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Women in Combat
From: War News Radio
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On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
The Broad Experience 12 - Kenyan entrepreneurs
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
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Africa's economies are growing fast, and this is partly linked to entrepreneurship. Women make up a large number of African entrepreneurs, so when ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 12:35
The Broad Experience 11: Women of a Certain Age
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
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How does a woman's age affect her life at work? Hillary Clinton may be going gangbusters at 65, but can the rest of us hope for a fruitful career l...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 14:30
March 30: Georgiana Molloy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Georgiana Molloy
Georgiana Molloy (March 30, 1830): An early settler in Western Australia, who is remembered as one of the first botanical collectors in the colony...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "The Long Shining Waters" by Danielle Sosin
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Danielle Sosin's novel, "The Long Shining Waters," tells three stories of three women living around the shores of Lake Superior in three distinct t...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
How Green Entrepreneurs are Transforming Rural Communities
From: Green Connections Radio
Series: Green Connections Radio
Caption: Aneri Patel of UN Foundation Sustainable Energy for All
Wow are these stories great! Listen to Aneri Patel of the UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative tell host Joan Michelson about the innovative s...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 18:48
Forty Years of Feminist Books
From: Cassie Wagler
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The oldest feminist bookstore in the country closes, after over 40 years in business.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:39
WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES -- Kristy Guevera-Flanagan Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Kristy Guevera-Flanagan talks the terrors of truth, the progressive nature of soap operas, and why it took a woman writer to get Wonder Woman out o...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 21:10
The Broad Experience 6: will Gen Y women change everything?
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
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In this show we hear from Amanda Pouchot, 20-something co-founder of the Levo League, whose mission is to help Generation Y women get to the top.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 25, 2012
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 1
Preventive Health Services Under Health Care Reform
From: KUNM
Caption: Women's Health Today guests August 24, 2012, Credit: Giovanna Rossi
Which services are covered under health insurance plans? Does Medicaid and Medicare provide the same benefits? How will the law be implemented so t...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 28:03
Understanding Domestic Violence (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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The monthly series on peace making will focus this time on conflict resolution programs aimed at heading off domestic violence.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 2
The Broad Experience 7: Non-white and female at work
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
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In this show we talk to a guy who did not think of himself as an obvious candidate for diversity training (he survived and thrived). Then there's t...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 12:01
Bullying and Gender
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by drp, Flickr
SFHS SWAT bullying and gender

  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:43
The Broad Experience, episode 5: female entrepreneurship
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
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There's a lot of buzz around the topic of female entrepreneurship right now. But the statistics on female business owners haven't changed much late...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 1
Engineering: It Isn't 'Just for Boys' Anymore
From: Iowa News Service
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DES MOINES, Iowa - Engineering used to be a career field that appealed mostly to boys - but that's changing. Des Moines Area Community College, Iow...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:09
Tough Economy Brings Spike in MN Domestic Violence
From: Minnesota News Connection
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Police departments in Minnesota and across the nation are seeing a connection between the sluggish economy and an increase in dom...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 1
What the Paycheck Fairness Act Means to New Mexico Children
From: New Mexico News Connection
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Paycheck Fairness Act is up for a vote in the U. S. Senate on Tuesday. The Act points out that nearly four decades after th...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
The Broad Experience, episode three - women in tech
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode three, we ask why so few women work...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 2
Missouri Catholics Protest Vatican Crackdown on Nuns
From: Missouri News Service
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ST. LOUIS - Roman Catholics in St. Louis and cities around the nation will be holding demonstrations tonight and every Tuesday night in May against...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
The Heart's Truth
From: Muriel Murch
Caption: Florence Nightingale helps a sick man, Credit: unknown
A conversation between nurses. Interviewer Muriel Murch talks with nurse, writer and poet Cortney Davis

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KRZA


  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 2
Remember Recess? Women More Likely to Exercise if it Feels Like Play
From: Minnesota News Connection
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Women would be more physically active if it were more fun, according to a new study.

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:19
The Broad Experience, episode one
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode one: why we need a show like this, ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
Connecting the Dots
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Sherry Turkle, Credit: Andrea Ventura
Host Phalana Tiller talks with professor and author Sherry Turkle about her book, Alone Together. She also interviews Lisa Gansky, entrepreneur and...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
Margaret Sanger - Woman Rebel
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
Caption: Margaret Sanger
A dramatization of the life and work of Margaret Sanger, birth control activist, followed by an interview with the author, Ann Beyke and political ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUNM, and WRPI


  • Added: Mar 25, 2012
  • Length: 55:21
  • Purchases: 3
Valerie Hedquist talks about Fra Dana
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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In the 1890s, Fra Dana dreamed of becoming a famous painter. But then she fell in love with a cowboy from northern Wyoming and her life got complic...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1

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