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Fifty years ago, on September 29, 1963, Pope John XXIII opened the second working section of The Second Vatican Council and asserted its agenda to ...
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- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
What does it mean to be an ally in a political movement? From white Americans in the civil rights era, to Israelis in Palestine, to Latino-American...
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- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 29:00
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the gender gap and gun control, and why it will make a difference in the next elec...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 02:30
Author and philosopher Jean Houston offers a guidepost into the world of Dorothy and L Frank Baum in which she delves into the deeper messages held...
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 27:55
Despite what women are constantly told by their doctors and society – that weight gain, sleeplessness, diminished sex drive, hair loss and wrinkles...
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- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 28:58
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Program for the week of April 7, 2013
- Added: Apr 06, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Pregnant women in America’s prisons are being shackled to their beds; others are being sterilized. Correctional institutions claim the policies are...
- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Jamaica Kincaid talks about the influence of her birthplace, the Caribbean island of Antigua, on her use of language and story telling, even though...
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- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: :00
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Mitch Skinner goes to San Diego Comic-Con and talks to men who write well-rounded female characters.
- Added: Mar 05, 2013
- Length: 05:04
Radio Curious visits with Sally Roesch Wagner, a historian and chautauqua scholar who portrays suffragist Matilda Joslyn Gage. Gage lived from 182...
- Added: Mar 05, 2013
- Length: 29:01
This is the story of a father-daughter research team who spent 10-years studying the Brazilian Women’s Movement of the 1980s.
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- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 28:58
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For International Women’s Day and the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster listen again as three prominent female activists tell their stor...
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 29:00
In her new book, Professor Beth E. Richie addresses the issue of marginalized communities throughout America, and the unique risk they harbor for B...
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- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 1
23 years after the Montreal Massacre, feminists are still working like hell for accountability around violence against women.
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 28:49
Mystery writer Laura Lippman talks about the terrifying brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe and his classic short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher"...
- Added: Oct 26, 2012
- Length: 29:32
In this Real Good Words interview, Heidi Holtan talks with Jim Heynen about his new book "The Fall of Alice K."
- Added: Oct 01, 2012
- Length: 17:17
Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with superbug sleuth, Maryn McKenna. An investigative journalist and author, ...
- Added: Sep 17, 2012
- Length: 28:00
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Marriage - the laws, as well as social conventions and expectations surrounding it - have long been subject to change. In this hour of BackStory, w...
- Added: Jul 13, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 3
Shrinking the world’s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need more contr...
- Added: Jun 12, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Minnesota author Cheryl Strayed joins Heidi Holtan to discuss her honest and raw new book.
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- Added: Apr 24, 2012
- Length: 26:27
- Purchases: 1
The Cutting Edge looks at the War On Women and at Florida Rep. Allen West
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 59:49
A review of the rock documentary about Hole drummer Patty Schemel.
- Added: Apr 18, 2012
- Length: 02:00
In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...
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- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Debra Brenegan's debut novel, SHAME THE DEVIL, explores the fascinating true story of Sara Payson Willis, who wrote under the pseudonym "Fanny Fern...
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- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 29:01
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Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...
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- Added: Jan 19, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
