PRX - Pieces for Tone: Informational
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There’s a language which is said to be the smallest language in the world. It has around 123 words, five vowels, nine consonants, and apparently yo...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Dec 14, 2015
- Length: 20:24
- Purchases: 1
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture” is a problematic statement: not just because nobody can agree on who came up with it, but ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 24, 2015
- Length: 27:04
- Purchases: 3
Even casual conversations have surprisingly musical qualities. Linguist Brett Hyde delves into the rhythms behind language and the principles that ...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: May 08, 2014
- Length: 12:30
- Purchases: 1
Judith Jones, Julia Child's editor, discusses her favorite author with Canada's food sleuth, Marion Kane.
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 09:12
Actor Ed Harris reads from one of his favorite novels, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath---an epic story about the Great Depression told through...
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 28:44
- Purchases: 5
Words from the Frontier: Poetry in Maine is an hour-long program featuring fifteen contemporary Maine poets.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Jul 02, 2008
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 1
In the 80's Marc Smith invented the Poetry Slam, which has swept the country and created a spoken word revolution.
Bought by KRZA, Marfa Public Radio, KUT-HD, KUHB, WEKU and more
- Added: Aug 29, 2005
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 7
Explores the later life of Walt Whitman, considered by many to be the Father of Modern Poetry.
- Added: Mar 22, 2005
- Length: 29:25
- Purchases: 4
Explores the early life of Walt Whitman, considered by many to be the Father of Modern Poetry.
Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KUOW, and Radio Catskill
- Added: Mar 22, 2005
- Length: 29:28
- Purchases: 3
