PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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A WWII Vet Remembers His German Friend
From: Andrew Witmer
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WWII veteran Ed Goshorn talks about befriending a young German pilot who had earlier tried to kill him.

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Next Generation Radio @ SXSW
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Re-birth of "Chicano" music

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Calling All Owls
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Using cellphones to call up the wild world of owls

  • Added: Feb 08, 2007
  • Length: 07:44
A tour of Jane Hammond's "Paper Works"
From: Tina Antolini
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New York City-based artist Jane Hammond tests viewers perceptions of reality and truth.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:54
Quasi The Robot
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
New Robots designed for teaching and learning

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 07:06
Email Habits
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
A look at our emailing habits

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
Speaking to My Heart
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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When Nikki became a mother of two at the age of seventeen she promised to leave her life of drugs and crime behind. It was a promise she couldn't k...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Remix Radio, YouthCast, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
Garden Renaissance in Brooklyn
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Joyce Vargas explores the idea of "city famrs" and how it might just bring change to one of the roughest neighborhoods in New York City.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:34
You Are Here: 1000 years of mapmaking history in one brief segment
From: Jackson Braider
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A short introduction to the wonderful world of maps

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, and KTNA


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 4
More Than Vegetables
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Organic farmer Cindy Jones explains why her customers take away more than fresh vegetables.

Bought by WTIP, WMUK, and WUAL


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 3
Legacy
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Salon regular and Emmy winning writer Joseph Dougherty discovers an unnoticed gift in a crowded train station.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2006
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
Valentine's Day
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Julio Martinez answers the telephone on Valentine's Day and is pulled into a whirlwind of memory.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
Engagement Ring
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Shelley-Anne Martin remembers the emotions linked to a lost engagement ring.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:10
Stars
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Clay Bravo remembers a simple gift of love from her husband.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:37
"What's your opinion of memory?"
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Have you ever been crossing the street and felt the hand of memory close around the back of your head?

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 2
"He did not drop the glass."
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Handwritten Theatre
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Sometimes the most trivial of accidents can devide our lives into before and after.

Bought by KUNM and WMNF


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
After the Dumpster
From: Elizabeth Chur
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Drowning in stuff, a hoarder discovers how to let go of some objects.

Bought by KVMR, WDBM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 7
Burial At Sea
From: Adam Allington
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Bill Bricker has one particular memory that colors his observation of Memorial Day

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 8
A Ministry of Presence
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chaplin Nash Garabedian ministers aboard visiting tankers and cargo ships in Portland, Maine.

  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:10
It's Just A Job
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Veronica McNally reflects on life and work on her daily walk to her job at Pantheon Guitars in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WYBC


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
How To Destroy A Book
From: Peter Crimmins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A San Francisco library book vandal evokes artistic reaction.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMPG, WBEZ, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 4
Darwin Exhibit
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Profile of the American Museum Of Natural History in New York's Darwin Exhibit

  • Added: Dec 23, 2005
  • Length: 09:54
Agnostics at Christmas
From: KRCC-FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How people who don't believe in God experience Christmas

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., 90.5 WSNC, KDNK, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 4
Muslims' Christmas Experience
From: KRCC-FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Muslim perspective on Christmas in a Christian-dominated town.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and WMPG


  • Added: Dec 22, 2005
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
Graduation Story
From: Terin Mayer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Emily Schwing is graduating out of sync, and without pomp and circumstance, but why should you care?

  • Added: Nov 25, 2005
  • Length: 05:31

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