"In my wildest dreams, I am always returning. I am bringing my daughters here. I am bringing my granddaughters here. I am helping to keep this space safe for the women and girls who enter, so that our stories can go on living."
Women's Words Go Out to the World
Welcome to Women Writing for (a) Change – The Podcast
Edition - sponsored by the Women Writing for (a) Change Foundation.From the sacred spaces of Cincinnati,
Ohio to a children’s home in Rwanda, our
hour-long show presents listeners with engaging programming on a wide array of
writing topics and formats.From
personal essays to blogging and documentaries, we share how writing intersects
with the lives of the women, young women and men who are participating in weekly writing
classes, the Feminist Leadership Academy and Young Women Writing for
(a) Change programs.
Each episode can be heard via our website or downloaded to
play later on the computer or through an MP3 player.
Episodes previously aired on WVXU are also archived below
for your listening pleasure.
If you would like to contact us regarding feeback, programming or sponsorships, send an e-mail to podcast@womenwriting.org.
Young Women's Conscious Leadership with Jenn Reid, Avery Smith and Chelsey Shannon
Mary Pierce Brosmer hosts Jenn Reid, Director of Young
Women Writing for (a) Change, a program of the Women Writing for (a) Change
Foundation, as she discusses the origins and surrounding “morphic fields” of
the Young Women’s Leadership Academy (YWFLA).Avery Smith and Chelsey Shannon, graduates of the YWFLA, use writing to
speak candidly about their experiences as emerging leaders and feminists.
Mary Pierce Brosmer hosts Ellen Galloway, writer, blogger and healer, who has returned from a five-week stay in Rwanda. While in Africa, Ellen served as teacher and worker at a home for children without parents, and posted blogs about her experiences within a country that she sees as blossoming.
Mary Pierce Brosmer hosts Cynthia Hodell-Dyer, writer, leader and liver of life, who has woven threads of her careers and vocations into writing and poetry and shares these with listeners. Cynthia hails from Conway, South Carolina and is Mary's guest during the third and final week of the Feminist Leadership Academy, a program of Women Writing for (a) Change, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Host Mary Pierce Brosmer, founder of Women Writing for (a) Change, interviews Meg Hanrahan, producer, writer, mother and lover of nature, in this episode about the sacred spaces in Cincinnati profiled in an hour-long documentary, and spaces in our ordinary lives.
Host Mary Pierce Brosmer interviews The Reverend Paula Bowser, poet, writer and pastor of the Trotwood Church of the Brethren in Ohio, on the intersection of the feminine and the spiritual.
Host Mary Pierce Brosmer interviews Maureen Martin, hospice chaplain and writer, and Stephanie Leftwich-Needham, teacher, writer and mother, as they reflect on the roots and impact of feminist leadership in their lives.
Mary Pierce Brosmer, writer, teacher and founder of Women Writing for (a) Change hosts this podcast with guest Kathy Wade, poet, teacher and executive director of Women Writing for (a) Change. Conversation and poetry touches on the universal themes in the lives of women.
Women Writing for (a) Change Foundation and Mary Pierce Brosmer bring you enlightening conversation and interviews with Gerri Wittekind, Jenny Stanton, Carol Rose Hunter and Annette Januzzi Wick who share their poetry, essays and thoughts on writing. Host Mary Pierce Brosmer weaves the origins of the WWf(a)C movement and her journey into writing throughout this hour-long pilot episode.
Women Writing for (a) Change has a long history of radio association
with WVXU, 91.7 FM. Currently, WVXU airs pre-taped poems and essays by
WWf(a)C writers. The segments are heard periodically on the station's
"Cincinnati Edition" airing at 7:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday mornings.
You may click on links below to hear audio clips of writing that has recently aired.
This
program is a joint effort of WVXU, The Radio Circle and WWf(a)C
community writers who share their words. Current members of the Radio
Circle are Bridget Buschle, Mo Conlan, Carol Rose Hunter, Jenny
Stanton, Gerri Wittekind, and Annette Wick. Gerri is the administrator.
The Radio Circle continues to explore new options for using radio and audio to broadcast our words to the larger world.
July 29, 2006 (click to listen) WVXU's Katie Orr visits with author Maureen Millea Smith and learns about her newest novel, When Charlotte Comes Home. Maureen Millea Smith has been a writer at WWf(a)C.
June 17, 2006 (click to listen) Annette Januzzi Wick interviewed about her book: I'll Be in the Car: One Woman's Story of Love, Loss and Reclaiming Life with Katie Orr of WVXU's Cincinnati Edition
May 14, 2006 (click to listen) Interview on Around Cincinnati: Rick Pender with Mary Pierce Brosmer Title: Feminism and the DaVinci Code (and the story of Women Writing for (a) Change)
You can view the Cincinnati Edition Archive here. From the archive, you can click on a showdate for complete details.
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