PRX - Pieces for Tone: Melancholic

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Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
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CarolAnn Russell is Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a r...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
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Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. Here Sharon Harris ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Caption: Abby Leibman with her nephew Phil Donney
Phil Donney talks with his aunt Abby Leibman about raising Phil and his sister, Laura, after their mother was murdered.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Dennis and Buelah Apple
Dennis Apple and his wife, Buelah, remember their son Denny, who died when he was a teenager.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
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From JFK Elementary in Babbitt, Minnesota as child to Pike Bay on Cass Lake, Minnesota, long after her father's passing, Jamie Lee is still held up...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Realgoodwords is our weekly book program; a place for those who read, write and appreciate the written word.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 12:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Jane O'Connor is a young woman from Dublin whose mother was a big fan of the film Groundhog day. The irony of her beloved film choice was that when...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 16, 2011
  • Length: 11:28
  • Purchases: 5
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Two curious siblings finally get what they think they've always wanted.

Bought by KZYX, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Greg King recounts Isabelle Bélance-King's final days.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This short, fully produced audio essay – with music and sound effects – is a rumination on growing old, with a nod to the effects of Alzheimer's. I...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:38
Caption: The omnipresent casserole
A brief reflection, upon the death of my grandmother, on the ways that food and death are inextricably linked in Southern culture.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Ambient chamber music composer Kevin Keller's In Absentia is a study in finely calibrated emotions dealing with the disappearance and likely death ...

  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
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A Story of Two Very Different Sisters.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
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At 53, Dr. Bruce Churchill was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 4
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Amy has battled bipolar disorder all her life. She’s tried 25 different medications, but nothing has been able to stabilize her mood.

Bought by KPVL and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 2
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A family goes on a picnic and secrets are revealed.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
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An oral history of Portland, Maine's long-lost Little Italy.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:08
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My friend, Aaron Shloss, discusses the holidays and the patterns of social acceptance.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 17:33
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A compilation of memories of the historically black neighborhood of South Rome (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia), a community currently undergoing "red...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
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A young couple tells the story of married life after war -- and it's not pretty.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Third Coast International Audio Festival


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 2
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Narriative and sound exploration of remembered and missed landmarks and landscapes of Chicago and New Orleans

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 05:51
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Host Tamara Keith visits a bar to talk about the ways we cope with what life throws at us.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Elijah's Fan Dance, Credit: Ulla Johnson
A mother asks her 8yr old son what kind of ghost he would be if he were to suddenly die.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
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In Holland it's legal.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: :45