PRX - Pieces for Format: Archival

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

4630 results


Piece image
Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2006 This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession The understanding of how we humans experienc...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Victoria Spivey
The 1920s was a time when traditional gender roles were deeply ingrained in society. Women were expected to conform to certain standards of behavio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
A tribute and recognition to a renowned blues bass player whose solo album came out after he had passed at age 65.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Originally Broadcast: November 29, 2006 After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballo...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andy Kirk
On the previous program, the time was spent with the three primary “schools” of jazz: New Orleans, Chicago and New York. It’ now time to spend with...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Originally Broadcast: October 10, 2006 The Wonder of Boys, 10th Anniversary Edition We explored the difficulties that boys have growing up in Ame...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
Although it’s understood that Jazz was born in New Orleans, its siblings did not stay in the Crescent City. First, they migrated to Chicago. Then i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Borrowed and Banned logo, Credit: John Snowden
Despite being one of the most frequently banned authors, Toni Morrison’s work has inspired countless others to tell stories outside the mainstream....

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 23:18
Piece image
Originally Broadcast: September 6, 2006 Radical Innocent: Upton Sinclair Since I was young, I have been intrigued by the work of Upton Sinclair. I...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Spirits of Rhythm
An often times ignored facet of jazz is its hidden language … or “jazz speak”. The music wasn't just about the notes on the page but the language ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Originally Broadcast: September 20, 2006. How to ignite sexual passion from a woman’s perspective is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, a...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Piece image
Originally Broadcast: August 2, 2006 Praise At Midnight Life, culture and racism are the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, in conversatio...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Piece image
We explore the myths and unveil the realities of the story of the Nineteenth Amendment in part one of two episodes.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 24:22
Piece image
How did the divides in the suffrage movement define the fight for women’s enfranchisement? And how did that amendment finally get passed?

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 20:02
Piece image
Originally Broadcast: August 9, 2006 Errors and Omissions Who owns the rights to a play, a song, or a work of art? How important and fragile is t...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jack Purvis
Trumpet artist Jack Purvis made his solo debut in 1929 to considerable acclaim. But, the potential of his lustrous career (albeit brief) never quit...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The First Family, Credit: Courtesy Cadence Records
A 60th Anniversary review of the funniest album of the Kennedy era. The Grammy Award winning Album of the Year that was ultimately withdrawn from c...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
Caption: '20s Chicago
Guitarist Eddie Condon is quoted as saying that there was so much music in Chicago’s South Side in the 1920s, “you could hold a musical instrument ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Originally Broadcast: August 30, 2006 Walking Tractor And Other Tales of Old Anderson Valley Stories of the days that no longer exist in rural ar...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: PRX default Piece image
KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:41
Caption: PRX default Piece image
KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. This episode featured a conversation...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:18:12
Caption: PRX default Piece image
KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 35:45
Piece image
Magical witchcrafted brews and tunes that hit the voodoo jukeboxes 1957-1971. The Witches Brewpub, where it is always midnight and always happy hour.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
KQAL's Jiovani Bermudez speaks with local artist Maia Williams about her new work, Blooming Underground. Original air date: 11/08/22

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 26:03
Caption: Miff Mole
In 1917, New York became a hub of jazz activity. At the center of that universe sits Reisenweber’s Restaurant and nightclub at the intersection of ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1