KFAI celebrated International Women's Day with 24 hours of programming by and about women on Saturday, March 8th, 2008. We called it Super Saturday '08: Women Represent!.

Listen to International Women's Day Shows in the Archive!

Program Schedule for Saturday, March 8th, 2008 (Midnight-Midnight)

12-2am: This Little Girl's Gone Rockin’ - Hosted by Mick Novak
Femme pop, girls with guitars, girl groups, and more...your weekly dose of all-female vocals takes a special turn to kick-off IWD. Listen

2-6am: Ladies' Night! – Hosted by Ellen, Pam and Pat
An all-night party featuring music of all genres. Listen

6-7:30am: Composing Women – Hosted by Anna Keyes
A program celebrating women's contributions to classical music. Listen

7:30-9am: Women of African Descent in Music – Hosted by Akhmiri Sekhr-Ra
Akhmiri showcases the similarities between African women of the Diaspora and demonstrates how their music is empowering. Listen

9-9:30am: Trickster Daughter, Trickster Mom – Hosted by Linda Litrell
Three storytellers and three musicians play with traditional mother-daughter archetypes. Listen

9:30-10am: Teenagers in the Wild – Hosted by Emily Torgrimson
Five teenage girls, 32 days on the trail in the Canadian wilderness, 200 miles to paddle, countless laughs and bruises, and a couple lessons. Listen

10-11am: Sonic Visions – Hosted by Dixie Treichel
Music and sounds by women who compose, score, orchestrate and design for film, theater and dance. Listen

11-Noon: Native Women in Minneapolis: Catalysts for Change – Hosted by Rhiana Yazzie
A discussion about the work strong Native women are doing to positively impact the Twin Cities community. Listen

Noon-1pm: Hmong Heroines – Hosted by Kathy Mouachepao
Recognizing the untold contributions of Hmong women through stories, interviews and music by Hmong women. Listen

1-2pm: This Little Girl's Gone Honky-Tonk – Hosted by Mick Novak
An hour-long tribute to the godmothers of country and honky-tonk music. Listen

2-3pm: Women’s Songs of Protest and Social Change – Hosted by Diane Wanner
A her-story of U.S. women crafting and performing songs about peace, civil rights, women’s issues, labor, and the environment. Listen

3-4pm: Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking
Hosted by Soroptimist International of Greater Minneapolis
State Senator Sandy Pappas joins Soroptimist International to present a program to increase awareness of human trafficking nationally and in Minnesota. Listen

4-5pm: My War: From Bismarck to Britain and Back – Klatch Productions
Three generations of family describe and discover WWII as service, loss, return and recovery. Listen

Asha Bhosle 5-6pm: Bandit Queens & Bollywood – Hosted by Shashi Gupta
A program celebrating the diversity and accomplishments of South Asian women in the Twin Cities. Archive Coming Soon

6-7pm: Jagorito Nari (Enlightened Women of Bangladesh) – Hosted by Irina Hossain
Interviews with women who contributed to the struggle to liberate women from the bondage of social malaises in Bangladesh. Archive Coming Soon

7-8pm: Fujiyama Mamas
"Fujiyama Mamas" showcases the women rockabilly artists who rebelled against the traditional female roles of housewives and mothers during the '50s including: Cordell Jackson, who toiled as a Rosie the Riveter during the war in an aircraft factory before launching her own record label in 1956; Little Miss Dynamite Brenda Lee; Janis Martin, aka The Female Elvis; and rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson. Listen

8-9pm: Girassol: Musica do Brasil - Hosted by Helena do Sol
Brazilian female artists are celebrated on O dia internacional das mulheres! Listen

MC Psalm One 9-10pm: This is a Man’s World? Women in Hip Hop – Hosted by Sara Toetschinger
Highlighting those femcees who paved the way in the male-dominated world of Hip Hop. Listen

10-11pm: Word Warriors – Hosted by Cynthia French
Female spoken word artists from around the country. Listen

11-Midnight: Ladies in the Hall – Hosted by Nancy Skalkos
A musical tour with the Women in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Listen