PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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Caption: Gary Bryner, Credit: Detroit Free Press
Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. Four decades later, he reflects on how...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 6
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"With having a child on drugs, especially meth, you have no control as a parent." This dad from the Bitterroot Valley of Montana has watched his da...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Our focus for this episode returns to the impact of incarceration on families. First we have a discussion between our friend Lucy and one of her fe...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:10
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This week is our first installment of a series covering the impact of prison on families. This episode focuses on Wendi Middleton, who works in the...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:22
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Why do we become our worst enemies when it comes to pursuing the things we actually want? I’ve been there. This is the origin story of making Mille...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 20:31
  • Purchases: 1
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The day you graduate college is suppose full of smiles, family pictures, and a sense of accomplishment. But what happens after that day when you pa...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, American Voices, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 3
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Decisions. How do you know which ones will lead you to become the person you want to be in the future? And which ones may screw everything up?

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  • Added: May 31, 2015
  • Length: 20:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Schoolcraft Learning Community's middle school students read Inge Auerbacher's book 'I am a Star'. Inge Auerbacher was one of the very few childre...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 01:20
Caption: San Quentin State Prison, Credit: Flickr user John Weiss
When an offender commits a crime, its repercussions impact not only the victim and the perpetrator, but families, friends, and whole communities. ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:19
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How do you feel about your... well, eventual remains? Sealed caskets and ash-filled urns strike author Bernd Heinrich as unnatural, and this biolog...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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Christopher Krumm reports on the online pro-ana movement.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 2
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Marlys Guimaraes, a registered nurse is a member of the Jack Pine and League of Minnesota poets. Her work has appeared in the "Talking Stick", "The...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:31
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Marlys Guimaraes, a registered nurse is a member of the Jack Pine and League of Minnesota poets. Her work has appeared in the "Talking Stick", "The...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:04
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Kathryn Kysar has published two books of poetry. She's received fellowships and residencies from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Endow...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:57
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Sonya Kosler is a poet who lives in Dent, Minnesota. She belongs to the Lakes Area Story Guild, the National Storytelling Network, and the Northlan...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:28
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Carlos Rocha, an inmate at Danville Correctional Center in Illinois, talks about a murder he committed in 1998.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WEZU, KERA, and WEZU


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 01:42
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: This cartoon from the Russian newspaper, "Arguments and Facts -America," depicts Nurse Obama pumping aid into an ailing Ukraine., Credit: Mary Rees
As the conflict rages on between Russia and Ukrainian nationalists, thousands of miles away in San Francisco, people are following closely. There a...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:48
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On an all-NEW Snap, amazing stories from people paid to do our dirty work. From NPR and PRX, Snap Judgment presents “The Mercenary.”

  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
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Nathan and Lesley Keith met on a military base in Kuwait, in 2006. They’re both Navy veterans, and together they served for a cumulative 27 years. ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
From: WHJE
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This is an adapted version of Dear Mom, depicting the life of a young girl in the wake of her mother’s suicide and the domino effect that her mothe...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2013
  • Length: 09:19
Caption: Paul Wayman (L) and Nathanael Roberti (R)
Marine Corporal Paul Wayman (L) talks with his friend Nathanael Roberti, (R) a former Navy Seal, about their trouble readjusting to civilian life a...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Mark Maire is a retired reference and technical services librarian who's lived in Duluth for most of his adult life. His poems have been published ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
Caption: ...the anonymous collaboration called humanity..., Credit: Susan Cook
Great affirmation of human purpose is the victory for those who watch the runners and wheelchairs racers come in at the Boston Marathon. They are ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 06:13
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Daily routines can become monotonous, but when dealing with mental illness these tasks can feel insurmountable. Student producer Alanna Duncan take...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
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Charlie Morris remembers his brother's death in 1939, with his cousin Sylvester Lewis.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 2