PRX - Pieces for Format: Actuality
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In 1968, Black American athlete Tommie Smith set a new world record. He became a gold medalist when he raced to win the 200-meter event at the Summ...
- Added: Jan 14, 2021
- Length: 20:52
When Carlos Acosta was a kid, he wanted to be the next Michael Jackson. He spent all his time break-dancing in the streets of Havana. Until one day...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 23:02
Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 31:58
One musical theatre major reflects on the support of her family, and how things have changed for her since COVID-19.
- Added: May 25, 2020
- Length: 09:02
In 2018, Puerto Rico based actor, composer and filmmaker Juan Botta left job security behind to center on his creative life. That’s when he launche...
- Added: Oct 29, 2019
- Length: 12:52
In 2018, when the annual Creative Time Summit unfolds in Miami, we’re thrilled to participate. On Archipelagoes and Other Imaginaries: Collective S...
- Added: Feb 26, 2019
- Length: 01:02:13
Art with a Sense of Place considers creative projects that respond to a physical space and those that react to or embrace a historic moment, a cult...
- Added: Feb 11, 2019
- Length: 58:47
In 2018, Fresh Art International broadens engagement in the Caribbean, traveling to the Dominican Republic for Tilting Axis 4, the fourth annual me...
- Added: Nov 05, 2018
- Length: 50:04
What does it mean to be Black in 21st century America? The expression of Blackness in art has a history of intricate connections to civil rights an...
Bought by Interlochen Public Radio
- Added: Sep 14, 2018
- Length: 56:29
- Purchases: 1
Robert Parker realized that his destiny in life was to help others and make the world a better place. Now, as a cancer research scientist, he refle...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 1
ne of the businesses that has been growing within the sector of organizational planners is Erin Condren. Erin talks with Sophia Breton about how sh...
- Added: Jan 15, 2016
- Length: 04:23
"There’s a certain thing on the bandstand that every now and then – not every night, not every composition – there comes a point when the collectiv...
Bought by WMOT, Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, WNCU, and 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Nov 11, 2011
- Length: 15:31
- Purchases: 5
“Thank a returning veteran for their service.” Jean Stetz Puchalski
What can each of us do to help veterans’ families when the veteran is still...
- Added: Oct 21, 2011
- Length: 31:43
“I understand Filipino Kulintang, it's melodic phrasing, how it moves linearly, very similar to how perhaps bebop moves in jazz…there’s a lot of si...
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, 90.5 WSNC, and KFOK-LPFM
- Added: May 31, 2011
- Length: 10:53
- Purchases: 4
Interviews with spiritual leaders at the international conference, The Parliament Of World’s Religions, held in Melbourne, Australia.
- Added: Mar 20, 2010
- Length: 04:16
Before a new piece of music is played for the first time – before it is judged either a masterpiece or a disaster, it exists in a state of musical ...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :19
Jay Ipson is the original survivor. He and his mother and father escaped selections in the the Kuvna ghetto in Lithuania. When Nazis tightened the ...
Bought by Remix Radio
- Added: Apr 09, 2009
- Length: 27:52
- Purchases: 1
Who knows where inspiration truly comes from? It's different for anyone, but inspiration can strike anytime. Conductor Ivan Fischer says Mahler o...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :32
How much do you need to know and understand to enjoy classical music? Olli Mustonen is best known as a pianist, but he also conducts and composes ...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :25
From: The Tibet Connection
Can Buddhism survive modernity? How does science play a role? Julie Adler takes an in depth look at these questions and more with leading scholar a...
- Added: Aug 15, 2007
- Length: 17:08
The ideal job is one that's also your favorite hobby. Conductor Andrew Litton says making music is both his job and his passion - and both come wi...
Bought by WITF, New England Public Media, and WBST
- Added: Sep 28, 2006
- Length: :27
- Purchases: 3
