PRX - Pieces for Tone: Inspiring

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Uncover the layers of sacrifice, courage, and unity at the heart of America's story through the historic battlefield of Gettysburg and the inspirin...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 10:28
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Revel in the timeless romance of Ricardo and Georgiana Montalbán, a love set against the backdrop of Hollywood's golden era, where commitment and p...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 16:15
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Explore the loving journey of Carol Burnett, a story of resilience, heart, and the transformative power of laughter.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 16:43
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Love triumphs, even through the Civil War, and the story of a union within the Union - the profound love of Ulysses and Julia Grant

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 15:10
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A Nightmares to Fairy Tales love story with shock rocker Alice Cooper and his wife of 48 years, dancer Sheryl Goddard Cooper.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 16:48
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
The next “Sounds Jewish” marks Tisha B’Av, a day for mourning the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people on that day in history.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ken Porwoll, Proud Veteran, Credit: Brainerd Dispatch (Brainerd, MN)
Veteran Ken Porwoll’s story recounts his inhumane treatment & riveting story of survival as one of 10,000 American & roughly 50,000 Filipino soldie...

Bought by KJZZ, KFAI Minneapolis, WRKF, WWNO, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 57:32
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: United States Army veteran Maceo Snipes. He served in World War II, and was murdered shortly after returning home from service., Credit: Courtest of Raynita Snipes Johnson.
Raynita Snipes Johnson remembers her great-uncle, US Army veteran Maceo Snipes, a Black man lynched for voting in 1946.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
February 1st is National Freedom Day, made into a holiday due to one man's efforts.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Margaret and Matilda Roumania Peters were sisters and tennis champions in the 1930s, long before Serena and Venus Williams. While still in high sch...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cutting The Stone', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This series explores the fables...the renaissance fables of four great authors. This show highlights the work of Leon Battista Alberti...a 'renais...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
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One of the many types of Blues music is a regional style named "Bentonia Blues" as it was founded and based out of Bentonia, Mississippi.

  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:36
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The First band to be recorded for the Alligator Records label.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 57:40
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An unsung guitar hero of the blues who made a BIG mark very few know about.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
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Influences of Rock ‘n’ Roll from Chicago Blues artists!

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Fenton Robinson and Hound Dog Taylor

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 55:55
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The "baddest" part of town... Speaking of the Blues that is.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 49:54
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Big State, Big History, Big Music Scene!

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 54:29
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Texas has it's own breed of Guitar Slingers!

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
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Candye Kane had an amazing life. She had a great voice, cool music and was a woman who was a champion for other women in the world regarding strugg...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 50:23
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One of today’s primary source of Blues music is Chicago based Alligator Records!

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 57:37
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A band based out of Sacramento, California, Little Charlie and the Nightcats offer a unique flavor in the Blues world.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 55:06
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Blues is no longer a music that is just for any one ethnic group. Everyone knows what Blues are and everyone has experienced the blues and can rela...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KPIP-LP, WNMU-FM, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 53:33
  • Purchases: 5
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“Too Slim and the Taildraggers” and Harmonica Shaw

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 55:39
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Another Legend gone too soon!

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 53:11
  • Purchases: 1