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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 October 10
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Osprey Oriell Lake discusses the Women's Climate Change Agenda and the first annual International Women's Earth and Climate Summit. 2) Mary Cook, a teacher in Arkansas, helps students engage with the ocean through the NOAA Teacher at Sea program. 3) A Changing Gears report on the student loan debt from private vocational schools.
- Subject:
- Oceanography--Study and teaching--United States, Climatic changes, and Student loans
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 October 3
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Elizabeth Gilbert speaks about her new book, "The Signature of All Things." 2) Communities across the nation look for alternatives to industrial agriculture like the Beacon Food Forest in Seattle, Washington. 3) A UN Radio report on the $750 billion annual cost of food waste. 4) Harvest Public Media reports on the security of a federal seed vault in Colorado.
- Subject:
- Women botanists--Fiction and Urban agriculture
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 September 26
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Excerpts from Homeland Productions', "A Map of the Sea," a story based on the collapse of the cod fishery in Newfoundland. 2) Editor Sarah Weinman talks about some of the best female authors of noir fiction writers in her book, "Troubled Daughter, Twisted Wives."
- Subject:
- Women authors, Atlantic cod fisheries--Closures, Newfoundland and Labrador--History, and Noir fiction
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 September 19
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Excerpts from Jiri Slavicinsky's documentary, "Last Summer in Grand Bruit," a story about the resettlement of a rural fishing community in Newfoundland, Canada.
- Subject:
- Atlantic cod fisheries--Closures and Newfoundland and Labrador--Grand Bruit--History
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 September 12
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Rebecca Sive talks about women leaders and her book, "Every Day Is Election Day: A Woman's Guide to Winning Any Office From the PTA To The White House." 2) Jemma Brown reports from Salt Lake City on the political future for Mormons. 3) The Maidu tribe of California is working with an old adversary to regain formal stewardship of their homeland in Plumas and Lassen Counties.
- Subject:
- Women--Political activity--United States, Maidu Indians, and Indians of North America--Land tenure
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 September 5
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Maine lobstermen consider forming unions after a lobster surplus caused prices to drop to a record low. 2) Upstate New York farmers share their stories. 3) Avenal, California struggles to find a new economy after its oil boom. 4) Public health nurse Amy Gastelum talks about fear and working in an unsafe New York City neighborhood.
- Subject:
- Farmers--New York (State), Lobster fishers, and Fear
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 August 29
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Martha Baskin speaks filmmaker Christopher Nolan and Dr. Helen Caldicott, Nobel Prize winner and anti-nuclear activist, about the long term health impacts of nuclear accidents. 2) Ontario Power Generation is proposing construction of an underground permanent burial facility for all of Ontario's low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. 3) Amy Mayer reports on the Conservation Reserve Program. 4) A report on preserving wildlife habitats in New York City.
- Subject:
- Wildlife habitat improvement, Radioactive waste repositories--United States, and Nuclear power plants--Accidents--Health aspects
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 August 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) NWLC Vice President for Education and Employment Fatima Goss Graves discusses women's equality issues in the national campaign. 2) Gilles Malkine profiles Marie Antoinette. 2) A WMMT report on natural gas drilling in southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky.
- Subject:
- Gas well drilling--Law and legislation and Women's rights--United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 August 15
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) George Morgan discusses his book, "Rocket Girl," a biography about his mother, Mary Sherman Morgan, the first female rocket scientist. 2) Amy Mayer reports on the nonconventional and natural methods of raising egg-laying hens as an alternative to battery cages and large factory farms. 3) Delia Passi, founder of the Women's Choice Award, discusses how her review and recommendation service works.
- Subject:
- Chickens--Housing and Women scientists--United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 August 8
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Lissa Harris, cofounder of The Watershed Post in the Catskills, discusses reporting during Hurricane Irene and the newspaper industry. 2) Lori Price of Citizens for Legitimate Government discusses reporting on stories not featured in the popular media outlets. 3) Wendy Welch writes a memoir about opening an independent bookstore in the digital age.
- Subject:
- Newspaper publishing, Electronic publishing, and Mass media--Objectivity
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 August 1
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Peter Neill of the World Ocean Observatory in Maine argues the negative impacts of hydrofracking to the ocean. 2) The Lake Superior Project examines measures taken to protect water resources from the Great Lakes. 3) Liberians went into panic after a rumor that their water would turn to blood, Grant Fuller reports. 4) In Deer Isle, Maine, thousands of gallons are disappearing from the town of Stonington's water supply every week.
- Subject:
- Shale gas industry--Environmental aspects, Hydraulic fracturing--Environmental aspects, Water conservation--Superior, Lake, and Water resources development
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 July 25
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Susan Barnett speaks with Beatrice Edwards, Executive Director and International Programs Director for the Government Accountability Project (GAP), about whistleblowers and information disclosure. 2) Photojournalist Charmian Reading speaks about her experience documenting displaced African Americans who were evicted for registering to vote in 1966. 3) Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson's film, "Out in the Silence," documents the explosive reaction to the gay couple's wedding announcement in their hometown newspaper.
- Subject:
- Same-sex marriage--United States, Whistle blowing--United States, and Voting--United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 July 18
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) In 2002, whistleblower Coleen Rowley was named a Time Magazine person of the year. She speaks with Susan Barnett about how growing secrecy around US actions is a threat to national security. 2) EcoReport examines the implications of anti-whistleblowing laws like the ag-gag bill in Indiana that would have criminalized undercover investigations of conditions in factory farms.
- Subject:
- Official secrets, Leaks (Disclosure of information), Whistle blowing--United States, and Factory farms--Law and legislation
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 July 11
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Susan Barnett speaks with Kathy Stevens, founder of the Catskill Farm Animal Sanctuary, about plant-based diets like veganism and public reception and awareness. 2) Yomi Abiola, founder of STUFF (Stand Up for Fashion), speaks about corporate social responsibility in the fashion industry. 3) Gilles Malkine profiles Diana, Princess of Wales. 4) UN Radio reports on the clearing of land mines in former conflict zones.
- Subject:
- Food supply--Environmental aspects, Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997, Animal welfare, and Fashion--Moral and ethical aspects
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 July 4
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) The Global Ethics Corner from the Carnegie Council comments on the internal conflicts behind the recent protests in Turkey. 2) Asli Bali discusses the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, Turkey. 3) Turkish novelist Elif Shafak searches for her nation's modern history in the story, "The Street of the Cauldron Makers."
- Subject:
- Demonstrations--Turkey--Istanbul, Turkey--Politics and government, Shafak, Elif, 1971-, and Turkey--History
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 June 27
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Minda Zetlin, coauthor of, "The Geek Gap," discusses technology enabling employees to be accessible on a 24-hour basis, an increasing number of freelance workers, and the work-home division. 2) A report about job applicants with a criminal record re-entering the job market. 3) Writer Deborah Sabin recounts what happened when she and a friend help with the Jewish rituals for the dead. (Originally aired on show #1214.)
- Subject:
- Ex-convicts--Employment--United States and Criminal records--Economic aspects
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 June 20
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Mary Pipher, author of the new book, "The Green Boat," discusses environmental advocacy and enacting social change. 2) Gilles Malkine profiles Sojourner Truth, the famous women's rights activist.
- Subject:
- Social change--Psychological aspects and Women social reformers--United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 June 13
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) A report on Mildred Norman, Peace Pilgrim, who walked across the country for peace. 2) Iraqis reflect on memories of the past and hopes for the future for post-war Iraq. 3) Lydia Ratcliff, a Vermont farmer, discusses small farms in the United States.
- Subject:
- Iraq War, 2003-2011, Peace Pilgrim, -1981, Postwar reconstruction--Iraq, and Farms, Small--United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 May 31
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) New York Times reporter, Lisa Prevost's, speaks about her new book, "Snob Zones ? Fear, Prejudice, and Real Estate." 2) David Kates reports on the legal battle against two proposed light-rail routes near one West L.A. neighborhood. 3) Niala Boodhoo reports on how cities like Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh are hoping another wave of immigrants will help reinvigorate the economy. 4) Gilles Malkine profiles Frances (Coralie) Perkins who witnessed the Triangle Shirt Factory fire.
- Subject:
- Zoning, Exclusionary--New England, Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965, Traffic congestion, Street-railroads, and Housing development--New England
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 May 24
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Curt Nickish reports on a vaccine for Lyme disease. 2) Briana O'Higgins produces a narrative of three women battling chronic fatigue. 3) Joanne Silberner profiles a woman with cancer in Uganda, where there are few treatment options.
- Subject:
- Cancer--Patients, Lyme disease, and Chronic fatigue syndrome
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 May 17
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Terry O'Neill, National Organization for Women (NOW) president, talks about the effects of federal spending cuts. 2) Bunny Williams, interior designer and co-founder of Trade Secrets, talks about her annual plant sale to benefit Women's Support Services (WES).
- Subject:
- Gardening, Deficit financing--United States, Budget deficits--United States, and Fund raisers (Persons)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 May 10
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Maine artist Jon Joyce has Down syndrome and is the caretaker of his 94-year old mother, Colleen Udis produces the story. 2) Ojibwe Elder Sharon Day talks about Mother Earth Water Walks, a campaign she started with other indigenous women to raise awareness of concerns about water. 3) Producer Sarah Elzas profiles a teen mother living in Waterville, Maine. 4) Travel guide and writer, Rick Steves talks about his first travel partner, his mother.
- Subject:
- Water quality--United States, Down syndrome patients, Parents of children with disabilities, Steves, Rick, 1955-, and Teenage mothers
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 May 3
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Carmen Gonzalez, editor of the book "Presumed Incompetent ? The Intersections of Race and Class for Women of Color in Academia," speaks about minority women in academic careers. 2) Clay Scott produces a story of a young single mother from Montana has become a game warden. 3) Gilles Malkine profiles all-around athlete Mildred Ella Didrikson.
- Subject:
- Minority women in higher education, Zaharias, Babe Didrikson, 1911-1956, and Game wardens
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 April 26
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Sara McConnell reports on women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers. 2) Nancy Jackson, from the Chemical Security Engagement program of the U.S. Department of State, talks about the increasing presence of women in chemical science internationally. 3) Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctorate Sharon Haynie shares her experience of being a black woman in science. 4) UN Radio interviews Hakima, a 13-year old Ugandan girl and volunteer of the child rights organization Plan International.
- Subject:
- Women in technology, Women in higher education, Women in science, and Women--Education--Developing countries
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 April 19
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Jean Houston speaks about her book, "The Wizard of Us ? Transformation Lessons from Oz," about teaching through myth. 2) March Gallagher comments on Sheryl Sandburg's book "Lean In." 3) Gilles Malkine profiles marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson.
- Subject:
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964, Heroines in literature, Women executives, and Houston, Jean
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 April 12
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Ernesto Aguilar interviews Danielle Norwood from Women Organized to Resist and Defend about several states banning abortion after 12 weeks. 2) KimWyatt speaks about a collection of essays she co-edited titled, "Get Out of My Crotch ? Twenty One Writers Respond to America's War on Women's Rights and Reproductive Health." 3) Dr. Afaf Meleis, Dean of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks at the Chautauqua Institution, offering a global view of women's health issues. 4) All Things Considered and Youth Radio report on sex trafficking in the U.S.
- Subject:
- Abortion--Law and legislation--United States, Human trafficking--United States, and Women--Health and hygiene
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 April 5
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Kippy Joseph from the Rockefeller Foundation explains how social impact bonds offer alternative funding for prevention-oriented government projects. 2) A profile of Mary Shultz, a professor of chemistry at Tufts University. 3) Nancy Greenlease reports on the Italian craft of tailoring.
- Subject:
- Tailoring, Social service--Finance, and College science teachers
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 March 29
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Mai Hernandez, director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, speaks about Congress's renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). 2) Gabriella Dragoni, Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, speaks with UN Radio's Donn Bob about creating a legal code that assures the criminality of violence against women. 3) Women War and Peace project host Amy Costello interviews Wendy Lobwein, former witness support officer at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, who helped prepare witnesses to testify.
- Subject:
- Women--Crimes against, United States. Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, Witnesses to war, and War crimes trials
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 March 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Camille Phillips investigates food allergens and genetically modified crops. 2) Ray Lopez and Thermapuresick co-founder David Hedman speak about sick house syndrome and treatments for mold in homes. 2) WAMC's Wanda Fisher reflects on thirty years as the host of the regional music show, The Hudson River Sample. 4) Gilles Malkine remembers the life and work of jazz singer Mildred Bailey.
- Subject:
- Women radio talk show hosts, Food allergy in children, Crops--Genetic engineering, Molds (Fungi)?Control, and Bailey, Mildred
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 March 15
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Alison Quantz reports on the Young Women's Leadership Program at the University of Virginia, where college women pair with middle school girls in a mentorship program. 2) Co-founder Danielle Nierenberg speaks about Food Tank, a think tank devoted to all issues surrounding food. 3) Omega Women's Leadership Center director Carla Goldstein calls for a stronger partnership between women and men. 4) Gilles Malkine profiles British cellist, Jacqueline Mary du Pré.
- Subject:
- Man-woman relationships, Mentoring, Food, and Du Pré, Jacqueline, 1945-1987
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 March 8
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Cecilia Tkaczyk speaks about winning a close New York State Senate election and her new committee appointments. 2) Anne Garrels reports on how pay inequity and lack of paid parental leave affects American families. 3) Cécille Pouilly tells UN Radio's Mamadou Alpha Diallo in Geneva that cases of women being brutalized and killed due to accusations of sorcery are a growing trend in Papua New Guinea to deprive them of land and property.
- Subject:
- Pay equity, Women--Papua New Guinea, Parental leave, and Women legislators
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 March 1
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) John Laurenson reports on how Lourdes, France has become a rallying point for Catholics around the world. 2) Tibet Connection producer Rebecca Novick and Dr. Robert Barnett, Director of the Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia University, discuss protest self-immolations in Tibet. 3) Monica Perez Uribe reports the concerns of the communities in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico where the humanitarian organization Casas por Cristo works. 4) Gilles Malkine profiles ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti.
- Subject:
- Ciudad Jua?rez (Mexico)--Social conditions, Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Politics and government, Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt, active 14th century B.C., Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, and Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Religion
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 February 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Pascaline Clerc, senior director for animal research issues at the Humane Society of the United States, talks about the EU's ban on products that use animal testing. 2) Naturopath Laurie Steelsmith talks about her book, "Great Health Through Natural Choices." 3) Correspondent Eli Chen profiles a Mom Meetup based in New York City, one of the many Meetup groups organized through the online social networking site, Meetup.com.
- Subject:
- Toxicity testing, Online social networks, and Laboratory animals
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 February 15
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Christine Arylo talks about her book "Madly in Love With Me ? The Daring Adventure of Becoming Your Own Best Friend." 2) Toronto-based storyteller, Sage Tyrtle, recounts a young friendship. 3) Carla Goldstein, co-founder of the Omega Women's Leadership Center in Rhinebeck, NY, speaks about protesting violence against women with dance.
- Subject:
- Women--Crimes against, Female friendship, and Self-acceptance
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 February 8
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Sarah Crawford, Workplace Fairness Director, talks about a National Partnership for Women and Families commissioned study about wage inequality. 2) Filmmaker Jennifer Lee's new film, "Feminist: Stories from Women's Liberation," looks at the history and impact of the feminist movement. 3) Gilles Malkine tells a story of the kunoichi, a Japanese army of secretive female agents.
- Subject:
- Pay equity, Feminism, Spies, Feminist films, and Equal pay for equal work
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 February 1
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project, speaks about the transitions of global power between the US and other nations. 2) Tina Traster talks about her experience adopting a Russian child and views on Russia's ban on American adoption. 3) Sumayah Hodges talks about, "Sumayah Takes Flight," the social network campaign she started in effort to become the commencement speaker at her daughter's graduation.
- Subject:
- International relations and Adoption -- Russia (Federation)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 January 11
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Noel Carmichael, an American in Tanzania, reflects on her culture and its history. 2) Amy Mayer, of Harvest Public Media, reports on the world's grain and food supply. 3) AmyDiPierro, of War New Radio, reports on Iraqi Kurdistan's once rich agricultural economy shifting to oil exports. 4) Nadja Drost, of the World Vision Report, profiles Leiderman Ortiz Berrio, a Columbian journalist, whose life is threatened for reporting the news.
- Subject:
- World food supply, Agriculture, Freedom of the press--Colombia, Iraq--Economic conditions, and Visitors, Foreign
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2013 January 4
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Journalist Rebecca Coffey discusses her book, "Murders Most Foul: And the School Shooters in Our Midst," a history of school shootings. 2) Joe DeCeault of WBEZ profiles Chicago police officer Julie Joyce, a specialist in crisis intervention. 3) Cindy Bishop, Director of Pupil Personnel Services, speaks about the Management Attention Program Special (MAPS) class in New York's Onteora School District, which supports children with emotional and mental health disorders.
- Subject:
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services), School shootings, and Child mental health services--New York (State)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 2012 December 28
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- c28d02c9241920a381bed8859cd0cf17
- Description:
- 1) Dr. Heidi Cullen, Chief climatologist of Climate Central, speaks about climate change. 2) Nancy Barton from Prattsville, New York describes the effects of Hurricane Irene on her town in the Catskills Mountain. 3) Pennsylvania resident Vera Scroggins and Dairy farmer Jennifer Huntington discuss pros and cons of hydraulic-fracturing. 4) Kim Gandy, Feminist Majority vice-president, speaks about women in politics and upper-management. 5) WNYC Radio and the Public Radio Exchange feature a profile of women boxers including, Claressa Shields.
- Subject:
- Hurricane Irene, 2011, Hydraulic fracturing, Climate changes, Women boxers, and Women heads of state