Women's Liberation Radio News
225 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★ - 82 ratingsFeminist news programming that seeks to provide the unique and under-represented voices of girls and women with a national and international venue to break the sound barrier.
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Extended Interview with Katherine MacLean
July 13, 2019 19:58 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBKatherine MacLean is a research scientist, teacher and meditator. In her academic research, she studied how psychedelics and mindfulness meditation can promote beneficial, long-lasting changes in personality, well-being and brain function. Following her sister's untimely death from cancer, she left academia and co-founded the Psychedelic Education & Continuing Care Program in New York (www.psychedelicprogam.com), which focuses on increasing awareness and reducing risks of psychedelic use. W...
WLRN Edition 39: Women & Climate Change
July 04, 2019 12:35 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBIn this July 4th, 2019 release of WLRN's monthly news program you will hear the world news as written and delivered by April Neult before hearing Thistle's song "We are More" about getting active in the face of the overwhelming problems of war and climate change. After the song, we present two interviews Thistle did with professors Joni Seager, author of The Women's Atlas and Earth Follies: Coming to Feminist Terms with the Global Environmental Crisis, and Leah Horowitz, professor of Human ...
Full WLRN Interview with Leah Horowitz
July 04, 2019 12:13 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBThis interview with Leah Horowitz took place on the University of Wisconsin Campus at Science Hall in professor Horowitz' office on June 24th, 2019. Thistle talks with Leah about her studies of the New Caledonian islands people and their resistance to nickel mining. Professor Horowitz' stories from that region illustrate a pattern occurring worldwide of environmental destruction disproportionately impacting women and women's work, yet decisions about this impact primarily remaining in the han...
Summer Adventures Submissions Call-Out 2019!
July 02, 2019 23:49 - 1 minute - 2.34 MBGoing to a women's festival or event this summer 2019? Consider creating some rad media around it for posterity. Contribute to WLRN's upcoming podcast focused on what we all did this summer. Take a listen to this public service announcement calling for submissions and then contact us at [email protected] if you'd like to contribute your media to the program! More info here: https://wlrnmedia.wordpress.com/2019/06/26/call-out-for-media-submissions/ Thanks for tuning in to WLRN, our fe...
Edition 38: The Erosion of Abortion Rights
June 06, 2019 13:02 - 1 hour - 107 MBSisters! Women's right to our reproductive freedom is under attack AGAIN because patriarchy seeks to control women and women's bodies regardless of the year we are living in. In this 38th edition of WLRN's monthly podcast, we explore the issue of abortion. First up, hear WLRN's world news segment as written by Damayanti and delivered by Jenna Di Quarto. Next, enjoy Fallopian Rhapsody by the 90's band Lunachicks before hearing an interview Thistle did with MaryLou Singleton, midwife and women...
WLRN's Danielle Whitaker Interviews Musician RAINBOW STAR
June 04, 2019 23:25 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBWLRN's Danielle Whitaker recently interviewed RAINBOW STAR (all caps — listen and learn why!), a feminist performer and songwriter from Kentucky. RAINBOW STAR's first album is available at rainbowstarmusic.com, and her new album, Music from the Rainbow Sparkle Palace: Volume II, is coming soon, with part of the proceeds benefiting a domestic violence shelter in Richmond, Kentucky. One of the album's tracks entitled "Patriarchy Song" was recently banned from Facebook due to lyrics that were c...
Interview with Thistle Pettersen in Colorado
June 03, 2019 17:19 - 34 minutes - 25.6 MBThistle was recently invited by a group of women interested in land-based women's community to Colorado for a retreat and brainstorm at an urban farm near Denver. She made that trip in May, 2019 and while there, was interviewed by one of the sisters at the gathering who does media work. The interview took place in the parking lot of Boulder's Community Radio Station, KGNU because there was no studio space available at the time. The woman who interviewed Thistle is a volunteer at the station...
WLRN Music Hour #32 Memorial Day 2019- Remembering Andrea Dworkin
May 28, 2019 11:14 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBIt’s May 27 2019, so called Memorial Day under patriarchy. This is a day which, as a child I was taught, marked the beginning of summer and thus we ladies could finally wear white. Ugh. Also it’s a day that war heroes are celebrated. Interesting conjunction. Since now I wear white any damn time I want and know about patriarchy’s true war on women I thought it fitting to honor one of my favorite war heroes, radical feminist Andrea Dworkin. In the background to my reading of her 1978 essa...
Public Comments at WORT 89.9 FM board meeting March 21st 2018
May 27, 2019 14:22 - 34 minutes - 17.8 MBOn March 19th, 2018, WLRN's Thistle Pettersen aired interviews with feminists Julie Bindel and Meghan Murphy via WORT 89.9 FM's airwaves. Two days later, a public discussion took place at the station at their board meeting that Thistle was not invited to nor was she aware that it was happening. This is a recording of that discussion. Several members of the Madison community, some local journalists and others paid staff at WORT, spoke disparagingly of Thistle's character, accusing her of bei...
Edition 37: Women's Sports
May 02, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBIn this edition, hear WLRN world news as written and delivered by Jenna DiQuarto before enjoying the song "Ode to a Gym Teacher" by Meg Christian. After that, you'll hear the interview WLRN's Robin Long did with Coach Linda Blade, president of Athletics Alberta and Beth Stelzer of Save Women's Sports. This stellar interview is followed by Thistle's commentary on the beauty and sanctity of women bonding through competition and team sports. Women's sports have the potential to serve as an organ...
WLRN Music Hour with DJ Phoenixx: Edition 31 - For the Earth
April 22, 2019 14:29 - 58 minutes - 80 MBIt’s Earth Day 2019 and this month’s music hour will be given to songs about the Earth in her peril, her beauty and her resilience. I’ll be weaving in quotes by Rachael Carson whose consciousness changing book Silent Spring has affected a generation of environmental practices and attitudes. Song List: Cold Frost Morning Barbara Higbie The Whole World is Burning Jennifer Berezan Muddy Road Walela Battered Earth Sweet Honey in the Rock Beautiful Dawn The Wailin' Jennys Mississippi Son...
Edition 36: The Left, the Right and Feminist Strategy
April 05, 2019 11:47 - 1 hour - 134 MBWe are celebrating 3 years of WLRN, Women's Liberation Radio News! In this 36th edition of our monthly podcast, the world news is written and delivered by our youngest member, Damayanti from India, and the commentary is by Sekhmet SheOwl, desert dweller and resident female separatist. In this anniversary edition you will hear a debate between WoLF (Women's Liberation Front) board member and lawyer Kara Dansky and FIST (Feminists in Struggle) lawyer and member, Ann Menasche, facilitated by ...
2019 Midwest Women's Herbal and Mycelium Mysteries Conferences Special Edition
March 18, 2019 13:35 - 1 hour - 151 MBJoin us for this program focused on two amazing women's gatherings in the woods of Wisconsin focused on herbs and mushrooms. We interview Linda Conroy, founder of Midwest Women's Herbal and organizer for both these gatherings in nature and in intentional community. You'll also enjoy the words of Barbara Bitondo, Linda's student and an urban herbalist. Dr. Cho speaks with WLRN's Robin Long about mushrooms and her work as a pediatrician. The final interview is with keynote speaker at Mycelium M...
WLRN Music Hour with DJ Phoenixx: Edition #30 - Return
March 18, 2019 13:25 - 1 hour - 94 MBOpening background song Keep on Keeping On Jojo Call Back Signal Spirit Passages Song for the Unborn Mari Boine Syadotako Tatyana Lar Geese Nukariik Maybe Ulali Compulsive Rhythms poetry and drumming by women of CAPSA Tihou Beyatene Tartit Oshun's Orange Aco Takenaka Tuatha-na-Gig Global/Carolyn Hillyer/Nigel Shaw Uldda Nieida (Uldda Girl) Mari Boine Transformation Kitka Everything is Music Kris Delmhorst Tell Me My Sister Kim Trusty Here we are a...
WLRN Edition 35: Women with Disabilities and Inclusion in Feminist Culture and Movement
March 07, 2019 19:45 - 1 hour - 116 MBThis program features our newest member, Danielle Whitaker from Atlanta who greets listeners before the world news written and delivered by Damayanti, WLRN's youngest member from India. Next you'll enjoy music by Gaelynn Lea and her song "Someday We'll Linger in the Sun" before Thistle's interview with our guest Ellana Crew, a blind lesbian from Baltimore. Then, enjoy Johnnie Mae Dunson's song "I'm a whole lotta woman" that leads into Robin Long's interview with Tara Ayers, a disability right...
WLRN Music Hour with DJ Phoenixx: Edition #29 - Wild Hearts
February 25, 2019 16:30 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBSong listing: Animal Dreams Sticky Red Egg Corpse Bike Lane Bella Ciao Jezebel Michigan Sister Voices This special edition of the WLRN Music Hour features our own Thistle Petterson. DJ Phoenixx's selection of songs from Thistle's discography gives you taste of the strong and sincere womon who started what is Women's Liberation Radio News. Listen as she introduces and connects with each song in her own words. The recent events of the past few years that have sought to erase Thistle's work, ...
WLRN Extended Interview with Lee Lakeman of the Vancouver Rape Relief Shelter and Women's Center
February 13, 2019 18:07 - 44 minutes - 60.4 MBIn this interview, WLRN's Robin speaks with long-time member of the collective Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, Lee Lakeman. Since 1973, VRR has been a safe haven for victims of rape and domestic violence, and women who have escaped the sex trade. Here, Ms. Lakeman speaks about her and the collective's herstory of feminist action, strides VRR has made, and how women can continue to work for women's liberation in today's political climate. WLRN thanks Lee for giving her time to speak...
Fight the de-platforming of radical feminist thought!
February 09, 2019 23:37 - 2 minutes - 3.52 MB2/11/19 ~ We hit our goal of $150 but keep donating to keep us alive and thriving! Thanks to those who bought us a hard drive to preserve our handcrafted podcasts.
WLRN Edition 34: An Up Close Look at The Vancouver Rape Relief Shelter
February 07, 2019 18:50 - 1 hour - 130 MBWondering how to sustain radical feminist organizations over the long haul? Take a listen to WLRN's Edition 34 dedicated to an in depth exploration of the Vancouver Rape Relief Center & Women's Shelter that has been in existence for 45 years. Our program starts off with the greeting by Damayanti, WLRN’s youngest member from India, who also delivers our world news segment this month. The world news is followed by a radio skit by Jenna and Thistle to help get the word out about our fundraiser...
WLRN Music Hour with DJ Phoenixx: #28 - River Hags
January 31, 2019 21:18 - 50 minutes - 70 MBWelcome back sisters to another hour of women’s liberation music on WLRN! I’m Phoenixx and it is the end of January 2019. Someone said the other day that it felt like the 74th of January! In some ways the month has felt interminable--like it’s just not passing quickly enough. And that it’s just been two Januarys of insanity, violence, hate and abuse and still no impeachment!!!! Luckily, we still have these airwaves of radical women’s liberation feminist thought, action and music as refuge for...
WLRN Music Hour with DJ Phoenixx: #27 - Journeying
January 08, 2019 02:17 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBThese songs are meant to carry us down and into our cores. Many of them are from a Tuvan throat singer Sainkho Namtchylak who was born in far south Siberia. According to patriarchal tradition as reported by patriarchal research, women in Tuva were forbidden to throat sing because it was believed the female voices could hurt male relatives or could cause childbirth problems(no comment necessary). In spite of the taboos, Sainkho’s grandmother taught her much of her traditional repertoire from w...
WLRN Extended Interview with Feminist Current's Meghan Murphy
January 04, 2019 20:19 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this interview, WLRN member Robin speaks with Meghan Murphy about her start in radio, her path to Feminist Current, and her recent experiences with online censorship and harassment. Meghan Murphy is a radical feminist writer and journalist who was recently banned from Twitter for posting public information about a man in the news. On January 10th, 2019, Meghan will be appearing at he Vancouver Public Library for a discussion on the effect of gender ideology on women’s and girls’ civil righ...
WLRN Edition 33: The Silencing of Women's Voices
January 04, 2019 19:19 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBHappy New Year! Sisters, let us start the year right. Let's hit the ground running. Let's speak out and stand up. Women will NOT be silenced. Join the revolution, and take a listen to our freshest edition on the misogynist censorship of women. Our 33rd show begins with an introduction by our newest member, Robin. Then Damayanti's world headlines are followed by "Your Revolution" by Sarah Jones. Julia speaks with Natasha Chart, board member of Women's Liberation Front, about the Wordpress bl...
WLRN Music Hour #26 with DJ Phoenixx: Wanderground part 2
December 10, 2018 16:38 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBWay to the Well Keruna Aye Kerunene Keruna Zamuci se Bozja Majka (Serbian) Kitka Collage of Koleda Carols (Bulgarian) Kitka A gute vokh (Yiddish) Kitka This week I'll continue to read from Sally Miller Gearhart's classic feminist novel The Wanderground: Stories of the Hill Women while interspersing chapter readings with music from Keruna and Kitka. Hope you are moved to a deep and powerful remembering of your power as women unto yourselves.
WLRN Edition 32: Solidarity & Sisterhood
December 07, 2018 14:16 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBBrought to you directly from Our Feminist Fires, the WLRN collective is happy to release this toasty news program dedicated to Sisterhood & Solidarity this December 2018. In Edition 32, hear the voices of women who attended and participated in the Vancouver Rape Relief Montreal Massacre Remembrance event held on December 1st at the Vancouver Public Library in addition to a recent interview Thistle did with Samantha Berg of JohnStompers.com about her views on the topic. WLRN's Thistle and Juli...
WLRN Music Hour with DJ Phoenixx, #25: Calling Re-Volting Hags
November 26, 2018 17:52 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBCrackpot Crone: an Outrageous, Be-Laughing woman; one whose laughter melts down the plastic passions and unpots the potted ones. Syn-Crone-icities n: "coincidences" experienced and recognized by Crones as Strangely significant. Examples: too numerous to be Nagnoted here. Crones reading this (book) are invited to draw from their own experiences to illustrate this definition. Please join me for an hour of HAG music and short readings from Mary Daly's WICKEDARY to Summon all Re-volting Hags on...
WLRN Extended Interview with Danielle and Eileen of the Vancouver Lesbian Collective
November 16, 2018 17:06 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBIn this extended interview, April talks with Danielle and Eileen of the Vancouver Lesbian Collective about their experiences at the 2018 Vancouver Dyke March and the climate for lesbians in an (ironically) increasingly sexist and lesbophobic queer culture.
WLRN Music Hour #24 with DJ Phoenixx: Uplift
November 13, 2018 14:11 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBWelcome back, sisters, to another hour of women's liberation music. This week I've gathered songs from my library that lend themselves to uplift. You know when you watch birds take flight and they catch the draft that pulls them effortlessly higher? Or if you watch pelicans over the waves in their V formation, how they lift up together, seemingly as one with the air currents? That's the effect I went seeking in this tapestry of songs this week. Not giving you a list to peruse ahead of time; j...
WLRN Extended Interview with Giovanna Capone, Sherri Golden and Vanessa about the SF Dyke March 2018
November 08, 2018 02:09 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBOn October 25th, Thistle spoke with three lesbians by phone about their experiences at the San Francisco Dyke March on June 23rd. The march took place soon after the unveiling of the San Francisco Public Library's "art exhibit" featuring the Degenderettes' baseball bats and hatchets in barbed wire in addition to a red paint-stained t-shirt that said "I punch TERFs." The unveiling of this exhibit paved the way for anti-lesbian and anti-woman sentiment and harassment to thrive at the San Franc...
WLRN Presents: Authentic XX Voices - guest music hour with Polythene Pam
November 05, 2018 14:42 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBThis show celebrates the authentic creative expression and powerful voices of womyn, undiluted by male interference. We hear about solidarity between womyn, mental illness and healing, the pure joy of female love and friendship, the pain of isolation that many lesbians experience, black butch life in 1920s America, the charisma of womyn who stand in their power, two luminous songs from womyn who are/were probably autistic, and a plea and a prayer from a working class womon that we can all wak...
WLRN's Edition 31: Hateful Attacks on Lesbians at Pride Parades and Dyke Marches
November 01, 2018 13:18 - 1 hour - 101 MBIf Halloween wasn't scary enough for you this year, listening to this podcast will send a chill down your spine as it is packed with stories from lesbians who marched in the streets and were met with violent harassment by fellow marchers at Gay Pride and Lesbian events around the world. Edition 31 starts off with Bikini Kill's "Rebel Girl", a spooky greeting from Jenna and then WLRN's world news as presented by Julia. "Welcome to Hell" an SNL skit is up next before the listener hears an excer...
WLRN Music Hour #23: Male Violence Against Women
October 22, 2018 13:16 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBPlaylist: I Believe Her (acoustic and electric guitar) Emma's Revolution Cleanin' Out My Closet Trigger Warning! (Explicit rap) Angel Haze *You can read about this brave sister's story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Haze Casualty in My Own House (acoustic folk) Holly Near Abatina (reggae) Calypso Rose Me and A Gun (acoustic) Tori Amos Caleb Meyer (folk) Gillian Welsh Love is Blind **I chose the 'clean ver...
Discussion: Butch Lesbian Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area
October 20, 2018 13:30 - 1 hour - 115 MBOn June 23rd, the the afternoon of the San Francisco Dyke March this year, Bay Area author, filmmaker, and lesbian Giovanna Capone led a discussion on the herstory of butch lesbian culture present in the Bay Area in the 90s. On the call are Mel Stapper, Pippa Fleming, and Artemis Passionfire. We open the discussion with a poem written by Ms. Capone, titled Endangered Equals At Risk, read by WLRN's Sekhmet She-Owl.
WLRN Music Hour #22: Alix Dobkin LIVE in concert with DJ Phoenixx
October 08, 2018 15:35 - 1 hour - 142 MBThis week, Phoenixx features Alix Dobkin in concert! Alix performed a sold out local house concert this past week! Phoenixx tried her skills at recording the concert, as well as interviews with attending dykes who had stories to share about Alix over the years. What a blast it was! Now we have these Lesbian songs, words and stories preserved with this week's Women's Liberation Music Hour! (actually it's more like an hour and a half!)Enjoy Lesbian Herstory being created and preserved! And t...
WLRN Edition 30: Lesbian Feminism
October 05, 2018 13:56 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBThanks for your patience. We are one day late so that we could make this WLRN podcast great! Our 30th edition features the world news read by April Neault, Julia's interview with Sheila Jeffreys and Thistle's interview with three young women who attended the Ohio Lesbian Festival last month and hung out at the WLRN table in the marketplace. The team at WLRN gives a special shout-out this October to our sisters in Great Britain who are coming out publicly and organizing with articulate argumen...
Exclusive Interview with Otep Shamaya
September 24, 2018 20:36 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBWLRN's Julia Beck had the pleasure of interviewing Otep Shamaya, lead singer and namesake of the band Otep, about her experiences as a woman and out Lesbian in the rock scene. Otep was the first female-fronted band to headline Ozzfest. With politically inspired lyrics and heavy metal riffs, her music sends a message of revolution. You can find Otep's new album, Kult 45, online and in stores now.
WLRN Interview with Sister Dandelion of the Pussy Church of Modern Witchcraft
September 13, 2018 23:28 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBA group of lesbians founded the Pussy Church of Modern Witchcraft in 2017 to create a spiritual home for women and girls. This Maryland-based Church of female-born women is devoted to the liberation of women and girls from the oppression females face based on sex. The Pussy Church of Modern Witchcraft observes earth-based spiritual practices and is made up of diverse congregations of women around the United States and the world. You can receive updates about the Church at https://pussychurcho...
WLRN Edition 29: Women in the Labor Movement
September 06, 2018 20:07 - 1 hour - 85 MBIn honor of all the working women of the world, WLRN's 29th edition is dedicated to women in the labor movement. This month's program starts off with April Neault, the newest member of the WLRN team, introducing herself and the guests on the show. She is followed by WLRN's world news segment as written and presented by Damayanti. Next, enjoy a rousing version of the song "Union Maid" from the New Harmony Sisterhood Band followed by an interview Thistle conducted with Ms. Stephanie Luce, Profe...
WLRN Music Hour #21: "...And Ain't I a Woman?" For Labor Day 2018 with DJ Phoenixx
September 03, 2018 18:01 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBPlaylist: Background music: More than a Paycheck Sweet Honey in The Rock All songs from The New Harmony Sisterhood Band: "Side one" Sojourner Truth Cotton Mill Girls Ballad Working Class Woman Ella Ellison Draglines "Side two" Union Maid Ballad of Joan Little Two O'Clock Lounge Amelia Earhart's Last Flight Unfinished Business All Our Lives Closing song: Stand Up Heather Mae This music hour features the 1977 album "...And Ain't I A Woman?" by The New Harmony Sisterhood Band. Even if y...
WLRN Music Hour #20: Imagine My Surprise! with DJ Phoenixx
August 08, 2018 13:08 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBHowdy! This week's Women's Liberation Music Hour features Holly Near's 1978 album: Imagine My Surprise!. I love this album because of her songs about womon-centered realities one hardly hears sung anymore: topics like violence against women, women being locked up in psychiatric hospitals and women/lesbians being disappeared and tortured around the world. I also love the liner notes and photos of Holly and the women participating in the album with her. All of her songs are translated into Sp...
Women & the Environment: WLRN's Edition 28
August 03, 2018 18:28 - 1 hour - 112 MBMother Earth is on the brink of destruction. Modern industry fosters ecological degradation through unsustainable habits of pollution and resource depletion. Male-driven civilization and its treatment of the natural world wreaks havoc all around us, but women hold the power to save life on this planet as we know it. Today's podcast features women who dedicate their lives to seeking and spreading knowledge of sustainable living. In our first interview, Thistle speaks with Susan Griffin, author...
WLRN's 27th Edition: Exploding Notions of War
July 05, 2018 16:57 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBWLRN is back on the scene this first Thursday in July with our feminist anti-war news program in response to all of the war machine worship we have seen this 4th of July season. The show starts with the song Wargasm by L7 and then moves into world news headlines by Maya followed by Buffy St. Marie with her song, The War Racket. The first interview segment is with Cynthia Enloe, professor of Political Science, International Development and Women's & Gender Studies at Clark University. Next, he...
WLRN Music Hour #19: Fury and Cradle Lullabies
July 02, 2018 15:21 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBFrom Phoenixx: "This month of July, I bring to you fury and lullabies, sisters. Fury. Need I say anything of the what and why?! I have been feeling full of my fury these last few weeks, sisters, and I need a break. A break... and some focus on doing some energetic/magic activism to help the children who have been separated from their parents at the border and subsequently put into emotional isolation. May this hour's worth of music be soothing to your soul and theirs. I honor Dolores Huer...
WLRN Edition 26: Butch Lesbians
June 07, 2018 15:49 - 1 hour - 106 MBHappy Pride Month to all the wonderful Lesbians out there! Sister my Sister, you are seen. You are loved! WLRN's June podcast is dedicated to you women who defy the mold. Join us as we focus on Butch Womyn! This month we had the pleasure of speaking with Pippa Fleming, Paula Jellis, and several women who attended the Cinema Systers festival in Paducah, Kentucky. We begin with world headlines by Maya and end with commentary by Sekhmet. Musical selections include "You Can Sleep While I Drive" ...
WLRN Music Hour #18: Dance Party with DJ Phoenixx
June 04, 2018 18:31 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBThis month on your Women's Liberation Music Hour, DJ Phoenixx presents songs for your very own Dance Party that include some of her favorite dance music. Being a fan of funk (it's not easy to find female/Feminist funk bands, by the way!), she also likes dancing to Disco. It is hard to find Disco songs that are not misogynist and/or steeped in a male love interest when sung by female artists. Phoenixx did find a couple that she is comfortable offering to us in this context of women's liberat...
Renée Gerlich as interviewed by Radio New Zealand about breast binding
May 22, 2018 10:21 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBNew Zealand feminist Renée Gerlich sent WLRN her copy of this interview. She did it on request for Radio New Zealand - before being told it couldn't broadcast, because it had "simply dropped out of the system". Listen carefully to how the interviewer asks Renée questions and how she responds to them to understand why it is likely this interview was censored. WLRN is committed to giving a platform to women who are silenced and marginalized by other media which is why it is an honor to post t...
"For the Moon" with DJ Phoenixx -- WLRN Music Hour 17
May 21, 2018 14:20 - 1 hour - 89 MBSong List: Background- Moon Chant Aco Takenaka Born of Water Lindie Lila Calling The Moon Dar Williams The Moon Was Blue Cris Williamson Many Sister Moons Carolyn Hillyer Moon's Lament Layne Redmond Talking Drums Ariel Kalma Drumming Circle Professor Trance and The Energisers Think Twice (Henrik Schwarz Remix) The Detroit Experiment Rattlesnakes Emancipator Lihkahusat/Entranced Mari Boine By Night Ayla Nereo Bledsung Live at Kuumb...
WLRN Music Hour #16: Pat & Judy with DJ Phoenixx
May 07, 2018 14:51 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBThis week's music hour features the poetry of Pat Parker and Judy Grahn on their 1976 Olivia record, Where Would I Be Without You. Hope you enjoy hearing this treasure of Lesbian Feminist spoken word for the first time or the ten thousandth! "Side one" with Judy Grahn: A History of Lesbianism if you lose your lover in the place where The Marilyn Monroe Poem The Common Woman II. Ella III. Nadine IV. Carol V. Detroit Annie VII. Vera She Who parting on the left th...
Women's Summer Gatherings: WLRN's 25th Edition
May 03, 2018 17:08 - 1 hour - 110 MBSummertime is coming soon, and that means festival season is almost here! Our 25th edition podcast features interviews with the founders of three such events: Michigan Framily Reunion, https://www.michiganframilyreunion.com/ Ohio Lesbian Festival, https://www.facebook.com/OhioWomynsFestival/ and Cinema Systers. https://www.cinemasysters.com/ WLRN would like to welcome our newest member, Maya, who provides headlines for this month. In addition, thanks to Jenna for giving us a complete rundown ...
The Sounds of MichFest 2015: A Radio Documentary on the 40th and Final Fest
April 25, 2018 16:27 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBThanks to Anonymous, WLRN was able to recover this documentary that aired on October 26th, 2015 from the studios of Madison community radio station WORT 89.9 FM. Shortly after the airing of this documentary, Thistle Pettersen was banned from the radio station due to complaints from trans activists that she engages in "hateful bigotry." In contrast, the documentary is not about hate at all, but rather highlights and amplifies the thousands of women and their voices that came together every ye...