PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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(Could be used as a "dark" Valentine) Public smiles often hide the private anger of those 'perfect' couples

  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:25
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A midwinter visit to an island off the coast of Maine

Bought by The PRX Podcast and WUSM


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 13:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Blues scholar on the importance of B.B. King

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Radio New Zealand, WABE, WTJU, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 6
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A meditation on New Years as a time of reflection and healing.

Bought by Michigan Radio, WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, WNMU-FM, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 55
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A commentary by Nanci Olesen about the change of seasons

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Bethany Ocansey reminisces about the influence of racism on her childhood and how it didn't affect her until she moved from Europe to America.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 03:55
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Peter Mattox alone in the woods, contemplates wilderness in America.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2006
  • Length: 04:36
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A musing on the consequences of frequent traveling.

Bought by PRX Remix and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 2
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How do we remember best - through people or the buildings we live in?

Bought by PRX Remix and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 21, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Peter Boyer's "Ellis Island: The Dream of America" is featured, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by the composer.

Bought by KISU, KRPS, KENW, WFIU, KALW and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 30
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Would it surprise you to hear that Sleeping Beauty, a fire-breathing dragon, Prince Charming, and our president all have something in common? Stanf...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 22:00
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A celebration of the wonder, joy, pain, and innate sacredness of childbirth.

Bought by KVNF and WNIJ


  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Poems about betrayal in love by John updike and Sir Thomas Wyatt

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
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Nanci Olesen describes her attitude toward global warming. She's depressed, but she's still gonna grill chicken outside in February....

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
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A commentary by Nanci Olesen about true love for the planet

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WEPS


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
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When we light a candle for Lincoln's day we rekindle ours

  • Added: Jan 23, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
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Of the many books which have appeared in new genre which has been called ?post-9/11 fiction? one of the most striking is Jonathan Safran Foer?s ?Ex...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 30, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Narrative by Biker/Poet J. Barrett Wolf

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 01:27
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Poem about New York City's Potters Field

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:11
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Poem by Highway Poet J. Barrett Wolf

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
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Which is worse – seeing and not being able to help, or being blind to pain when it is right in front of us?

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Questioning sanity on a fish processing line in southeast Alaska.

Bought by PRX Remix, KMXT, WZBC, and KUCB


  • Added: Oct 24, 2005
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 4
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On the 40th anniversary of the recording and release of The Beatles song "Norwegian Wood," commentator Sarah Karni says the song's been a riddle to...

Bought by KLCC and WKMS


  • Added: Oct 15, 2005
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
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The voices of men and women who served in the military during times of war.-

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KPIK-LP, Louisville Public Media, WNIJ, and KCUR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2005
  • Length: 56:15
  • Purchases: 5
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A chance encounter on a train

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:42