PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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Putin’s Folly: Russia, One Year After the Invasion of Ukraine
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Unpacking the psychology of Putin's war games and how it affects Russians fleeing conscription.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
From Italy to Bosnia Herzegovina
From: Katz Laszlo
Caption: The Sutjeska memorial in Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Credit: Veronica Tosetti
Veronica Tosetti takes us on a journey around the Spomeniks - a trail of statues commemorating former Yugoslavia, and the people who died in conflict.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2020
  • Length: 06:13
Folktale of Peace Signs
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind"--that's Gandhi's wise signal for a peaceable world, and points us in the direction of this...

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Addressing chronic homelessness with permanent supportive housing
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Veterans Commons resident Jesse Breedwolf, 74, Credit: Liz Pfeffer
California has the largest concentration of homeless veterans in the nation, and in San Francisco, it’s likely that more than 700 homeless vets wil...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:22
99% Invisible #35- Elegy for WTC (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A building’s worth is an infinitesimal fraction of the worth a person’s life. But a building is still a living thing in a way.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WABE and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 10
Shovelling the Rain Away
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs
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The image of old men shovelling rain off the roads in Afghanistan sets up a grim picture of the frustration of Afghans who sincerely want to make t...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 14:30
Mothers and Sons
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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a sonic memorial to the healing power of art

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUT, KTNA, NPR Illinois, KDNK and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2008
  • Length: 26:44
  • Purchases: 10
Story of a Yup'ik Eskimo rapper
From: Ashley Gross
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A sound-rich portrait of a young Yup'ik Eskimo man who uses rap music to work through his suicidal thoughts

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KSUT, and KCUR


  • Added: May 17, 2006
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 3
Hope of Future Triumph
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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David takes solace in the unconditional love of the former leader of the free world.

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Feb 27, 2006
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 1
The March of the Living
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Two journalism students in Toronto decide to attend the March of the Living and visit the Holocaust sites in Poland.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 13:41
Honeymoon in Dieppe
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Sally Crooks reflects on the ghosts of Dieppe.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 14:10
  • Purchases: 1
Hiroshima-60th
From: Steve Herman
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Hiroshima remembers 60 years ago when the city was attacked with an atomic bomb

  • Added: Aug 05, 2005
  • Length: 02:59
RN: Documentary: A Hiroshima Story
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Sixty years after the bombing of Hiroshima, a 67 year old survivor relates his story of that day in a class of students who are the same age now as...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUER, KFAI Minneapolis, KSFR, and WCQS


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 5
Four Years of Protest in London's Parliament Square
From: Meghna Chakrabarti
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A UK anti-war protestor and his four-year vigil in Parliament Square

  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 05:57
A Short History of Music as a Weapon
From: Aaron Henkin
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From Scottish bagpipes to Metallica, this radio essay takes listeners on a short tour through the history of music as a weapon.

Bought by Raven Radio, KGUA, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KRUA and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2005
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 11