PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative

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

44 results


Piece image
NY Sierra Club's Tracy Frisch tells why spreading sewage sludge on farmland is a really bad idea that will contaminate fields forever.

Bought by WRFA-LP, WMUU-LP, and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:15
  • Purchases: 3
Piece image
We feature a lecture by Mike Davis about his book Planet of Slums, which investigates the increasing inequality of the urban world. According to th...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Piece image
Our program today focuses on the very timely word...TRUST and my special guest for the hour is Josh Morgan. He is a applied sociologist whose wri...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 51:26
Piece image
With all the digital text trails we're creating these days, what can we learn about our inner psychology, mental health, and well-being?

Bought by WXDU and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Environmental issues are mounting, and the stakes are huge. So how might big data be used to tackle the issues of sustainability, climate change, h...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 34:51
Piece image
Are we addicted to the Internet? Is it even appropriate to use the language of addiction about smartphones and other digital devices?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
Piece image
Elections and political messaging are changing in the new media landscape. Campaigns are using big data to target voters with better precision, and...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 32:12
Piece image
Your normal, everyday digital footprints can reveal surprisingly intimate facts – like whether your parents are divorced, and whether you own a gun.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:03
Piece image
Today on Culture Clique Winona State University President Scott Olsen joins us for part two of "What's Race Got to do With It" Media Management of...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:08
Piece image
Progressive events in California and America threaten liberty, sovereignty and the Constitution...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:50:47
Caption: Strawberry field in Watsonville, California , Credit: SGrace via Flickr
We follow Dr. Ann Aurelia Lopez as she shows us the reality of farm workers' lives in the United States and Mexico. Dr. Lopez founded the Center fo...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Beyonce
Teen radio journalist, Lilli Carlsen, traces how her journey to become a feminist directly corresponds to musical artist Beyonce’s lyrics. For many...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andrew Hiller
Pretty soon, you're going to start hearing warnings about the War on Christmas... Now, that battle may be hard to spot through the blinking red a...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Several reasons are presented which individually and collectively demonstrate why Ebola should be treated as though it is airborne.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:16
Piece image
Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:46
Piece image
Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Min...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:17
Piece image
Dean Brooks graduated from Bemidji State University in 2012 with a degree in Creative Writing. He looks for inspiration in dusty corners, early mor...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
Piece image
The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
Piece image
Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Min...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:22
Piece image
The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dave King
Dave King is a highly accomplished drummer primarily working in the Jazz genre, though he is also in the Minneapolis pop band Halloween Alaska, and...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dan Sinykin
Dan Sinykin is a writer and frequent contributor of essays and book reviews to Northern Community Radio. I this essay Sinykin presents a contemplat...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller, writer, and poet. Following Paul Wellstone's death she wrote this poem to honor his legacy.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
Piece image
Lorie Yourd is a retired educator and a dedicated advocate for the arts living in the Bemidji area. Here she reads her poem "Broadband." The Beat i...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:47
Piece image
Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing director. She is widely published. Linda Back McKay is also a long time volunteer and ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:15