PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative

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Tonight on The Live Feed we revisit the Boats and Bluegrass festival for some cool tunes from Them Coulee Boys. The five member band started out as...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 56:41
Caption: Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976), The Cotton Bowl, from the series Strange Fruit, 2011. Chromogenic print. , Credit: . Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Copyright Hank Willis Thomas
Artist Hank Willis Thomas’ first major retrospective, “All Things Being Equal” is open at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Thomas’s work addresses the on...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 05:29
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The Grupo de Mujeres, or Womens' Group, works tirelessly for the dignity of their families and themselves at the Workers Defense Project. Here are ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Francisco Aragon, poet
Francisco Aragón describes a threatening incident against a college student after the 2016 election.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sunnylyn Thibodaoux, poet
Sunnylyn Thibodeaux mediates on the anxieties and ambitions of adult life.

Bought by KENW and KALW


  • Added: Jul 17, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Snap Judgment
On the next all-NEW Snap Judgment, "The Performer." The hardest character to play is the character without a script.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Caption: John Gallegos, left, is interviewed by Antonio Martinez, right, with assistance from Marquell Hicks, center., Credit: Laura Marcus Green
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:34
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To Terrence, in his part of the world, you have to either play sports or do something illegal to support your family

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 1
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In December at Schoolcraft Learning Community near Bemidji student teacher Anna Brown worked with Sara Breeze's 6th and 8th grade classes writing p...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:55
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Todd Boss grew up on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, and lives now in St. Paul. His two books of poetry have won rave reviews from all over. His second...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:02
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Teresa Evangeline spends her days on a little piece of land along the Pine River observing and experiencing the beauty of the world. Then, through...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:24
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A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day. The voice of "The Beat," Steve Downing recites one of...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:53
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
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NEW MUSIC FROM DOPE BODY, KILLER MIKE, BARONESS, AND MORE.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Jeremy Profitt
For some soldiers, post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, really is a four-letter word. A PTSD diagnosis means you may need treatment for the res...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KHNS


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 5
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Part two of our conversation with Sean Wilentz, author of Bob Dylan in America.

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:46
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Unemployed oyster shucker Tam Nguyen , Credit: Barry Yeoman
For many of Louisiana's oyster shuckers, shrimp peelers, and deckhands, survival after the BP oil spill meant accepting one-time payments of $5,000...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Theresa Dardar says crabbers have replaces the forest in her back yard., Credit: Barry Yeoman
The 700-member Pointe-au-Chien indian tribe south of Houma, Louisiana was one of the first communities to take a direct hit from the BP oil spill. ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: by Josephnovak33 on Flickr
"Family Tree" is a short piece written and produced by Andres Ortiz. His piece is a journey into Ortiz's unknown family history. Growing up being...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Reimringer, Credit: http://www.johnreimringer.com/
On this edition of "Art Beat" we feature a new personification of an artist - The Writer. John Reimriner is the author of the newly released book e...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 24:56

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 57:05
  • Purchases: 6
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Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton believe in forgiveness, but from different perspectives.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 4
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03