PRX - Pieces for Tone: Inspiring
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Walk into any concert venue and it’s a safe bet that you’ll find a piano, waiting for the right touch to bring it to life. This week, we’ll listen...
- Added: Jul 02, 2021
- Length: 58:30
As we mark our American Independence Day, we’ll listen to performances and compositions by women that showcase the American spirit
- Added: Jun 25, 2021
- Length: 58:30
Thousands of Americans recently received direct payments from their government as part of the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan to addres...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and KWMR
- Added: Apr 14, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 4
Another block added to our ever-growing Patchwork Quilt. No special theme ties these works together. Just outstanding performances and compositio...
- Added: Jul 24, 2020
- Length: 58:30
We're continuing to catch up with previous guests of The Rough Draft Diaries to see how their doing. This week we check in with Midstory, a nonprof...
- Added: Jun 30, 2020
- Length: 06:12
A conversation with CMarie Fuhrman about her nonfiction and work as co-editor of the anthology, Native Voices. She also reads two short passages.
Bought by Prairie Public, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jun 05, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
When she became a mom, Andrea Sarubbi Fereshteh went from full speed ahead to a full stop. But then she found a place that showed her stillness is ...
Bought by Boise State Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KRZA
- Added: Apr 22, 2019
- Length: 16:31
- Purchases: 3
Leigh Hamilton is a dramatic soprano who has been based in Germany for more than 17 years. This episode follows Leigh’s story, which takes her from...
- Added: Dec 19, 2018
- Length: 23:25
What's the trade-off: working in a big city with lots of resources or being in a small town with a more hands-on management style? It's the story o...
- Added: May 20, 2018
- Length: 13:57
"In The Beginning, God Created The Heavens And The Earth And The Allosaurus" and "It's All Downwind From Here"
A special edition of HumaNature for...
Bought by KSTK
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 27:59
- Purchases: 1
Composer Ingrid Stölzel talks about annoying church bells, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and the importance of mentorship.
- Added: May 08, 2017
- Length: 23:54
A mother's work is never done--and this week's Folktale celebrates the love, spirit and dedication of mothers, daughters & grandmothers around the ...
Bought by WFIU, WNMU-FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM and more
- Added: Apr 03, 2017
- Length: 59:57
- Purchases: 15
High School Senior, Eavan Burke, had a life changing experience on the tea plantations of Kenya, Africa. She decided to aid to the workers by creat...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 25, 2016
- Length: 04:52
- Purchases: 1
Anton Disclafani discusses the writing process behind her acclaimed debut novel, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 13:33
This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we'll meet Shelley Kotz, a person so involved in the community of Toledo it's hard to cover everything she doe...
- Added: Feb 16, 2016
- Length: 06:03
In today’s installment of The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, we find a little bit of light in the darkness as we hear about a volunteer drive...
- Added: Dec 11, 2015
- Length: 31:31
Anita O'Day was known for her counter-culture approach to performance. Breaking the molds of the stereotypical "girl singer" with her dress, her st...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 03:07
- Purchases: 1
CD Wright discusses the evolution of langauge in her poetry collections.
Sasha Pimentel reads a Poetic License highlighting the power of line brea...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 29:01
Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 02:08
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Riding with Emily." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minneso...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 01:47
Shanthi Siva is originally from India, and now lives in Rochester Minnesota with her family. She has a Masters Degree in English Language and Liter...
- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 01:46
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jan 21, 2012
- Length: 01:55
- Purchases: 3
This month on Open Mind, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, a Buddhist nun and author, joins us once again to talk about our sense of self?—?what’s healthy, wh...
- Added: Jun 27, 2011
- Length: 06:57
Dee Dickson remembers trying to get a job as a shipyard electrician in the 1970s.
Bought by KUER, WEZU, Troy Public Radio, KISU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 28, 2011
- Length: 01:51
- Purchases: 5
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A contemplative nun who spent 12 years meditating in a cave high in the Himalayas offers her views on human potential.
- Added: Jan 03, 2011
- Length: 06:52
