are Anne-Marie Slaughter, the author of "Unfinished Business" (and the infamous Atlantic article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All"), a...
- Added: Oct 14, 2015
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 7
Most kids run away from home to join the circus. For aerialist and 2015 National Heritage Fellow, Dolly Jacobs, it was a family affair.
Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR
- Added: Oct 08, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Is it possible to do good for the planet and have a successful business? In this episode, we speak with two women who are mindful of both the envir...
- Added: Sep 30, 2015
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 4
What is 'creative place-making'? We talk with the founder of FreeSpace in San Francisco, CA about how the use of vacant real estate can actually br...
Bought by KSJD, KWMR, KMUD, and KZMU Moab Community Radio
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 52:58
- Purchases: 4
Uptalk is that rising, questioning tone some people use when ending a statement. And women aren't the only ones who do it—so finds a study of conte...
Bought by WCNY, WVTF, KEDT, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTJU and more
- Added: Sep 04, 2015
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 7
Uptalk is that rising, questioning tone some people use when ending a statement. And women aren't the only ones who do it—so finds a study of conte...
Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, WKCC, KRDP and more
- Added: Sep 04, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 9
We've all heard about the "Bechdel Test" for women in film. But what still needs to happen for women to reach parity with male directors, producers...
Bought by WMUU-LP and KZMU Moab Community Radio
- Added: Sep 01, 2015
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 2
In Berlin, contemporary art collector Erika Hoffmann talks about her love for artists who invent new genres.
- Added: Aug 13, 2015
- Length: 08:28
We go in search of the origins of a "perfect red," which once eluded scientists, pirates, and kings. Plus, how scientists are now tracking down rar...
- Added: Jul 17, 2015
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 4
Traditional shopping is incredibly inefficient, says Julie Bornstein of StitchFix (and formerly Sephora). But, is the alternative to buy everything...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 1
Human trafficking is estimated to be in the millions--yet only a fraction of it is reported. And taxpayers spend $60,000 per person, per year on in...
- Added: May 20, 2015
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 4
The US Women's soccer team won the World Cup in 2015--the first time since Brandi Chastain was on the field in 1999. In this episode, we talk to Br...
- Added: May 19, 2015
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 8
Ukrainian embroiderer, weaver and bead worker Vera Nakonechny keeps a traditional culture alive.
- Added: May 12, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
The British Romanticist painter J.M.W. Turner was a painter of landscapes and light. He was also one of the first major artists to depict the smoke...
- Added: May 01, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 7
