PRX - Pieces for Format: Actuality

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Our favorite story, for anyone who might be feeling a little lost.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 23:19
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Documentary filmmaker Elise Coker and producer Joel Shupack introduce us to twenty-two-year-old Abdel Naser Musleh, from Kafr ‘Aqab, near Ramallah....

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:07
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In June of 2016, Dion Leonard attempted one of the toughest races in the world—155 miles through the Gobi Desert. At the start of day two, he looke...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
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World-class biathlete Kari Swenson was on an afternoon trail run in the mountains near Big Sky, Montana in July 1984 when two men blocked her path.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 38:59
Caption: CD Clarke, Credit: Tom Howell
In the second part of the two part series on Fly Fishing, Tom continues his conversations at the Fly Fishing Show. He talks to expert fly tier Rob...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:03:02
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An unconventional love story about a teenager, the Pacific Ocean, and an encounter with something wild.

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 23:07
  • Purchases: 3
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When he was first interviewed by Studs Terkel in 1971, jockey Eddie Arroyo had been racing for 6 years. He said it was the hardest and most dangero...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Curler Lee Banville prepares to sweep in front of the stopne in hopes that the unpredictable outdoor ice doesn’t throw the stone too far off course. Banvile plays for the “Rocks int eh KettleHouse” out of Missoula, Mont. , Credit:  Photo Credit: Sergio A Gonzalez-Gonzales
The Sawtooth Outdoor Bonspiel holds renown for being the only outdoor bonspiel in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The ice is bad, the c...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:06
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Two wheels, a ski pole with attached pipe and six steely grins. 3-2-1 Polo! Once in a lifetime happens three nights a week at the University of Mon...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:20
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An underground--literally--DIY video game tournament in New York City's Chinatown.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Mar 25, 2015
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
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High adventure does not scare this 4-year old! Bikes, and boating are just part of his life. However, listen to find out the one thing that’s even ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
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No-Fear-Teti of Egypt's Cairollers discusses Women's Roller Derby in post-revolutionary Egypt.

  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 41:06
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Pumpkins are baked into pies, turned into soup, and carved into jack-o-lanterns. But there's another use for these autumnal gourds - they're the ke...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:10
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One day in 1994, Steve Davies lived the dream of every soccer fan. He was plucked from the crowd by Harry Redknapp, the manager of his favorite tea...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 25:12
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Two wheels, a ski pole with attached pipe and six steely grins. 3-2-1 Polo! Once in a lifetime happens three nights a week at the University of Mon...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pete Stringer, approaching the finish of his 212th marathon. , Credit: Photo-Chambers
Pete Stringer loves to run. Really long distance. Since he began a running log in 1976, he's run over 80,000 miles in competitions and training. Th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tim Eaton Bowling in Falmouth, MA, Credit: Andrew Norton
Tim Eaton is certified by the USBC (United States Bowling Congress) to inspect bowling lanes. Behind the pins at his home alley in Falmouth, MA he ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:08
  • Purchases: 2
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His was a life that nearly didn't happen. He fell under a boxcar, his left arm mangled as a child, yet went on to own and manage one of the greates...

  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: McKenzie River Drift Boats
The piece tells the history of the rapid-running fishing boat that was designed and built along the shores of the Mckenzie River in Oregon.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 08:12
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An Alternate Take on Drugs and Baseball

Bought by KCRW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 3
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Many Nebraska skateboarders feel under siege since several public skate parks were closed this fall. Two national experts as well as a Nebraska st...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2007
  • Length: 11:32
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A first-year Ironman triathlete compares the event to being pregnant

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1