PRX - Pieces for Tone: Inspiring
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From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets…cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 29:00
Already a few weeks into the year, it might feel too late to make (or keep) resolutions—eat less sugar, watch less TV, or maybe, start running. Rep...
Bought by KENW, KSKA, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 02:46
- Purchases: 3
This episode goes inside the story of Buford, Wyoming, “The smallest town in America” – a story that has captured the imaginations of more than a b...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 44:15
Lisa Fruchtman talks simple pleasures, honoring the past, and warming up to cold.
- Added: Dec 06, 2013
- Length: 21:51
Andrea Leggitt's life and creative focus changed when she got some unexpected news shortly after she graduated from Arizona State University with a...
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 07:37
Nonverbal until age four, Temple Grandin was first diagnosed with autism at age 2. Now, so many years and hurdles later, Grandin’s success in the l...
- Added: Oct 11, 2013
- Length: 02:23
Alane Cameron Miles was groomed throughout her life to be comfortable with death and the dying. She had a knack for it and would ultimately become ...
- Added: Oct 10, 2013
- Length: 27:26
Destin Cretton and Brie Larson talk the importance of humor, the power of super-soakers, and the joy of just being.
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 14:29
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
Matthew Quick talks living an examined life, being rejected over 70 times, and what it was like to get the phone call that changed his life.
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 14:26
Writer/director/star Patrick Wang talks long takes, persistent optimism, and sharing aesthetic DNA with Chip Taylor.
- Added: Dec 14, 2012
- Length: 20:46
On September 10th our 23rd castaway on "Desert Island Discs" was RENEE BLANCHE, - Tai Chi practitioner, dancing machine and Vagina Monologue perfor...
- Added: Sep 21, 2012
- Length: 01:24:26
The Mondragón Corporation includes everything from banking to bike factories, nano-technology to rabbit farming. Its a corporate dream—but this cor...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 09:43
The global economic situation is causing more people to consider worker owned businesses. We go from Chicago, where workers are trying to take over...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
A man promises pearls, diamonds and riches to a woman. She responds: I have no need for these treasures. Bars on the window are bars even if they ...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 05:29
- Purchases: 1
A program in the greater Cincinnati area is offering therapeutic horseback riding opportunities to the disabled. We report on the impact this type...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 05:46
General Kearny leads the Army of the West to Santa Fe and claims New Mexico for the United States of America.
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 01:58
- Purchases: 1
The Total Artificial Heart is one of the many wonders of modern medicine. Elliot Majerczyk has this report on a medical team pioneering a new techn...
Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 14, 2011
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
A woman carries a baby to term for her best friend, whose chronic disease would make pregnancy hazardous.
- Added: May 27, 2011
- Length: 06:58
Carl McNair remembers his brother, Ronald McNair, who was one of the astronauts killed aboard the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986.
Bought by South Carolina Public Radio, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Jan 31, 2011
- Length: 02:14
- Purchases: 4
The traditional art of Western-style yodeling is extremely difficult to master. That's why it's surprising that one of the most gifted yodelers ar...
Bought by KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 21, 2011
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 3
Meet the oldest African-American family in Washington, D.C. - and, perhaps, the United States.
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Radio Catskill, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 19, 2011
- Length: 05:17
- Purchases: 6
The American Dream travels a little ways down the Havana Road.
When the economy tanked in 2009, Marta Quintana lost her job and her stock portfo...
- Added: Aug 16, 2010
- Length: 07:11
Nathan Larson is an award winning musician and film composer.
Nathan’s work as a musician includes being formerly the lead guitarist for the infl...
- Added: Aug 01, 2010
- Length: 29:00
The Holmes Brothers have been entertaining audiences with their uplifting blend of gospel, blues and R&B for three decades. Their latest album "Fe...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: May 27, 2010
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
