PRX - Pieces for Format: Actuality
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Around 2015, a young man who called himself Stephen showed up in Manhattan's Riverside Park. Locals noticed him sitting on the same park bench day ...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 20:54
Hope - Charisse Arrington is a R&B singer who was signed to MCA Records in the 1990s. Her biggest success was with the single "Down With This" whic...
- Added: Mar 14, 2022
- Length: 04:21
On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Oct 18, 2021
- Length: 11:44
- Purchases: 2
A Grand Rapids, Michigan man is using the power of instant shopping and delivery for good and sharing how he does it, with the world.
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Episode 31
Two years ago on July 28th, Houda’s family stepped off a plane into the intense Tucson heat. They weren’t sure what was in store for the...
- Added: Jan 31, 2019
- Length: 04:38
Doing away with the death penalty is usually thought of as a liberal cause, and the arguments are often about the morality of executing someone, or...
- Added: Feb 09, 2018
- Length: 16:26
Carolyn Baker, A former psychotherapist and professor of psychology and history, Carolyn offers life coaching for people who want to live more resi...
Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 57:49
- Purchases: 1
Doctors Medical Center is the biggest public hospital and is closing on April 21, 2015.
- Added: May 01, 2015
- Length: 03:46
More than a million acres of strip-mined land—an area the size of Rhode Island—are now deforested in Appalachia.
Bought by WMMT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 24, 2015
- Length: 06:18
- Purchases: 3
She saved 205 sloths in a couple of weeks and now makes headlines around the globe.
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 12:16
Skilled tailoring is a dying art. Many of the best tailors hail from Italy where the tradition is unraveling due to a lack of training opportuniti...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 08:20
- Purchases: 2
Mad Genius presents the latest story-song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "The Police Made Them Hold Hands And Close Their Eyes."
C...
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 04:18
Through the voices of mental health care consumers/activists, this story briefly explores some of the impacts of, and responses to, the closing of...
- Added: Oct 07, 2012
- Length: 21:19
As the Syrian revolution unfolded over the last year, Syrian-Americans have been glued to YouTube - the primary source of information from the war ...
Bought by Listenwise
- Added: Apr 24, 2012
- Length: 05:29
- Purchases: 1
This special edition of "The Cutting Edge", looks at the trial, resistance and execution of Troy Davis, who was convicted of the killing of an off-...
- Added: Sep 29, 2011
- Length: 56:30
In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years ...
Bought by KMUZ, KOSU, KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio and more
- Added: Aug 13, 2009
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 8
This 55 min piece features excerpts from a Feb.24th tribute to folk singer Odetta at the Riverside Church in NYC. Performing artists include Pete S...
Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, WSLR, Marfa Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more
- Added: Feb 26, 2009
- Length: 55:21
- Purchases: 6
From: Chris Goldstein
Interviews with members of the public attending the Presidential Inauguration on Philadelphia's Independence Mall.
- Added: Jan 20, 2009
- Length: 13:50
After Eric Lowen was forced to stop playing guitar due to ALS, David Glaser started playing with the duo.
- Added: Dec 02, 2008
- Length: 04:12
The Virginia Tech Marching Virginians have been honoring the victims of the April 16 shootings, including one member of their own, with a special a...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 10, 2008
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 1
One family talks about leaving their home in the New Orleans 9th ward as water rose toward the roof, floating their baby in a cooler toward safer g...
- Added: Oct 17, 2005
- Length: 04:20
