PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative

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Renault Robinson was an officer in the Chicago Police Department in 1971 when he was first interviewed by radio host and oral historian Studs Terke...

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


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 4
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For the past several months I have been covering the largest religious conversion the world has ever seen, Christianity in China. It is a story tha...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:19
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In this audio documentary, Tima Kurdi, the aunt of Alan, shares why the West has a responsibility to support refugees fleeing warfare and destabili...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 19:18
  • Purchases: 1
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Things we learn from Woody Guthrie and Native Americans ... and Donald Trump's dad?

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 27:19
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The U.S. chose to link God, money, business, and government. But it’s important to remember that America was originally established to keep God ind...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 24:45
Caption: Viridiana Hernández lobbying at the Arizona State Legislature against the bill that would ban cities from creating their own city ID if that is extended to undocumented immigrants., Credit: Valeria Fernández
This edition of Making Contact is Part I of our special series examining how immigrants are responding and participating in elections and politics ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The June 26, 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 States shifts the terms of the debate about where the gay rights m...

Bought by WXXI Rochester and WYSO


  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:22
  • Purchases: 2
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Progressive events in California and America threaten liberty, sovereignty and the Constitution...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:50:47
Caption: Laila & Aleks at a house show in May, 2013
This is a story of a white immigrant troublemaker from Eastern Europe, a black revolutionary musician from New York and how one of them saves the o...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 13:56
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The law isn’t actually written in stone. It morphs and changes with the times. What happens when laws change all of a sudden and people find themse...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 19:32
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Destination DIY teamed up with the Life of the Law podcast to examine the legal grey area occupied by the sharing economy and how different cities ...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 20:40
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Three activists explain their involvement at the annual Action Camp at the Unist'ot'en pipeline blockade.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2014
  • Length: 24:43
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What does it mean when a woman commits a crime and attributes her actions to PMS? We revisit the first use of the "PMS defense," in this country, b...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
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You’re driving your car down a street and as you pass, a camera takes a photo of your license plate. Who is taking the photo and what are they doin...

Bought by KMUZ and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 17:42
  • Purchases: 2
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This radio documentary highlights the voices of nine men and women who have experienced the workings of the US criminal justice system from the ins...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KVMR, WVAS, KUNM, WORT and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Whether looking at the 1920s or 2013, people's behavior and attitudes toward race are often influenced by factors beyond their own experience and c...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2013
  • Length: 15:45
Caption: Nemanja Kojic (Hornsman Coyote), Credit: Constance A. Dunn
Interview with Serbian musician Nemanja Kojic (Hornsman Coyote) by Constance A. Dunn. Interview from Coyote's living room in Belgrade.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 44:12
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard’s leadership of the Student League for Industrial Democracy on the Wooster campus has not gone unnoticed. On of Richard's professors confro...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 19:17
Caption: A Dam Nice View, The Hoover Dam, Credit: Amyn Kassam
As we look for a solution to global energy problems and a way out of the climate crisis- some are turning to dams and hydroelectric power as a sour...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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"Generation Putin" is an hourlong special on young people and politics in the former Soviet Union. Embeddable on SoundCloud, too.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 55
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A young boy escapes to a foreign country by himself, on foot, with no money or passport. When he grows up, he sets himself on fire, and lives to te...

Bought by XRAY.fm, Louisville Public Media, KOSU, and Aspen Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Margaret and Mohammed discuss how Americans marginalize their religions. , Credit: Jesse Ellis
Islam and Mormonism — not exactly a perfect pair? Actually, these two religions have a striking similarity: both are marginalized in American socie...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 13:10
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This second installment in the series titled Bringing Down the New Jim Crow features the first ever dialog between legal scholar Michelle Alexander...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, and WDSE


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Refugees coming to the US have just a few months to find a job and a place to live. And they are 10 times as likely as the general population to su...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
When it comes to public comment periods, school board and city council meetings are just plain weird.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 58:30