PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative

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Gil Rose, conductor of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, tells the history of George Antheil's wild musical experiment from 1924, the Ballet Méc...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, KPIP-LP, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 7
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Today, corporations and governments are using a vast array of tools to gather information on us. What trails are people leaving and do they even know?

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Left Forum Friday, May 30, 2014 Plenary with Cornel West, Immortal Technique, Marina Sitrin, and Stanley Aronowitz;

  • Added: Jun 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:39:12
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Carl Hoffman is a journalist who has written for many publications.

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 20:57
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I think there is a widespread feeling that in the face of last's years Marathon tragedy and the need to support the victims and their families, tha...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2014
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Mike Offit
Set in the luxurious homes and clubs of New York, Hobe Sound, Dark Harbor, the Hamptons and Europe, Mike Offit’s debut novel is a story about comin...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 22:34
Caption:  Species: Corruptjodchuckcasaliz Newjerseyish, Credit: Susan Cook
Coming through the transom today, a letter from New Jersey to share. Civil Liberties: New Jersey-style!! How are they taken? Oh, I guess they mean ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
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A Minneapolis high school student tells us in verse about his decision to come off his medication.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Julisa, a young poet, gives her views on marriage which are pessimistic to say the least.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
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In this compilation of archive interviews from 1988 and 1996 along with part of a previously unaired 2004 recording, we look back at the life of Am...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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"I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play" - Tupac Shakur in 1994. From an unheard interview recorded by Benjamin Svetkey, then a writer for...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVNF, KJZZ, PRX Remix, and KALW


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 5
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Radio Curious assistant producer Christina Aanestad speaks with Leonard Benally, a Navajo elder who shares his life's experiences of growing up and...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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Man's appetite for money may mean the end of three courses for horses.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti takes on the delicate topic of at-home abortion, which typically means ingesting a pill or an herb that will c...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry asks questions about what is right. Thinking about what is right sometimes means finding the question that needs to ...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:01
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Joe Frank presents a sweeping philosophical inquiry into the nature of God, morality, love, human suffering and restaurant tipping.

Bought by Radio Catskill and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Philip Levine
Philip Levine talks about his relationship to New York City as well as Detroit's Diego Rivera murals and their impact on his youth and poetry. He...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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"Snarky" in nature, this week's show exposes the posers who pretend to listen to certain artists, but in the comfort of their own car might listen ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Zombie Fest, Credit: Alex Stonehill, The Seattle Globalist
Audio postcard from DIY punk music festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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New findings show that Palestinians are actually a species of plant.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:11
Caption: Trudy's Bar, Credit: Alex Stonehill
King County is home to one of the country's largest populations of Somalis. They've been fleeing since the Somali government collapsed in 1991. The...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:45
Caption: Handsome chap, isn't he?
Mad Genius merrily presents the second entry in our "Year In Your Ear" series, "Aspirin Between The Knees." Rick Santorum duets with the ghost of ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
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An old boxing coach teaches a junior high school kid that one can't avoid the body blows - or the psychological pain to come later in life.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
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A debate from Oakland, California between practitioners of non-violence, versus those who believe a diversity of tactics is what Occupy needs to mo...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The former political writer of "The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather" offers insights into modern politics and updates Campaign 2012...with narrati...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 55:11