PRX - Pieces for Tone: Personal

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

28 results


Piece image
It's not easy in America today to find work that matters, that’s meaningful, and that pays enough to live on. Which is the one thing we don’t talk ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Spokane Public Radio, WFHB, WVTF, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Piece image
If "Bring Your Kid To Work Day" was a competition, Jack's father would win.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 02:37
Caption: David Jepsen
Interview by Mike Dumovich: David talks about his new documentary and how important this film is to students, history, and workers.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2019
  • Length: 28:03
Caption: High Voltage Women by Ellie Belew
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor, Ellie, and Megan examine Seattle City Light’s Electrical Trades Program and how the first trade’s women were tr...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 28:01
Piece image
Sharon Griggins was 17 years old and working for Illinois Bell as a telephone operator when she was interviewed by Studs Terkel. For a job that req...

Bought by Prairie Public, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Conor Casey & Eva Urcia
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” that explores an historical labor event o...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 28:22
Piece image
Two lives, two philosophies, and a History Channel special collide as a relationship is forged with Iron Age techniques.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 09:24
Piece image
Lee Miller is a bootmaker with a storied history, carrying on the traditions and techniques of the best bootmakers anywhere in the world.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 06:03
Caption: Annual Western Worker Labor Heritage Festival
Katie Ryan, IATSE Local 16, Maimuna Syed, CA Labor Federation, Rachael Warino, CA Labor Federation

  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:37
Caption: Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival
George Mann, Folk Singer, Rebel Voices, Political Singing Duo, Chris Chandler, Singer-Songwriter, Luci Murphy, Cultural Warrior

  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 28:36
Caption: Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival
Shelley Kessler, Labor Council, Charlie King, Musical Political Satirist, and Hali Hammer, Singer-Songwriter Interview by Gary Kanter: Shelley, Cha...

  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 27:58
Caption: Joe Hill, IWW, Linda Allen
Interview: Members of the Whatcom-Skagit IWW and Linda Allen talk about the legendary organizer and Labor song writer Joe Hill, sing his songs, an...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 27:49
Caption: Seattle Labor Chorus
Interview: Janet and Bob talk about the how the Seattle Labor Chorus started, their music, and how to join as well as playing three of the choir’s...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:54
Caption: Peter Olney, ILWU
Interview: Peter continues his discussion about his co-authoring a series titled ‘Just a Whisper Now—A Look Back at the AFL-CIO’s New Voice After ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:23
Caption: Gary Kanter and Mike Dumovich
Mike Dumovich and Gary Kanter, Their Original Songs Interview/Songs: Mike and Gary, hosts of We Do The Work, play some of their original songs and ...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:17
Caption: Migrant Mother, Credit: Dorothea Lange
Author Elizabeth Partridge provides an authoritative biographical essay for a new book on the work of the twentieth century’s most important photog...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 17:29
Caption: Bytow (Poland) Mayor Ryszard Sylka, at left, along with Father Paul Breza and Bytow City Council Chairman Leszek Waszkiewicz, visited the Winona Polish Heritage Museum last week. The Bytow leaders traveled to Winona to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fa, Credit: Photo by Sarah Squires of the Winona Post
The Winona Works Project provides insight into Winona’s workforce through the voices of those working in the community today. Through a series of i...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 24:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
On the job in the steel mills, the Ministers-in-Industry participants continue to shield their identities as seminarians to keep the situation real...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:41
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
In the summer of 1950, Richard goes to work in the steel mills of Pittsburgh. The job was both part of his theological education and necessary to h...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 22:16
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard looks forward to his studies under Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the most challenging theological thinkers of his generation. In his last summer...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 23:41
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard spends the 1948 fall election season organizing student chapters of the League for Industrial Democracy on college campuses. Though loyal t...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:27
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard and his friends sign up to work on the newly organized Carrot River Co-op Farm in the sparsely settled, harsh northern terrain of Saskatche...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 19:30
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
In June 1948, Richard travels to Canada to see “democratic socialism” in action. First he hitchhikes 1,000 miles from Greenwich Village to Madison,...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:55
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard receives an early political education from his Socialist cigar maker grandfather, by hearing over-the-counter conversations at the butcher ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 24:25
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
What's next for Millinocket, Maine

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 1