PRX - Pieces for Topic: Women

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Women on the Waterfront
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: Building Brooklyn
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At the start of World War II, 200 women were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. That number ballooned to 7,000 at the height of the war, but after...

Bought by KVNF and KCNP


  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
How to Survive the Future
From: Alex Chambers
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How to Survive the Future: A Special features two interviews from the future, introduced by an essay on Walter Benjamin and hope in dark times. In ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
NEA Jazz Moments with Pianist, Joanne Brackeen (round two)
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Joanne Brackeen is the only female to join Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and talks working with Stan Getz.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 8
The Seekers, Pt. 1: Freedom from Violence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Albertina Gutiérrez and her 8-year-old son, Lester display photos of relatives., Credit: Maria Martin
The Seekers is the first in a two-part documentary series that examines the experiences of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the US. In t...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Birth
From: Ahri Golden
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From award-winning producers Ahri Golden + Tania Ketenjian, Birth is an audio mosaic that explores practices and perceptions of birth in America. ...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 1
Bought and Sold
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Javille Sutton was a 14-year-old runaway when she accepted a ride from a pimp who sold her across the country for the next six years. She was arrested multiple times as a juvenile. She now counsels girls at a horse ranch for young victims of trafficking.
Advocates for kids are pushing for a new approach to combating underage prostitution: treating young people caught up in sex trafficking as victims...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WRIR, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Inka Milewski
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Inka Milewski, at home in Miramichi, NB, Credit: David Kattenburg
Profile of New Brunswick, Canada researcher and environmental health advocate Inka Milewski

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:42
Lullabies For The End Of Life
From: JoAnn Mar
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This program describes music's power to heal and bring comfort to those in the final stages of life.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KALW, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Healer
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A story of the surprising healing power of sound.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGOU, SALTcast Podcast, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 4
A Horse Named "Buckwheat"
From: Rogi Riverstone
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Women Hunters in Alaska
From: Valerie Lapinski
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Valerie and filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein document their first all-women hunting trip.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 08:39
  • Purchases: 1
Yesterday and Forever December Special
From: Helen Engelhardt
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Documentary composition featuring six widows in remembrance of Lockerbie tragedy - on 17th anniversary

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KRPS, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 4