PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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Sea Fever
From: Clearwater Moment
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Short Poem on the wonders of sailing

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Coral Bleaching
From: Tom Niemisto
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Ocean biology is threatened by Climate Change

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Divine in Jazzer Newsom
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
Series: Divine Expression Through Jazzers
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The agony and angst of a self examined life of a politician, lawyer and jazzer.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2008
  • Length: 09:37
A Musician's Life: Jim White
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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The on-line All Music Guide calls Jim White "a uniquely twisted talent". On this edition of A Musician's Life the Athens, Georgia based artist tal...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KMXT, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WMNF and more


  • Added: May 21, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 6
A Musician's Life: Mary Gauthier
From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life
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Mary Gauthier quit drugs and alcohol and discovered songwriting. She's attracted critics and fans with her empathic depictions of people on the ma...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KMXT, and WMNF


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rudolfo Anaya Discusses Oral Tradition in Light of His Novel, "Bless Me, Ultima"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Author Rudolfo Anaya discusses the importance of oral tradition in light of his 1972 novel, "Bless Me, Ultima."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: :59
Poetry Out Loud Champion Chris Estevez Recites "Bilingual/Bilingue"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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2006 Poetry Out Loud Pennsylvania State Champion Chris Estevez recites "Bilingual/Bilingue" by Rhina P. Espaillat, a poem about the challenges of g...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Garrison Keillor Reads from "My Antonia"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Garrison Keillor reads from Willa Cather's Midwestern classic, "My Antonia."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
11 Central Ave #60. Wilfred Owen's war poem.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's installment of the radio comic strip. Mixed by Walter Dixon written by Susan Shepherd

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB), WLRN, WBEZ, KUT-HD, and WUSM


  • Added: Nov 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Sopranos and Hamlet
From: Paul Levinson
Series: The Sopranos Ending - A Modern Masterpiece?
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"And the rest is silence" is the famous, much-praised last line of Hamlet - it applies to the cut to sudden-black at the end of The Sopranos, doesn...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:55
The Sopranos, or the Tiger?
From: Paul Levinson
Series: The Sopranos Ending - A Modern Masterpiece?
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first of series of special analysis of The Sopranos' ending ... here, I compare it to the famous ending of Stockton's The Lady or The Tiger...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
Rap Over College?
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Keith has the smarts to go to a good college, but he wants to make it as a rapper.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, PRX Remix, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
Simplify Me When I'm Dead
From: Miranda Diboll
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How the media simplify a life though obituaries or even just a few simple lines.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Feed the Tigers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tigers are victims of vanishing wilderness.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Weep Not for Kidnapped
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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'tis the network that's dying, not fine television

  • Added: Dec 03, 2006
  • Length: 01:56
Growing Meat
From: James Schultz
Series: Multiverse, Season Two
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Growing meat without killing animals for food.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 01:56
Tornadic Terabytes
From: James Schultz
Series: Multiverse, Season Two
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tiny tornados could make a big, helpful impact.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2006
  • Length: 01:50
A Musician's Life: Alejandro Escovedo
From: WXPN
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Alejandro Escovedo music is an eclectic mix of his life experiences--from his childhood in Texas to his exposure to New York and San Francisco's pu...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Aimee Mann
From: WXPN
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The music business may have toughened Aimee Mann, but her songwriting remains compassionate and sensitive.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, and Musicians' Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Rodney Crowell
From: WXPN
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Singer songerwriter Rodney Crowell says his songwriting has gotten more personal with age. He also talks about working on the song "I Walk the Lin...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 18, 2006
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Laura Veirs
From: WXPN
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Seattle based musician Laura Veirs says she had to appreciate the little victories in her quest to become a full-time performer.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Joseph Arthur
From: WXPN
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For singer songwriter Joseph Arthur making music is an act of liberation.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
A Musician's Life: Charlie Musselwhite
From: WXPN
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Blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite reflects on his life as a blues musician. The blues has helped him through hard times, including the mu...

Bought by KCSM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WQJC, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 4
A Musician's Life: Janis Ian
From: WXPN
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Folk singer Janis Ian reflects on her long career including mistakes she's made along the way.

Bought by KMXT and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 2
07 Keeping Plastic Out of the Ocean
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Many kinds of plastic are forever, or nearly so.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1

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