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What it’s like to be able to smell illnesses
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a woman who is able to smell cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, TB, and Parkinson’s. Plus, hear from two women who ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
GN_3.15_Body Image Dress
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never break me! A British fashion designer turns comments about her appearance into wearable a...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_4.44_Child Brides
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Child marriage is a major issue that plagues many third-world countries. In West Africa, these girls are finally being given a voice.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
StoryCorps: Cohen
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Time now for StoryCorps, As the end of year approaches, we’re taking time to remember those we’ve lost. This week, we honor the late Justice Ruth...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 2
Madame Bella Cummins talks about her brothel during the COVID-19 outbreak
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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Wells Nevada is halfway between Elko and West Wendover in far northeastern Nevada. There are five churches and two brothels in town, Donna’s and Be...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 11:51
Aida Edemariam, THE WIFE’S TALE & Russell Powell, APPLES OF NEW ENGLAND
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with Aida Edemariam about her memoir, The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History. It’s about her Ethiopian grandmother who, over nearly a century ...

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Souvenir
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Stela Burdt plays Florence Foster Jenkins, Credit: The Commonweal Theatre
On this episode of Art Beat, KQAL's Teri Tenseth drives to Lanesboro MN to visit with the two starts of the Commonweal Theatre’s production of "Sou...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 17:30
Cedar Grove
From: Catherine Moore
Caption: Ye Must Be Born Again, Credit: Roger May
Is this post-industrial town dying, or being born again? Drawing from 300 years of labor and women’s history, the writing of novelist Mary Lee Sett...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson: Healthcare in 1894
From: My Account of It
Series: My Account of It
Caption: Dr. Halle Tanner Dillion Johnson was the first woman and the first black woman to practice medicine in Alabama. She was licensed in 1891.
Here's an account of healthcare in the rural Alabama. This account was written in 1894. Listen.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 06:39
Miss Myrna Davenport's Poetry in Motion
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Catherine Glynn
On this episode of Art Beat, we learn about an exciting one-woman show taking place in Lanesboro this week! The piece is an original play showcasin...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 20:26
To Become a Marine or Not...
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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As combat positions will now be open to women in the military, one woman opens up about her trials and experiences in the military.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:40
New Artist on Air with Mana Eini
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: New Artists
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Ajuawak Kapashesit chats with Mana....

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 44:47
Delivered with Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew reading an excerpt from her book "Hannah, Delivered."

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 1
The Live Feed Presents: Dessa
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed, we visit with a female Hip Hop / Rap / Spoken word artist from Minneapolis MN during MWMF. We learn how why music...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 30, 2014
  • Length: 31:28
  • Purchases: 1
The Art of Middle Eastern Dancer, Cassandra Shore
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Welcome to Art Beat, and our coverage of Something Tribal This Way Comes from St. Paul MN. This festival offers workshops in American Tribal Belly ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KVSC, and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 18, 2014
  • Length: 22:41
  • Purchases: 3
Crime Novelist and Investigative Reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan
From: New Letters on the Air
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Acclaimed crime fiction writer and Emmy-winning investigative reporter, Hank Phillippi Ryan reads from her Mary Higgins Clark award-winning novel, ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Education Equity:My Experience
From: KUNM
Caption: Lucia Martinez, Credit: Generaton Justice
What is Education Equity?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
Culturology: Erika Kooda on the Forthcoming End of an Era
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda shares a short essay on some monumental changes she faces in 2013. From graduating high school and entering Columbia College in Chicago...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
Shirley Chisholm: The Politics of Principle
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1972, Shirley Chisholm launched a spirited campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was the first woman and first African American to run. De...

Bought by WABE, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 10
Brenda Child: Holding Our World Together-Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Holding Our World Together by Brenda Child
Brenda Child talks with Scott Hall about her new book. They discuss the pre-European and post-European Ojibwe culture, particularly as it relates t...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 17:36
  • Purchases: 3
Long Distance Theater
From: Shannon Geis
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A performer and long distance runner combines theater and marathon running in an interactive show.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:59
Producer Profile: Sande Zeig
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Sande Zeig
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Sande Zeig.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 13:44
Fame Monster Pt. 1: Dumb It Down
From: NBPC
Series: Rip And Rebind
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Those who pursue a life in the spotlight have a lot of tough decisions to make about the things they choose to participate in. At the end of the da...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Girls on the Gridiron: Life with the Chicago Force
From: Robin Amer
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Four members of Chicago's all female tackle football team describe what it’s like to be a woman in a man’s game.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 20:16
  • Purchases: 1
Life in a Nepalese Hospital without a Doctor
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This story is free! Hear about how one hospital survives without a doctor in the Nepalese mountains

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1