PRX - Pieces for Tone: Informational

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

533 results


Piece image
When sea creatures get sick, there's one way to find out what's wrong: perform a necropsy.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Peter Morgan can decide what he wants to do in his dreams. A research psychiatrist at Yale University, Dr. Morgan studies and practices lucid dream...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 11:56
Piece image
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is killing fire ants using a method that sounds like it was inspired by the movie Alien. It involves using insec...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
Piece image
Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
Piece image
Israel's mild, desert climate makes it possible for cats to give labor three, sometimes even 4-times a year. And when heat cycles can start as ear...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
The San Francisco Wave Organ remains one of the Bay Area's most unknown, misunderstood and yet beloved landmarks. After listening, I hope you'll wa...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Oakland, CA Scraper krew, Credit: flickr user vkdir
African-Americans are helping to lead the environmental movement. We take you to a resettlement community in North Carolina, sustainable farms in W...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
For the third week of May (5/15): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who managed to turn lemons into lemonade.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the third week of November (11/15): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a talented drummer whose career was almost dera...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the first week of November (11/1): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an artist who worked with comedians, snakes and ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
Piece image
For the second week of October (10/10): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a black R&B singer who appeared on the grand ol...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the fourth week of September (9/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a performer whose name you might find in your ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the fourth week of September (9/21): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering songwriter who got an electrifyin...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the fourth week of August (8/24): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a successful artist whose music career almost end...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:35
Piece image
For the third week of August (8/14): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a duo whose first taste of success involved tequila

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the second week of April (4/9): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the son of a former slave who helped inspire a Texa...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the third week of February (2/17): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a honkey tonk legend whose health problems almos...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the second week of December (12/11): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a talented Texan who could sing, dance and mag...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the second week of November (11/10): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a classic Texas dance hall that that has becom...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the fourth week of October (10/24): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an immigrants son who helped popularize an unof...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
Piece image
For the third week of April (4/14): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a natural disaster that inspired a folk anthem.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
For the second week of July (7/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an accordion player who squeezed a lot of music int...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the fourth week of May (5/23): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a record label that was a real feather in the cap of...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the third week of march (3/14): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a special evening when the “Boss” showed up early f...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Piece image
For the first week of April (4/4): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a West Texas wild man who contributed to both 1950s ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:39