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A Woman's Voice
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Brian Balogh talks with historian Lisa Tetrault about the rise of women orators in the Lyceum movement of the late 19th Century.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 4
Willie Nelson - To All the Girls
From: Joyride Media
Series: WILLIE NELSON: 80th Birthday Celebration
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Dolly Parton, Norah Jones, Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris and more great female singers share their insightful, deeply personal stories about Willie ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KPIP-LP, KISU, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Give Syrian Women (and Peace) a Chance
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama got a short reprieve when Russia put forward a plan to avoid a U.S. missile strike on Syria by sequestering Syria’s chemical weapon...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Equality Day? Not Yet.
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the anniversary of women's suffrage, how far women have come, and what's left to b...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Beach Bodies: A History of the American Physique [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Strongman Eugene Sandow, 1893, Credit: Library of Congress
It’s summer, the beach is calling, and so is the dreaded swimsuit! Americans are constantly bombarded by images of physical perfection, especially ...

Bought by WUFT, KSRQ, KBRP Community Radio, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Novel That Confronts Modern-Day Slavery (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The U.S. State Department has estimated that 1 million children each year are exploited by the global sex industry. Through a new novel, one author...

Bought by KENW and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
Immigration Has a Female Face
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the immigration debate and what it means for women.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
College Debt Has a Female Face
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on why college debt is the highest in history, and it is especially hard on women.

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
India's Shifting Gender Roles: One Girl's Tale
From: Rhitu Chatterjee
Caption: Sarita Meena is 12 years old. She lives in a remote village in northwestern India and is part of the first generation of girls in the village to go to school and have aspirations of economic independence. , Credit: Priyanka Pacahuli
India has come under close scrutiny lately for its poor treatment of women and girls. Yet, this is a time when a growing number of women are enjoyi...

Bought by KSFR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 11:03
  • Purchases: 7
The Feminine Mystique: Changing U.S. Women's History
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's The Fe...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Edna the Engineer and National Security
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are these in the Daytona Beach branch of the Volusia county vocational school., Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
A recent science test showing that American girls are lagging behind boys has brought women in science back into the national conversation. More th...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Radio Newark, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 4
Before Roe v. Wade -- The Price Women Paid
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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On the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion throughout the U.S., series host Martha Burk interviews ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:23
Sex and Punishment Part Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious continues our conversation about the struggle to regulate the most powerful engine of human behavior-sexuality-with Eric Berkowitz, t...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
A tribute to Toni Morrison
From: With Good Reason
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In 1993, Toni Morrison became only the second American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Joanne Gabbin, executive director of the Furiou...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:39
The Road to Success
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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"Aunt Viv" from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air shares stories from her career, and a chef talks about what it takes to run a restaurant.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Political Platforms -- What Do They Mean for Women?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Huffington Post politics writer Laura Bassett on what the political platforms mean for women.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Obamacare: What does it mean for women?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Karen Davenport, Credit: Nat'l Women's Law Cntr
Series host Martha Burk interviews Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy at the National Women's Law Center in Washington DC, on the impact of...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:26
Maasai warrior elephant hunt
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
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I'm sitting in a landrover with 46 year old Soila Sayialel - the car is surrounded by over 50 docile elephants grazing in Amboseli National Park. I...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 14:44
Dukes v. Walmart One Year Later: Where do Women Stand?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In June 2011 the Supreme Court ruled that the 1.5 million women suing Walmart for sex discrimination could not band together as a class in one larg...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
Roe v. Wade at 39/ Where Women Stand in 2012
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Sarah Weddington, Credit: Weddington Center
Equal Time series host Martha Burk interviews Sarah Weddington, who successfully argued the Roe v. Wade case legalizing abortion in the United Stat...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 2
Tony Bennett Duets II
From: Joyride Media
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Tony Bennett and his duet partners (Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin, John Mayer and more) discuss the art of collaboration on timeless ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WRFA-LP, Troy Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:28:00
  • Purchases: 19
What's the Word? Shakespearean Queens
From: Modern Language Association
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Gertrude, Cleopatra, and Margaret--perspectives on women and power

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


  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
Growing Women Leaders
From: Tanya Ott
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One Alabama organization works to get more women involved in politics in hopes of stemming widespread poverty.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WJAB, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., and Public Interactive


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 4
What's the Word? City of Ladies
From: Modern Language Association
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In 1405 Christine de Pisan wrote a landmark book called _The Book of the City of Ladies _in response to works that attacked and slandered women.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 7
Patti Smith: Horses 30th Anniversary
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour music-intensive program honors the 30th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album, Horses.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, WMUH, KPIP-LP, CBC Inside the Music and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20