PRX - Pieces for Format: Soft Feature

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

122 results


Read, Read, Read!
From: Learning Matters
Series: Lessons from Haiti: Schools after the earthquake
Caption: Mackenton Louis reads to a group of kids at Lycee Toussaint L'Ouverture in Port-au-Prince, Credit: Judith Scherr/Learning Matters
A group of readers heads out to tent camps around Haiti to read to children displaced by the earthquake.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
Despite Budget Cuts, Youth Meet Their Own Needs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Piece image
When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
A Reason for the Purpose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
Maybe you know where your food comes from. But have you seen and heard about farming through a 13-year-old boy’s eyes? Colby Perron shares his thou...

Bought by KRZA and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 2
SRP: A Bay Area Sudanese Cultural School
From: Sudan Radio Project
Piece image
From the Sudan Radio Project: we visit a Sudanese Sunday school in San Leandro, California.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Apr 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 1
Sweet Science
From: Tom Niemisto
Piece image
A new boxing clinic focuses on both physical fitness and philosophical growth.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 2
No Argument Here
From: With Good Reason
Caption: James Farmer, Credit: Library of Congress
A college professor is following the footsteps of a civil rights icon James Farmer, by training his students in the art of debate. Lydia Wilson, ...

Bought by KUAC, WJAB, WCSU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Martial Arts Builds Leadership on Chicago's South Side
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Students practice martial arts in Chicago's South Side., Credit: Andrea Silenzi
A martial arts school in Chicago’s South Side reinforces community in a violent neighborhood.

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
All Around Giving
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
The Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston, Maine is located in one of the poorest Neighborhoods in the state. It doubles as a soup kitchen and refugee...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRGY, WRIR, Raven Radio, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 11
Picture Day!
From: Big Shed Audio
Piece image
Spend a day with a school-portrait photographer at an elementary school in the Washington, DC.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
Setting The Holocaust to Stage
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Lexington High School senior Alex Parrish leads the actors in a version of "Two-Headed Boy" by Neutral Milk Hotel, while freshman Emma Feinberg (right) sings along., Credit: Avishay Artsy
Students in Lexington, Mass. have written a play based on the music of '90s band Neutral Milk Hotel.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 07:10
Jennie Lois Windle: Tribute to My Piano Teacher
From: Elizabeth Chur
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tribute to piano teacher Jennie Lois Windle, in music and stories.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 12:05
Nothing To Cheer About
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
A town is divided when presented with the idea of changing the school mascot.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KWIS 88.3 FM, KUOW, KRUA and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 6
A Local Texas School with a Global Focus
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: Teacher Kevin Gillion gives Spanish lessons, Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
Against a backdrop of failing public schools throughout the state of Texas, there is a new program at Austin High School showing new initiative. It...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2
A Natural Playground
From: Willa Kammerer
Piece image
Gone are the swings, monkey bars and spiral slides. A new type of playground takes a more low-tech approach.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:53
Dialog in the Dark
From: Marianne Gardner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visually impaired guides lead sighted visitors through the dark

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
Audio Postcard from Azerbaijan
From: Carla Seidl
Piece image
Sound collage from a small village in the north of Azerbaijan

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Improving Islamic schools, increasing possibilities for Nepalese girls
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Improving Islamic schools, increasing possibilities for Nepalese girls

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
Graduation
From: kitty felde
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Audio portrait of everyman's graduation day.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:36
Tibetan Kids Keep Their Culture Alive in LA
From: The Tibet Connection
Piece image
Tibetan children from 6 to 14 years share their thoughts on their identity in a Tibetan language and culture class in the heart of Los Angeles

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 09:12
Rediscovering Religion at U.C. Berkeley
From: Berkeley J-School
Piece image
The Black Christian Ministry offers some UC Berkeley students a needed spiritual community.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Ames Piano Quartet
From: Charles Richards
Series: Turn On The Lights
Piece image
Interview with two members of The Ames Piano Quartet from Iowa State University.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 20:59
Saving the Arapaho Language
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The number of speakers of native languages is dwindling, despite programs designed to help save them.

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM, KVMR, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 3
What Cheer Brigade? Plays Recess (narrated)
From: Megan Hall
Piece image
Our best gig ever: What Cheer? Brigade marching band performs at local elementary schools

Bought by KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 29, 2007
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 3
Learning to Sing
From: Aaron Henkin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a choral program teaches children the universal language of music...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2007
  • Length: 07:45
Maasai Education
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
Piece image
After generations of resistance, the Maasai of Kenya are looking to education as a way to keep their culture from dying.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1