All Pieces for The Kitchen Sisters

 
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Willie Nelson and Dallas-born actress Robin Wright, along with some wild and extraordinary tellers, take us across Texas and share some of their hi...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KVNF, XRAY.fm, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 26:02
  • Purchases: 4
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The birth of the Main Street of America—songwriter Bobby Troup tells the story of his 1946 hit Get Your Kicks on Route 66; Gladys Cutberth, aka Mr...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 4
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The Kitchen Sisters take us to a little-known, hidden corner of London — to Eel Pie Island, a tiny slice of land in the middle of the Thames. Now a...

Bought by KWMR, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 30:50
  • Purchases: 3
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For Memorial Day —a portrait of life on the homefront during World War II featuring 4 women’s stories, rare home recorded letters sent overseas to ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Nevada Public Radio, WGCU, RadioStPete Florida, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 24:56
  • Purchases: 19
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Theresa Sparks has lived more than one life. Born a guy’s guy, a man’s man, cowboy boots, motorcycles, a stint in the army, married his childhood s...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 3
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The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-old survivor of the Armenian Genocide converge in this stor...

Bought by WCNY and WABE


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 19:31
  • Purchases: 2
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Potlucks, church picnics, fish fries, family reunions — during the 1930s writers were paid by the government to chronicle local food, eating custom...

Bought by WCNY, KZYX, XRAY.fm, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 18:16
  • Purchases: 5
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A look into the life of Taylor Negron— actor, comedian, and telephone message hoarder— told through the voicemails on his machine. We produced thi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 19:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Before Elvis walked through the door, before Sun Studios put Memphis on the map—Sam Phillips, a young man with a tape recorder, lived by the motto,...

Bought by WDCB, Prairie Public, and WABE


  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 31:12
  • Purchases: 3
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Narrated by Andy Garcia, the story of the men who read to the cigar rollers as they worked in the cigar factories of Ybor City and Tampa in the ear...

Bought by WCNY, KZYX, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 26:28
  • Purchases: 6
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In 2001, a quarter-century after boxing's celebrated "Thrilla in Manila," Ali and Frazier were once again poised to enter the ring. But this time i...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 25:50
  • Purchases: 2
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In the early 1950s, at the same time legendary record producer Sam Phillips was making recordings of the pageants and events happening in Memphis’ ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 16:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote a poem about them. Amy Tan’s mother was serenaded by them as she lay in state. Jessica Mitford’s memorial procession ...

Bought by KWMR, XRAY.fm, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 15:44
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Frances McDormand
The Kitchen Sisters and PRX present Hidden Kitchens World, a new hour of kitchen stories that travel the world. A broadcast special rich with grea...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 76
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Patti Smith was an aspiring poet, not yet launched into the world of rock and roll. Judy Linn was just beginning her work as a photographer. The tw...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 6
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Fugitive Waves: Episode 6: Cry Me a River: A story of three pioneering river activist and the damming of wild rivers in the west.  Mark Dubois, co-...

Bought by WHFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZYX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 33:19
  • Purchases: 13
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In 1947 Tennessee Williams and his lover Pancho stepped into a recording booth at a penny arcade in New Orleans and recorded 8 cardboard discs. Lo...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 4
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Tales from Vietnamese Manicurist Shops in America: A story of memory and manicuring. Tens of thousands of Vietnamese immigrants work as manicurists...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 23:04
  • Purchases: 4
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In this episode of Fugitive Waves, The Kitchen Sisters ride the nightshift with The Homobile. Homobiles is a non-commercial, volunteer, 24/7 ride ...

Bought by KSFR, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KZYX, KALW and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 21:17
  • Purchases: 6
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In 1947 Tennessee Williams and his lover Pancho stepped into a recording booth at a penny arcade in New Orleans and create some Fugitive Waves.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, KALW, XRAY.fm, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 5