PRX - Pieces for Format: Commentary

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Commentary: 40 Years Later, UFW's La Causa Lives
From: Dick Meister
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Celebrations are being held this year to mark the anniversary of the grape strike led by Cesar Chavez that won worldwide support for California's l...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2005
  • Length: 03:42
Hello My Name is Ellen and I am a Spaz
From: Ellen Birkett Morris
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An undectectable case of cerebral palsy allowed the commentator to reflect on living in two worlds and what it will take to get people to reach out...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Finding My Inner Belly Dancer
From: Ellen Birkett Morris
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A woman overcomes a lifelong aversion to belly dancing after attending a friend's recital.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
Ever Consider Mental Reinvention As a Way of Life?
From: Ellen Weber
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You can grow more intelligence at pretty much any age.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2005
  • Length: 09:45
Commentary: Pedal Power
From: KRCC-FM
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The joys of bicycle commuting

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 04:17
Democracy
From: Brian Wright
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A Lot of What Ails Us Can Be Likened to Cancer.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:09
The IWW at 100: A Brief History
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the 100th anniversary of the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the most influential and colorful organizations in U.S. history.

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Perpetual War, Perpetual Power
From: Craig Barnes
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Craig Barnes explores the Republican formula for perpetual war and the need for Democrats to restore America's traditional values of law, fairness ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: The Big Strike
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary marking the anniversary of one of the most significant strikes in U.S. history -- the West Coast longshoremen's strike of 1934.

  • Added: May 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:10
Sports for Development as a Tool for Change
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Youth Reporter Jordan, a 15 year old from Dublin reports on Sports for Development as a method of changing attitudes and lives ...

Bought by KSFR, YouthCast, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 3
The Real May Day
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the importance of May Day to working people.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
THINK GLOBAL: Bill McKibben commentary
From: Public Radio Collaboration 2005
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Commentator Bill McKibben argues that thinking local makes sense both for people and the planet.

Bought by WSLR, KLCC, WUAL, WBST, WNKU and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 12
1992 Steven Taylor - Villanelle
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Steven Taylor (of the Fugs) sings one of his own beautiful poems, addressing AIDS

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
1976 Allen Ginsberg - End Vietnam War
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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great pro peace performance by Ginsberg

Bought by KZYX and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2
Remote Control
From: Youth Radio
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Using the functions of a remote control, Alicia Zakon tells the story of a woman who is stuck between wanting to be in love and wanting to be free.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 01:19
  • Purchases: 1
Lessons of the CIO
From: Dick Meister
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The CIO's history offers important lessons for those currently trying to revitalize the labor movement .

  • Added: Mar 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
My Dad Died
From: Nanci Olesen
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Seven journal entries chronicling loss

Bought by KISU, WYSO, WUAL, and WKSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2004
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 4
Disney Death
From: Jake Warga
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Walt Disney's use of death in his films

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 8
NYC: A Free-Speech Theme Park
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC on the RNC
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Forget the fear and loathing. This could be one of New York's finest hours.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 27, 2004
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
9/11 Rewrite: Memoir in a Time of Violence
From: Laura Jackson
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"What does it mean to fashion a self in the midst of a violent world"?

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 20, 2004
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 1
holy war
From: Benjamen Walker
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Sci-fi religious meditation on god, war, and forgiveness.

Bought by KPVL and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 28, 2003
  • Length: 58:35
  • Purchases: 2
Dad & Daws (Father's Day)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Short Features
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PERFECT FOR FATHER'S DAY! A personal essay on how a volatile father's gift led to a career

Bought by KPIK-LP, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, Public Interactive, KFSR and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2003
  • Length: 10:47
  • Purchases: 7

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