PRX - Pieces for Format: Debut (not aired nationally)

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

144 results


The IWW at 100: A Brief History
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
How I Helped Found the United Nations
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
I was only 12 at the time, but I'm sure I played a key role at the founding conference of the United Nations 60 years ago this month.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 02:53
Flag Day: Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy
From: Melissa Ingells
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Civil War Flag Bearer's Legacy Remembered on Flag Day

Bought by WTIP, KISU, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 3
Commentary: The Big Strike
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Surviving The Holocaust
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
Piece image
A survivor of 5 concentrations camps tells his story

  • Added: May 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
James Beard: An American Revolution [1 hour version]
From: Melissa Waldron Lehner
Piece image
A Reading of Letters from the James Beard Collection

Bought by PRX to iTunes, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 28, 2005
  • Length: 53:44
  • Purchases: 4
Never Again: A Holocaust Memorial - with Elie Wiesel and Abraham Foxman
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
Piece image
NEVER AGAIN: A HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL: is a one hour special that includes Larry Josephson's recent exclusive interview with Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRGY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 15
The Poet and the Painter
From: Jackson Braider
Piece image
The story of how a poet inspired a painter to draw a picture about a poem that had, in turn, been inspired by a piece of the painter's work.

Bought by KUCB, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2005
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 4
Music At Sea
From: Amber Edwards
Piece image
Brief history of the music played on ocean liners past and present, including the last song heard as the Titanic sank

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUT-HD, WKMS, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 8
World War One and Armistice Day
From: Lester Graham
Piece image
Veterans Day was originally Armistice Day, the day that World War I was to end. Here's one veteran's experiences.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WRVO Public Media, KUCB, 'The Sea', KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 33
Subculture
From: WFUV
Piece image
A one-hour documentary celebrating the centennial of the New York City Subway

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 01:00:00
Weill and Vegas
From: Claes Andreasson
Piece image
Kurt Weill meets Las Vegas

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2004
  • Length: 44:08
  • Purchases: 1
Surviving Church
From: Bruce Gerstman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two people who joined Jim Jones's cult, The People's Temple, and got married 20 years after the Jonestown Massacre.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2003
  • Length: 10:22
The '63 March: The Aftermath
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Piece image
This is the fourth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Empowered by the march and stirring ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WEAA, KRUA, WMNF, WJAB and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 9
The '63 March: Forty Years Later
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Piece image
This is the fifth in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. For some who were there, memories of t...

Bought by WEAA, 90.5 WSNC, WJAB, KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2003
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 6
The '63 March : Convergence on the Capitol
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Piece image
This is the second in a five-part radio series focusing on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The demonstrations were viewed suspi...

Bought by WABE, WEAA, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WJAB, WVAS and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2003
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 7
Christmas in New York, 2001, Ground Zero
From: Jake Warga
Piece image
Christmas day at Ground Zero--Essay

Bought by KUT, WMNF, WKMS, KQAT, WMPG and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2003
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 7
PowerPoint at Gettysburg, rev.
From: Jackson Braider
Piece image
What is it about PowerPoint that makes it capable of ruining the Gettysburg Address?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1
How to Sing the Star-Spangled Banner
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jenny Hersch, musical maven and part-owner of a baseball team, reveals the secrets of singing our anthem.

Bought by Prairie Public, KZYX, WABE, KUOW, WABE and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 32

Narrow the results by Topics

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Tones