PRX - Pieces for Format: Actuality

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

159 results


Virtuoso Voices - Stephen Hough (Naughty Notes)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Piece image
(Stephen Hough Received a 2008 Gramophone Award.) The pianist as composer and arranger is a tradition that goes back to Franz Liszt. They often s...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2008
  • Length: :23
The Fun Factory
From: The humble Farmer
Piece image
Dutch newspapers contain interesting items

  • Added: Aug 15, 2008
  • Length: :48
I Don't Care For War
From: The humble Farmer
Piece image
Should intelligent people say nothing when a wimpy little nothing of a man tries to blow half the world to kingdom come?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
An Ordinary Day
From: ANITA PALLADINO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A concise recap of one day in the life of our heroine.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:03
Virtuoso Voices - Orli Shaham (Instant Feedback)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Orli Shaham, Credit: Christian Steiner
Pianist Orli Shaham dreams of playing in front of the enthusiastic and traditionally very responsive audiences that attend the figure skating compe...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:31
  • Purchases: 1
Essay: The Community Garden Waiting List
From: Andi McDaniel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Funny, quirky essay about waiting for a garden plot in Berkeley, CA

  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
Passover: A Time to Crossover
From: Johanna Cooper
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Features w/artists of all stripes celebrating this holiday of freedom.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Radio Catskill, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Troy Public Radio, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:10
  • Purchases: 13
Pick Up 101
From: Berkeley J-School
Caption: PRX default Piece image
pick-up artists on how getting lucky isn't about luck

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:31
Virtuoso Voices - Steven Isserlis (Firing Squad)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Piece image
Robert Schumann is universally recognized as a great pianist and composer of piano music. Cellist Steven Isserlis is a big Schumann fan, and he re...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: :19
What ever happened to St Valentine?
From: John Hennessy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Its a visit to the tomb of St Val - in an unlikely location

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 06:29
Dublin dog foulers
From: John Hennessy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On the frontline of dog litter in Dublin

  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
POST CARDS from RAY: SAXOPHONIST in WASHINGTON DC
From: Ray Gard
Piece image
From the deserts of Australia to the Northern slopes of Mt. Everest, Ray has lugged his microphone to some of the most Interesting spots on Earth. ...

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Jan 23, 2008
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
Happy 40th Bday. Now it's time for your colonoscopy
From: Wally Nichols
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One Man's Humorous Reconciliation With The Dreaded Mid Life Exam

  • Added: Jan 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:47
Ecobikes Dublin
From: John Hennessy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new transport service in Dublin

  • Added: Jan 22, 2008
  • Length: 06:14
Shopping For The Twelve Days of Christmas
From: Mandy Walker
Piece image
Shopping for the Twelve Days of Christmas may sound like fun but where do you find lords-a-leaping and how much do maids-a-milking cost?

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:29
Shoplifting 101
From: Eric Zassenhaus
Piece image
August Bleed has created a pamphlet on the subtle art of shoplifting. Here, he explains the theoretical and methodological approach to "merchandise...

Bought by The PRX Podcast and WILL


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
My Moment of Silence
From: Curie Youth Radio
Piece image
What will students really be thinking?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2007
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
Stoney For President
From: Julie Beth Napolin
Piece image
A profile of the man who raises students' political awareness and runs a mock presidential election every 4 years.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
People Love Food
From: Bria Dolnick
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Institutional jokes at a Chicagoland restaurant

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
Hollerin'
From: Katie Ball
Piece image
A city girl gets more than she bargained for when she travels to Spivey's Corner, North Carolina.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Family Gathering)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Piece image
Violinist Gil Shaham plays with his sister Orli and her husband, conductor David Robertson. He also performs with his wife, violinist Adele Anthon...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: :25
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (It's Too Late)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Piece image
Violinist Gil Shaham became an overnight success when he filled in for Itzhak Perlman at the last moment. Excited after a champagne sipping flight...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Gil Shaham (Meet My Wife)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Piece image
When violinist Gil Shaham plays recitals with his sister Orli Shaham, members of the audience are often the victims of an innocent case of mistaken...

Bought by WITF


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: :18
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Jennifer Higdon (How I Compose)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Piece image
Composer Jennifer Higdon maintains a full schedule of commissions and enjoys more than 200 performances of her music a year. "Blue Cathedral" is o...

Bought by WITF and New England Public Media


  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 2
Sleepover!
From: Hillary Frank
Piece image
Two reporters spend the night at 10-year-old sleepover parties--one with the boys and one with the girls.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WRNC-LP, SALTcast Podcast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 5

Narrow the results by Topics

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Tones