PRX - Pieces for Format: Actuality
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February 1st is National Freedom Day, made into a holiday due to one man's efforts.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks! 88-year-old Bob Rutherford starts his own business to help those in need.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Writer, activist, designer found a way to give Muslim girls a voice by creating comic books and videogames where Muslim women are the superheroes.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Nature is just as alive as any human, so why doesn't it have rights? Thanks to 25 youth activists in Columbia , that's changing for part of the Ama...
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Why be buried in a casket when you can be buried as a tree? Bios urns are giving people a second shot at life after death.
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Valentine's Day is about more than greeting cards and chocolate, it's a chance to show loved ones you care - which should be celebrated every day.
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
The extent of Black history is vast, but it is not talked about nearly enough. A social studies teacher from Detroit is changing that by creating a...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
In some US neighborhoods, it is easier to get a gun than fresh produce. In Los Angeles, Ron Finley is taking a stand - one garden at a time.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Ballerina Aesha Ash is on a mission, to help change the often demoralizing, objectified images of African-American women, and she’s doing it, in a ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A young Indian activist quits his Google job to clean up lakes in his country.
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: 02:33
One man's Grandma becomes a social media icon for humerous advice.
- Added: Jan 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Joining the US Navy at 18, John Baker was called to duty after the United States had been fighting in WWII for three years. His two year experience...
- Added: Jul 29, 2017
- Length: 06:02
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear, "Walla Walla?"
- Added: Jul 29, 2017
- Length: 06:21
Melissa Fletcher makes her home in the Twin Cities. Her poems and short stories have been published both locally, and nationally. The Beat is a dai...
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 03:29
Dean Brooks graduated from Bemidji State University in 2012 with a degree in Creative Writing. He looks for inspiration in dusty corners, early mor...
- Added: Aug 07, 2013
- Length: 01:24
CarolAnn Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a...
- Added: Dec 09, 2012
- Length: 01:56
Amy Clark is a native Iowan and recent transplant to Northern Minnesota. She is a poet, essayist, university instructor, and sometimes producer fo...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 02:20
Sonya Kosler is a poet who lives in Dent, Minnesota. She belongs to the Lakes Area Story Guild, the National Storytelling Network, and the Northlan...
- Added: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 02:43
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Things You Didn't Put On Your Resume." The Beat is a daily remind...
- Added: Oct 23, 2012
- Length: 02:14
Marsh Muirhead is a writer, a dentist, and a flight instructor. He is a winner and twice a finalist of The Great American Think Off. And he is the ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2012
- Length: 02:46
Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 03:09
Katie Hae Leo is an actor, and a widely published and award winning poet living in Rochester, Minnesota. Here Katie Hae Leo recites her poem titled...
- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 02:19
Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...
- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 01:52
