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Michael Wolraich discusses "The Bishop and the Butterfly:Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty cloth...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2024
  • Length: 25:44
19th Amendment: Part 2
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How did the divides in the suffrage movement define the fight for women’s enfranchisement? And how did that amendment finally get passed?

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 20:02
Smithsonian Associate, Dr. Shohini Ghose: Galactic Pioneers: The Women Who Mapped the Stars
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
Her Space, Her Time: Trailblazing Female Scientists Who Decoded the Hidden Universe Women physicists and astronomers from around the world have tr...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 31:06
National Writers Series: Keith Gave, Tim Rappleye and Lisa Brown-Miller
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Tim Rappleye and Keith Gave talk about their book, "A Miracle of Their Own," with U.S. Olympian Lisa Brown-Miller.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
Patti McCracken discusses "The Angel Makers"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Patti McCracken is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in Smithsonian magazine, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian and many oth...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 24:20
Feminist Poets: Past American Voices
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Women's History Month, we feature a special program about four important feminist poets who led the the next generations into the 21st century....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, KBIA, WNMU-FM, WDCB and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 19
Women's History Month: Women's Choice is More Than Roe vs Wade
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipeline to prison for the vulnerabl...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
UPDATED AUDIO: Freedom for Women Requires Abolition Feminism: Suzanne Pharr & Beth Richie
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipeline to prison for the vulnerabl...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
National Writers Series: Rochelle Riley and Chris Bohjalian
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Discussions with authors Rochelle Riley and Chris Bohjalian.

Bought by WKAR, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
Weddings - recorded 6/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational panel discusses weddings

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 23:17
Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 3
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Irene Hall
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor reports on the lifelong labor activist Irene Hull.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Anna Louise Strong
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor describes Anna Louise Strong, a 20th-century American journalist, activist, and supporter of the labor movement.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Conor Casey and Crystal Rogers, Archivists for the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Conor Casey & Crystal Rogers
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Crystal and Conor report on the ‘Women in Labor History’ project. Song: Rebel Girl: written by Joe Hill, arranged and...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Ellie Belew and Megan Cornish
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor, Ellie, and Megan continue their conversation about Seattle City Light’s Electrical Trades Program and how the f...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
National Writers Series: Elaine Weiss and William Kent Krueger
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Interviews with authors Elaine Weiss and William Kent Krueger

Bought by WCMU Michigan and WKAR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Out in the Cold: The Political Imaginary of the Unhomed in the Great Depression
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: An eviction protest in New York City dated Jan. 11, 1933.
As protests over the killing of George Floyd have taken over the streets of every major city, have converted hotels to homeless shelters and best f...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
88-01: Why Rosie the Riveter is "Not My Icon” - Betty Reid Soskin, National Park Service
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
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For the past decade, now 98-year-old Betty Reid Soskin has served as the nation’s oldest Park Ranger, where she gives talks at the Rosie the Rivete...

Bought by WJCT, RadioStPete Florida, WLRH, KWIT, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
World in Progress 03/12/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Fighting slavery worldwide - In this edition: Millions of people are forced to toil in forms of modern slavery across the ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
RDD: The Fight of The Past and the Future
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we celebrate the 100th birthday of the League of Women Voters, the LWV. The League is a nonpartisan political ...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 06:02
Let's Visit Meadowlands: Local History, the Dawn of a Birding Festival and a Shooting
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Let's Visit
Caption: Katie Carter & Helen Abramson
Helen Abramson grew up in the Meadowlands area. She has fond memories of celebrations at the Bohemian National Hall and is a treasure trove of loc...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2020
  • Length: 14:32
“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
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Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor, Ellie, and Megan continue their conversation about Seattle City Light’s Electrical Trades Program and how the f...

Bought by WMPG and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
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Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor, Ellie, and Megan examine Seattle City Light’s Electrical Trades Program and how the first trade’s women were tr...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
133: Gail Collins and the Adventures of Older Women in American History
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Gail Collins & Lauren Schiller
When the colonists first came to America their ideal wife "was a woman who was civil and under 50 years of age." In the early seventies an ad decla...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WNIN, KWIT, KUT and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Pam Jenoff, author of "The Lost Girls of Paris"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Bob Kustra interviews Pam Jenoff about her latest novel "The Lost Girls of Paris"

  • Added: Jul 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:46
121: Author Jennifer Weiner Writes a Radical "Beach Read"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Jennifer Weiner
The times, they are a’changin’. This week on Inflection Point, Lauren Schiller talks to author Jennifer Weiner, about her newest bestselling book “...

Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, WNIN, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9