PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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The Airlines Would Oppose It
From: The humble Farmer
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Solutions to spending a weekend alone

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Sep 02, 2008
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 1
early musing subway
From: Cambra Moniz-Edwards
Caption: PRX default Piece image
newly-New Yorked, contemplating subway zen

  • Added: Jul 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:56
Mondo's
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A portrait of a local Moab coffee shop as a reflection of community

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
Should Seatbelts Be Mandatory?
From: The humble Farmer
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Why would many drivers rather pay a fine than buckle up?

  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 04:15
Traveling to a War Zone
From: Adam Allington
Series: Front Line: Missouri Soldiers in Iraq
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Traveling from St. Louis to Baghdad with the U.S. Army

  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 03:24
The Reckoning
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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Photographer Blake Gordon cycles through South America hoping to capture the quintessential photo that illustrates his travels. But travel by bike ...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 26:47
Unintended Detours Episode 4: Road/Trip
From: Sue Mell
Series: Unintended Detours
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Stumbling and stranded, in one way or another, on the road.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 27:08
  • Purchases: 2
New York's Sculptured Sky
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
Changing scenes in New York, on the ground and in the sky

  • Added: Sep 27, 2007
  • Length: 09:30
Finding My Kerouac: On the Road at Mid-Life
From: David Berner
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This documentary is about two men who, at mid-life, re-read Kerouac's book and get behind the wheel for a 4000 mile road trip of reflection and di...

Bought by WUSM, WGBH Radio Boston, WVPE, KZYX, WKSU and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2007
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 7
From Yale to Hack [Two Versions]
From: WFUV
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Guyon Knight Dropped Out of Yale Graduate School to Drive A Taxi. Why?

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 10:26
From Biking In Sweden...To Biking In Texas
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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When Zoe's family spent their summers in Sweden, all she had to get around on was a bike...but could a car-using Texan like Zoe get used to it?

Bought by WGXC, BSR Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Home from the Road, a commentary by Nanci Olesen
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen recalls a recent trip west with her family: bad coffee and sweet times

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Nomad
From: Joan Schuman
Series: Travels In Stasis
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Freight trains rumbling through an urban desert accompany the musings of an armchair nomad.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 3
Revelation and Reality: A Quest for Family Heritage
From: Katie Bausler
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A quest for family heritage on Prince Edward Island turns up unexpected results and revelations.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2006
  • Length: 10:51
Boston Moon
From: Barrett Wolf
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Biker Poetry from a member of the Highway Poets

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
The Eyes of God
From: Laura Spero
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A personal essay on finding rythm and rhyme in the chaos of New York City.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2005
  • Length: 18:56
The Q-train
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A chance encounter on a train

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:42
The Miracle of Flight
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The forces of capitalism battle the inconvenience of modern travel.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:30
A Day at the Fair
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A day of surprises in small town Ohio

  • Added: Dec 16, 2004
  • Length: 06:14
Solo One
From: Seth Lind
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A verite portrait of a subway gospel singer

  • Added: Dec 13, 2004
  • Length: 11:06
The Healing Blessing
From: Carl Hammerschlag
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the healer becomes the healed.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2004
  • Length: 06:39
Graham Shelby in Vietnam
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Graham Shelby, son of a Vietnam veteran, describes a 1995 visit to that country.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WHQR


  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Part 5: Keeper of the Flame
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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In an intimate meeting, the reporter comes face to face with the 95-year-old keeper of the family flame, himself a direct descendant of the 18th ce...

Bought by KUER, WBEZ, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 4
Part 4: Making Friends
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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Ancient traditions and today's religious government foster tension among Iranians, expressed carefully in quiet conversations. (Fourth of five Parts)

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 3
Part 3: To Pari
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Journal
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The reporter sits his ancestral home and finds hospitable villagers and suspicious police. (Third of five Parts)

Bought by KUER, Here and Now, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 3