Women's History Month: Editor's Picks
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Table of Contents
- Her Stories
Hearing Voices, 54:00
- Stories by, for, and about women.
- She Grooves Radio Hour
Theresa Orlando, 60:02
- A fine representation of the She Grooves Radio Hour can be found within this show. Features Zap Mama, American Indian mix, indie artists and Bonnie Raitt.
- Birth
Thin Air Media, 56:28
- A documentary about the practices and perceptions of birth in America.
- The Hula Lesson
Outer Voices, 54:00
- Hula is more than girls dancing with coconut bras and grass skirts, with strains of Don Ho in the background. In fact, hula is a complete expression of a traditional culture, which uses dancing and singing for teaching social lessons, and for recounting history.
- Shades of
Gray
Jonathan Mitchell, 58:29
- An hour-long audio mosaic about abortion in America.
- Kawthoolei
Outer Voices, 54:00
- Along the Thai-Burma border, we meet the women peace activists
working in the midst of the world's longest running civil war.
- Gloria Steinem
lecture, part one
KUOW, 54:00
- Hour 1 of two-hour lecture "If Women Mattered" by Gloria Steinem.
- Gloria Steinem
lecture, part two
KUOW, 54:00
- Hour 2 of two-hour lecture "If Women Mattered" by Gloria Steinem.
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- At Home with Ani
DiFranco
WFUV, 57:00
- A rare invitation to the home of Ani DiFranco, for an informal,
intimate chat and impromptu performance.
- Nativity:
one-hour version
Conrad Bishop, 57:00
- A celebration of the wonder, joy, pain, and innate sacredness of
childbirth.
- SERIES Women's
History Month Special
A World of Possibilities, 4 hour-long pieces
- Women's History Month Special.
- Girls From
Cambodia
Stephanie Guyer-Stevens, 54:00
- An honest look into the sex industry in Cambodia.
- Life Stories -
Jobs: Women at Work
Jay Allison, 59:00
- Three portraits of women working - a pastor, a seasonal worker,
and a judge.
- Life Stories -
Families: Women and Children
Jay Allison, 59:00
- Three stories of young women - Concerning Breakfast, The Trapeze
Artist, Alone Like a Stone.
- Interview with Dory
Previn Part 1
Bernadette Cahill, 59:00
- Conversation and music of singer/songwriter Dory Previn with host
Bernadette Cahill.
- Interview with Dory
Previn Part 2
Bernadette Cahill, 59:00
- Continuation/conclusion of conversation and music of
singer/songwriter Dory Previn.
- Deep In Our
Hearts
Sandra Sleight-Brennan, 58:57
- Deep In Our Hearts is an award-winning hour-long documentary
about four white women who defied the color line to work in the
southern Civil Rights Movement.
- The Bebel Gilberto
Radio Hour
WFUV, 59:00
- An hour with Brazilian musician Bebel Gilberto, and a look at
Brazilian music's continued evolution.
- Sisters
D. Cameron Lawrence and John Gregory, 58:30
- This Peabody Award-winning documentary details the imprisonment
and eventual release of 10 women who struck back against the men who
violently abused them for years.
- A Conversation
with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Larry Josephson, 59:00
- A rare personal look into the life of a sitting Justice of the
Supreme Court, her struggles against gender discrimination,
antisemitism and severe illness.
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"Ginsburg's profound admiration of . . . the grandness of the
Constitution make[s] that precious document come intensely alive for
the listener."
- Lewis
- America's Women:
Four Hundred Years Of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates And
Heroines
WQLN, 59:00
- Columnist Gail Collins says that women in colonial times had
nearly as much freedom and even more power than they do today.
- Ani DiFranco Live
from Joe's Pub
WFUV, 58:58
- One hour concert and interview special.
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One of History's Most
Captivating Women
Prime Time Radio, 59:00
- A conversation about Lady Elgin of the Elgin Marbles, which were
taken from the Acropolis in Athens.
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Lady Bird Johnson:
Legacy of a First Lady
Joe Bevilacqua, 59:00
- The life and accomplishments of Lady Bird Johnson.
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The Journey of Lady
Buddha
Dmae Roberts, 56:42
- A mythological and personal documentary about Kuan Yin, the Asian
Goddess of Mercy and Compassion.
- Shawn Colvin: Inside
"These Four Walls" (118:00 / 59:00 / 54:00)
Paul Ingles, 118:00
- Three-time Grammy winner Shawn Colvin is captured in the studio
working on her new album "These Four Walls" and reflecting on her
career in music.
- What's the Word? - Women's History Month Series
Sally Placksin, 5 half-hour shows
- The stories of women throughout the ages, from Jane Austen to Joan of Arc.
- Interview with
legendary folk singer Peggy Seeger
Tish Pearlman, 29:30
- The legendary Peggy Seeger talks about her life, music and travels.
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- Making Contact:
Women Rising X: International Changemakers - Human Rights
Advocates
National Radio Project, 29:00
- Profiles of three courageous human rights advocates: Huwaida Arraf
founded an organization that monitors the Israeli/Palestinian
conflict; Maria LaHood, human rights lawyer; Argentinian Patricia
Isasa, activist/torture victim.
- Brides for
Sale
Voices of Our World, 28:00
- Direct order brides suffer silently.
- A conversation with
legendary singer/songwriter Janis Ian
Tish Pearlman, 29:30
- Legendary Singer/songwriter Janis Ian discusses her long career
with humor and candor.
- Voices of Our
World: Postcards From Prison
Voices of Our World, 28:00
- Karen and Theresa used to live with their families in South Africa
and Violet lived with her five children in the Philippines. When we
met these three women they were all serving time in the Women's
Penitentiary in Sao Paulo, Brazil. All three women were caught, either
knowingly or unknowingly transporting illegal drugs.
- Girl
Detectives - Expanded Version
Sue Mell, 25:52
- The aftermath of a friend's murder and the search for resolution
in the face of an unexplained death.
- The Ballot, the
Bullet, and the Burka
Voices of Our World, 28:00
- The values of western society that we often take for granted, such
as free speech, free press, freedom of religion, civil rights, and
access to education are still largely absent in Islamic countries,
especially with regards to women.
- Dear Birth
Mother
Long Haul Productions, 29:00
- After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after
years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her
forties, decided to adopt. She chose transracial adoption.
- Bharati
Mukherjee
New Letters on the Air, 29:00
- Indian-born American author Bharati Mukherjee talks about The Tree
Bride, which is based on her ancestor--one of her many strong female
characters. She writes about the challenges of immigration, especially
for women.
- RN Documentary:
Durga's Court
Radio Netherlands, 29:30
- One woman is running a very unusual court of justice in a small
Indian village where she uses folk tales, religious stories and her
own common sense to bring justice to people who can't find it any
other way.
- RN Documentary:
A Life of Ashes: Widows in India
Radio Netherlands, 29:30
- A personal journey of an Indian born producer of a widow to look
at the situation of widows in India.
- Tsim Txom:
Domestic Violence in Hmong Society
Wisconsin Public Radio, 29:42
- A look at domestic abuse in Hmong culture.
- Mei Mei, A
Daughter's Song
Dmae Roberts, 25:00
- Winner of the Peabody award, MEI MEI, A DAUGHTER'S SONG is the
personal story of cross-cultural and cross-generational conflict
produced by Dmae Roberts.
- Rita Dove
New Letters on the Air, 29:00
- Rita Dove discusses her poetry collections AMERICAN
SMOOTH--including the housefire that led her to ballroom dancing--and
MOTHER LOVE, which uses the myth of Persephone to show the love
between mothers and daughters.
- The Peabody
Sisters: an interview with biographer Megan Marshall on
ThoughtCast
Jenny Attiyeh, 28:30
- An interview with Megan Marshall, the biographer of The Peabody
Sisters -- three women who helped found the Transcendentalist movement
in the mid-19th century.
- What's the Word?
Muslim Women Writers
Modern Language Association, 29:00
- Works by female writers from Muslim countries offer us important
perspectives on questions of religion, nationalism, and the role of
women in Islamic and Arab culture.
- What's the Word?
City of Ladies
Modern Language Association, 29:00
- In 1405 Christine de Pisan wrote a landmark book called The
Book of the City of Ladies in response to works that attacked and
slandered women.
- Poor Women Can
Heal Themselves
Elinoar Astrinsky, 28:00
- Good health does not have to be expensive. In Joao Pessoa, Brazil,
Maryknoll Sister Euphrasia Nyaki founded Afya in order to allow women
to learn massage and other healing techniques, study and use medicinal
plants and share their wisdom.
- No Turning
Back
Talking History, 29:00
- Interview with Estelle Freedman, author of No Turning Back: The
History of Feminism and the Future of Women. Commentary: Spinning the
Casualties: the historical problems of reporting wartime casualty
figures.
- Lolita Unveiled:
Muslim Women's Take on a Scandalous Classic
Laura Jackson & Betsy Morgan, 22:40
- Confronting the tyrannies of our times through the transformative
power of the novel.
- A Pioneer in
Writing Women's History
Barry Vogel, 29:00
- A conversation with Professor Gerda Lerner, a foremother of
women's history.
- RN Documentary:
Tale of Two Women
Dheera Sujan, 29:30
- A story of two friends who've lived very different lives: one
travels the world in search of adventure, the other never leaves her
house and garden.
- The Courage to
Leave
Voices of Our World, 28:00
- Two women in Sao Paulo, Brazil had the courage to leave. Apareceda
left her violent husband and Ana is sewing away from prostitution. We
speak with them and Maryknoll lay missioner Joanne Blaney.
- What's the Word?
Chinese Women's Poetry
Sally Placksin, 29:00
- A celebration of Chinese women poets.
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Death of Women in
Juarez
Voices of Our World, 28:00
- Over the past ten years, hundreds of young women have been raped
disappeared and murdered in the Mexican border town, Ciudad Juarez,
and in the state of Chihuahua.
- RN Documentary:
Verbal Fireworks
David Swatling, 29:30
- A profile of Alix Olson - award winning spoken word performance
artist/activist considered by some as one of the ten most dangerous
women in America.
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The WASPs: Women Pilots
of WWII
Radio Diaries, 22:00
- The story of the first female pilots in WWII.
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"So beautifully produced it's nearly cinematic in effect."
- Transom Editors
- Nona Beamer: Hawaiian Elder
Heidi Chang, 06:35
- Winner of a 2000 National Award from the Asian American Journalists Association. Nona Beamer is a revered Hawaiian elder and one of the last links to the art of Hawaiian storytelling, chant and traditional hula.
- Lady
Presidents
Amber Cortes, 12:03
- Did you know that over fifty women have run for U.S. President?
Women were running for president before they could even vote! Featured
are the lives and words of the first ten women to run for
President.
- Beyond the
Veil
Vermont Public Radio, 08:10
- Women's lives in Iran defy stereotypes. Women are caught between
modernity and tradition, and their rights under Iranian law reflect
these paradoxes.
- Women Who Can
Fly: Trina Robbins and Superheroines
Elizabeth Chur, 06:03
- Profile of Trina Robbins, who literally wrote the book on women in
comics.
- SERIES Powerful
Signals: Transforming The Role of Women and Girls in Science and
Engineering
WAMC, 19 segment-length pieces
- NSF funded radio series about women in science, technology,
engineering and mathermatics.
- Women of the
YW
David Duncan, 07:09
- Three women share their life stories, memories and what it is like
to live at the YWCA of Central Virginia.
- SERIES
MOMbo MOMents
Nanci Olesen, pieces of various lengths
- "A MOMbo MOMent" is a short interstitial report from "the mom zone."
- Babyquest
Long Haul Productions, 13:07
- Babyquest is the story of a single woman in her mid-40s that has
been trying for two years to get pregnant using a variety of methods.
Team Long Haul follows Suzanne through her last invitro fertilization
attempt -- her last chance to have her own biological child -- and
documents the story of how she got to this point.
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- Birth
Night
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 06:30
- Follow doula-in-training Megan Sloat as she witnesses and assists
with birth for the first time.
- My Body
Outfront, 12:40
- This program looks at society's fixation with breasts -- a
fixation that can be playful -- or downright painful.
- Melissa in New
Haven: Teen Mom
Radio Diaries, 12:00
- Melissa didn't mean to get pregnant. But now, after 12 years of
living in the foster care system, she's trying to build the family she
never had.
- Lust for
Lipstick
B-Side Radio, 09:05
- You might say producer Stacy Bond -- who grew up in Texas -- wears
make-up religiously . . . especially lipstick.
- Born Into
Brothels
Lu Olkowski, 06:31
- Several years ago Zana Briski, a photographer, found herself
giving photography lessons to children living in the brothels of
Calcutta's red light district. She told Lu Olkowski about the
challenges of trying to change people's lives with art.
- Rugged and
Beautiful
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 07:01
- Visit with two female WWII Liberty Ship welders from South
Portland, Maine.
- Pre Adopt
Mom
David Barasoain, 06:38
- Woman who cares for babies before adoption.
- Basketball
Youth Noise Network/Center for Documentary Studies, 07:50
- A 15-year-old, five-foot tall girl explores why basketball is
important to her.
- Part 2: Beyond
the Veil
Vermont Public Radio, 08:10
- Women's lives in Iran defy stereotypes. Women are caught between
modernity and tradition, and their rights under Iranian law reflect
these paradoxes.
- Water
Woman
Imakhu Mwt Shekemet, 12:58
- Popular storyteller Imakhu Mwt Shekemet's contemporary version of
Afro-Brazillian folktale, "Mae de Agua."
- Three
Women
Dmae Roberts, 08:43
- A Chicana, African American and Romanian talk about their breast
cancer.
- Japanese "War
Brides"
Anna Wu, 12:42
- Japanese American "War Brides" living in Fayetteville, North
Carolina discuss their experiences with war, marriage, immigration,
and cultural identity.
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Civil War
Widows
Radio Diaries, 13:00
- Alberta Martin and Daisy Anderson are the last living Civil War Widows.
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"Their stories are SO captivating and eloquently revealed."
- Transom Editors
- Toxic Beauty
World Vision Report, 04:57
- Two Seattle environmental groups have launched the Toxic Beauty Campaign to inform nail salon workers about dangers and how to avoid them.
- "Don' t be a Marshmallow!"
Dick Meister, 05:15
- Dolores Huerta, a co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers, has had an extraordinarily successful and courageous career fighting for economic and social justice, as this commentary notes.
- The Harvey
Girls
KSFR, 02:30
- Those wonderful women who came to the Southwest to work in Fred
Harvey's Harvey House eating establishments along the railroad.
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This I Believe -
Gloria Steinem
This I Believe, 05:10
- In the debate between nature and nurture, Gloria Steinem believes
we are asking the wrong question.
- National Women's History Museum Radio
Spots
Russell Hodge, 01:00
- 25 Radio Spots for Women's History Month.
- SERIES Women Making
Music
WXPN, Twelve 2-3 minute drop-ins
- Women Making Music is a series of 2-3 minute modules in which
contemporary singer-songwriters offer first person accounts of their
craft.
- Growing Women
Leaders
Tanya Ott-Fulmore, 05:22
- One Alabama organization works to get more women involved in
politics in hopes of stemming widespread poverty.
- Latina Women at
Increasing Risk of HIV
Francesca Rheannon, 05:32
- Why Latina women are more at risk, and one woman's story.
- Confronting a
Taboo: Depression and African American women
Next Generation Radio, 05:14
- An exploration of perceptions of mental health in the black community.
- This I Believe -
Martha Graham
This I Believe, 04:22
- Martha Graham speaks about hard work and creativity.
- Amazon
Chrysti M. Smith, 02:00
- Who were the original Amazons, and why do they share a name with
the South American river and the bookselling giant amazon.com?
- Active Voices:
Jane Midgley- Women and the US Budget
Chris Goldstein, 05:09
- This piece features Jane Midgley on her new book Women and the US
Budget (New Society Publishers). Jane brings a lifetime of experience
to demystify the budget process. We discuss who makes our Budget
decisions and why more women need to be involved.
- Pay to Play
CM Lane, 04:16
- An investigation into the different women's professional football
leagues.
- My Body My
Temple
Dmae Roberts, 04:04
- Women writers reading their own works about how breast cancer
affects their body image.
- Hair Cut Check
Up
Tanya Ott-Fulmore, 05:06
- African American women die of breast cancer at much higher rates
than other women, but a unique program is turning African American
hair dressers into breast cancer educators.
- This I Believe -
Yolanda O'Bannon
This I Believe, 03:26
- Yolanda O'Bannon believes being true to herself means doing the
job she loves working as a secretary.
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- This I Believe -
Ivory Harlow
This I Believe, 02:49
- Waitress Ivory Harlow believes peace can begin with a stack of
pancakes and a side order of friendliness.
- Mothers in
Uniform
KRCC-FM, 05:20
- Mothers in the military talk about being deployed.
- Wu Man - Pipa
player
Dmae Roberts, 05:00
- Famed pipa virtuoso Wu Man in her own words and her music.
- The Miss Subways
Reunion
WFUV, 03:36
- Meet the ladies who won the bygone "Miss Subways" contest that ran
from 1941 to 1976.
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