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The BabySafe Project with Patti Wood
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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After discussing the environmental news, Patti & Doug talk about how and why to protect your baby from wireless radiation.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 29:10
Language Peeves: Inner Grammandos vs. Inner Wordies
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🌟📚 Dive into the Evolution of English with us! 📚🌟 🎙️ This week on The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview series. We're thrilled ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 31:17
The Feminist Birth of the Home Pregnancy Test
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Margaret Crane, inventor of America's first home pregnancy test, in 1965. , Credit: Anna Kaufman
In 1965 Margaret Crane was a young graphic designer with an idea: Why couldn't women do their own pregnancy tests at home? This is the story of how...

Bought by WUWM, KISU, KETR-FM, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
She Fought Goodyear in 2009:Today's Women Are Still Winning
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In 2009 Lilly Ledbetter learned she had been paid 40% less than men in the same Goodyear Tire & Rubber job. It was a long slog, but she won, and wo...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Can Schools Do?
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Shekinah Jackson and friends.
Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and La...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 20:47
'No Place Else To Go': Inside a Former Abortion Clinic
From: Tradeoffs
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One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 15 states have effectively banned abortion. Dozens of clinics in those states have shut th...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 15:52
Three Health Policy Stories to Watch in 2023
From: Tradeoffs
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A congressional ban on removing anyone from Medicaid will expire early next year. What will happen to people who lose their coverage, and how are s...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 18:50
Post-Roe Abortion Access from The Response Part 1
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our friends from the podcast The Response bring us their piece Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe Landscape, plus a quick updat...

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
When judges dismiss claims of domestic abuse, children can pay the ultimate price
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Family court judges sometimes decide that domestic abuse claims are not credible. But making the wrong call can end with children paying the ultima...

Bought by WFHB and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Coercive control is domestic violence. When will judges adapt to the new law?
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Domestic abuse isn't always physical violence. Civic talks to experts about coercive control and hear from victims about their experiences at home ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Why a centrist Democrat is ditching Congress
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) pioneered the playbook that helped Democrats flip the House in 2018. Less than four years later, she announced her r...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 35:10
The Personal and Political Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Michigan 2-Way
From: Tradeoffs
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A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing — in the courts, on the campaign trail, at the ballot box this N...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
MN Native News: Up to the Bench and Back to the Land
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Hennepin County Judge-Designate Colette Routel, Credit: Mitchell Hamline School of Law
This week on Minnesota Native News, a new state judge brings a wealth of Indian Country expertise and a new partnership gives Native students a pla...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS, KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Women Rising Radio: Election Protection and Democracy Part Two
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Voting Rights Advocates Carolina Miranda, Andrea Miller and Pam Wilmot, Credit: Carolina Miranda photo - Carolina Miranda Andrea Miller photo - The Tennessee Tribune Pam Wilmot photo - The Boston Globe
Women Rising Radio re-visits the 2020 election year, to assess the outcomes and talk with those who made those outcomes happen, the grassroots elec...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
The Pandemic, Loss and Racial Inequity
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jorge Garza has created an Azteca pop series based on front line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic., Credit: Jorge Garza
Up next on Making Contact we turn our attention to those Americans who are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus fallout. According to the CDC, Blac...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Women Rising Radio: Women Challenge Capitalism
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Women Rising Radio #40 explores the global women's movement to resist the violence and greed of capitalism. A women-led village in Kurdish Syria e...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lindsey Hilsum, Author of "In Extremis"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Bob Kustra talks with Lindsey Hilsum about her book "In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin"

  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
From the Ground Up
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California
Caption: Kateri Gutierrez at Collective Avenue Coffee, Credit: Photo by Ben Tran
Like many kids who come from working class immigrant families, Kateri Gutierrez felt a lot of pressure to get ahead. After a brief stint trying to ...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2019
  • Length: 07:05
116: A Radical Idea To End Poverty
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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This week, we hear about a radical plan to end poverty: Universal Basic Income. Lauren talks to the team behind an experiment with Guaranteed Incom...

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


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 9
Gender & STEM Achievement
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Girls get slightly higher grades in science and math worldwide than boys, but fewer enter STEM professions.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
C-HIT The WorkUp: Women and Depression Part 1
From: Lynne DeLucia
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Women are about twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. It’s the leading cause of disability worldwide.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 09:05
C-HIT The WorkUp: Women and Depression Part 2
From: Lynne DeLucia
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Women are about twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. Poor and minority women are less likely to get help than affluent or white women.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 09:02
World in Progress 04/26/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What's changed in the textile industry five years after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh ? --- Women in Poland take to...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
The businesswomen with high hopes for the cannabis industry
From: Stevie Hertz
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Women-owned businesses generated over $1.6 trillion in sales in 2017, but they still make up less than 2/5ths of all privately held companies. But,...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:20
Coast Guard commander on Great Lakes retires Wednesday
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Rear Admiral June Ryan, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
The first woman to lead the Coast Guard district that covers the Great Lakes is retiring Wednesday. Details on her exit -- and who’s taking her pl...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:09
  • Purchases: 7