PRX - Pieces for Tone: NPR NewsMagazine-y

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

35 results


Caption: Protestors gather in Washington Square Park to oppose the Israeli government’s proposed judicial reforms. April 16 2023. , Credit: Henrietta McFarlane
For weeks now, protests against the Israeli government have been taking place in Washington Square Park. Israel, the Jewish state, is at a tipping ...

  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 07:56
Caption: Durga Puja as installation art, Credit: Sandip Roy
Durga Puja is Kolkata's biggest festival. But this year its art is more in focus because it's just got the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage tag.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Season 2, Episode 7, "Online Conspiracies & Virtual Cults: Social Extremes in Our Hyperpartisan Age"
Join us for “Online Conspiracies & Virtual Cults” and reflect whether group dynamics have overwhelmed logic and conviction in your life, or that of...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 35:35
Caption: Sandip's neighborhood Ganesh, Credit: Sandip Roy
As the monsoons recede the time has come for Ganesh.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: MSG 2 Movie Poster
At first he was funny. A bearded man with flowing hair dressed in his garish best, his forearms curly with knots of hair. But Ram Rahim is no ordi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr Ramadan Series logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
Sarah Hassan puts the Islamic Hijri calendar under the microscope, as there are generations that have have no clue what its months are except for R...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
Shaza Walid takes us on a journey to explore the history of the mesaharaty's iconic drumbeat and special songs.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
During Ramadan in Egypt, people will hang a lantern, but what does it mean? Learn about the history of the Ramadan lantern, the fanous.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
Piece image
People living in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota have dealt with spills for years. But for one woman living on the Fort Berthold Indian Reser...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 13:17
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Ethiopia is said to be the birthplace of coffee, and this aromatic elixir continues to be an important part its culture. KFAI’s Allison Herrera met...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:29
Caption: East Bay Muslims pray atop a UC Berkeley hill, Credit: Hana Baba
About 20 Muslim families are gathered on a hilltop outside the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, just after sunset. A water fountain bubbles, w...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Professor JP Rosenweig, founder of the Philosophy Institute, presented " The Cult of Personality and the threats to Authentic Religious Identity" a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 30, 2014
  • Length: 10:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Onlookers press against the barrier to take photos of the display depicting the biblical creation of the world in the church of San Bartolome Bacerra, Friday., Credit: Benjamin Reeves
Religious devotion and carnival revelry combined Friday night as thousands of devout Catholics gathered in the small Guatemalan village of San Bart...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
Caption: Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church., Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
The Episcopal Church of Louisiana spent the past year making plans for a new ministry, aiming to address its history of racism, as well as other fo...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
Piece image
Everyone knows that yoga comes from India and is an integral part of the Hindu tradition. But now, it seems everyone wants a piece of it. A new exh...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
There are many places in the world known for their rice production — China, India and Japan to name a few. The New England state of Vermont is not ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:27
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The mid-Market district of San Francisco is undergoing tremendous change. Construction cranes literally cast shadows over the businesses and charit...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 11:15
Caption: TOMS Founder, Blake Mycoskie.
TOMS shoes promises that if you buy a pair of its canvas slip-ons, they'll give a pair to a child in need. The company's "Buy One, Give One" busine...

Bought by KUOW, HowSound, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 3
Piece image
Diabetes among African-American adults has reached epidemic proportions. Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls -- an innovative public health program in Ba...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Christopher Hitchens, 1949 - 2011, Credit: Feature Story News
A sound-rich obituary honoring the life and works of the late Christopher Hitchens, who died on December 16, 2011. Suitable for news magazines an...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Northeast Ohio's religious leaders make plans to tackle social problems in a more organized and comprehensive fashion,

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Detail from Garden o' Feeding sign, Credit: Guy Hand
A feature on the growing interest in community gardens among faith-based organizations.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
25 million or so people in Africa have died from aids and almost that many have the disease.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:11
Caption: GAZA BATTLE - Day 12, Credit: SLG
Commentary and Interviews from a Middle Eastern Indepth Perspective -- with a Focus on the Conflict in Gaza.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 06:00

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: :53
  • Purchases: 1