PRX - Pieces for Format: Actuality

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Brian Dunning examines some interesting beliefs around food and whether or not they are supported by science.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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China has built and is operating the world's largest Radio telescope.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KGUA, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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New research has revealed a truly mind boggling number of potentially habitable locations in the Universe.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In the summer of 1970, when she was 21, Patrice Gaines spent several weeks in jail facing charges for possession of heroin. She was a drug abuser s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Calvin Duncan spent over 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In prison, he taught himself the law. He became a jailhouse lawyer and he...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 17:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Making a meaningful difference
Listen to songs by Freebo, an explanation of the Emotion Roadmap, a real time successful conversation with a woman who wants to trust her husband a...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 30:37
Caption: "First Year" by J. O. Salls
“First Year” is a 2011 novel by retired teacher, J.O. Salls. It’s the story of 23 year old English teacher, Robert Baker. The story takes us throug...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 11:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Senator Carraro is an Average Joe
We need to change the qualifications for running for President as well as Congress. Obviously the candidates we've had in the past were not the cho...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Occupy CAL, Credit: Angela Rose Miller
Occupy CAL Audio Postcard

  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 02:54
Caption: Derequired?, Credit: Susan Cook
We need a new word for those who think "required" health care coverage is pesky and unconstitutional.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: :57
Caption: Numa Perrier
How are Haitians who live outside of the devastated country learning about the fate of their loved ones? And how are they coping? Numa Perrier, a H...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: John Corigliano
While some composers are inspired by nature and walks in the countryside, others approach it as a job where they show up and put pencil to music pa...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :22
Caption: Anne Akiko Meyers
The name of the piece is "Mirror in Mirror." It's a seven minute work by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers describes it as...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :26
Caption: Ivan Fischer
Every orchestra has a trademark - it can be their overall sound, an instrumental section within the orchestra like the Chicago Symphony Brass, or i...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: :29
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An exploration of underage prostitution in Oakland, California

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 20:45
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A look at the growing campaign against homophobic dancehall songs

Bought by WBHM and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2008
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 2