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Spotlighting women's stories.

Space: The Longest Goodbye

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NASA psychologists prepare astronauts for the extreme isolation of a Mars mission. (1h 24m 52s)

Breaking The News

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Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system. (1h 24m 13s)

Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

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A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end. (55m 23s)

Three Chaplains

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Muslim chaplains advocate for equality in the military. (55m 43s)

Mama Bears

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Conservative beliefs have defined them. Now they’re championing their LGBTQ+ children. (1h 25m 23s)

Silent Beauty

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A woman’s journey to heal from childhood sexual abuse and confront generational trauma. (1h 25m 49s)

Hidden Letters

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Modern women in China keep alive the tradition of Nüshu, a secret written language. (1h 25m 27s)

Storming Caesars Palace

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How Vegas activist Ruby Duncan's grassroots movement of moms fought for guaranteed income. (1h 24m 45s)

No Straight Lines

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Five queer comic book artists journey from the underground comix scene to the mainstream. (1h 25m 44s)

Move Me

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A dancer paralyzed with a spinal cord injury adapts to life with a disability. (1h 22m 17s)

Women in Blue

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Female officers in the Minneapolis Police Department fight for gender equity and police re (1h 25m 56s)

Dolores

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Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who led the fight for racial and labor justice. (1h 35m 39s)

The Graduates - The Girls

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Part One of The Graduates (55m 32s)

The Art of Clown | United States of Comedy, Ep 4

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L.A.'s Christina Catherine Martinez is a bewitching hybrid of standup, clown and performance artist. (22m 13s)

Be Too Much | United States of Comedy, Ep 2

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Called "too much" her whole life, Austin's Lea’h Sampson now embraces her true self in her standup. (23m 40s)

All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5

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The powerful story of an enslaved woman who sued and won her family’s freedom in 1832. (4m 15s)

The Diary of Afong Moy | The History of White People in America, Episode 4

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How America's first Chinese woman was exhibited and exploited as a circus oddity in 1830s New York. (4m 52s)

The Command Center to Bring Women Home

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An imagined space run by formerly incarcerated women for comfort and healing. (20m 58s)

Folk Frontera

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Two fronteriza women live in two cultures at the same time along the U.S.-Mexico border. (14m 8s)

When I'm Her

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A former ballet prodigy finds refuge in his alter ego, a Russian ballet instructor. (14m 30s)

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