PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative

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Forest Floor Junk
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Pick up your toys! That's what mom used to say... So why not do the same in a forest? After a company logs an area, they ought to pick up after the...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Virgin Congo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In 2007, an expedition sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society explored a remote area in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Team members were...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Getting Real With Auto Emissions
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
American motorists are familiar with the need to have emissions checked regularly to certify automobiles for registration. But a team of engineers ...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
Little Black Train
From: Nora Harrington
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Five Conversations on Death

  • Added: Dec 09, 2007
  • Length: 26:22
Learning is Natural, School is Optional
From: Deb Krumholz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A discussion with the founder of a self-directed learning center for teens who challenges the conventional wisdom that we must all graduate from hi...

Bought by WDBM and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
Algae Biodiesel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fill 'er up with: Algae 100 - you know, the gas that's made from those golden brown or green plants growing along our coasts...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
My Life as a Cup
From: Sean Hurley
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Winner in this year's Third Coast Shortdocs Competition

Bought by PRX Remix, WTIP, and The Neighborhood


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Feminist and Her Daughter
From: Karen Brown
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A prominent feminist from the 60s and her grown-up daughter have an intimate conversation about family, work, politics, and the very different choi...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
Grandpa
From: Lu Olkowski
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A father and son have a contest to take the best pictures of their dying grandpa, the result is an up-close portrait of death.

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, KUT, KVNF, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 6
Google Goes Green
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Google Mega Search Engine goes Green with Solar Power

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Post No Bills
From: Robynn Takayama
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Are wheat pasted posters informative public art or vandalism?

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 4
Not My Job: Tales From the "Degreasing Room."
From: Chelsea Merz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matthew Works has been living on the streets for ten years. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling Braille typewriters, which th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WLPR , KUT, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
Choosing "Net-Zero"
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Does it really pay to be energy-efficient? The folks at Clarum Homes hope so.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Who's the Biggest Polluter?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the biggest polluter of them all? Is it the company with the biggest smoke-stacks? Or, as a recent study suggests...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
African Stenocara Beetle Inspires Technology
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Environmental Majority
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A broad-based movement to protect the environment is uniting hunters, environmentalists, and many others.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Mind Over Matter in the World's Religions - exploring prayer, magic and positive thinking (first program in an on-going series)
From: MaryLynn Schiavi
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This is the first program in an on-going series exploring prayer, magic and positive thinking through interviews with people from all walks of life...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2007
  • Length: 09:00
Clergyman to Stand Trial for ?Dirty War? Crimes in Argentina
From: Marie Trigona
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Last Thursday, for the first time ever, a clergyman of the Catholic Church faced charges in connection with repression carried out under Argentina?...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
Peace Talks Radio: Regarding Competition (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Does competition create character and excellence or, more often. conflict and disillusionment? Or a bit of both? A provocative discussion this time...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KCNP, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KSFR, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Peace Talks Radio: Regarding Competition (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Does competition create character and excellence or, more often. conflict and disillusionment? Or a bit of both? A provocative discussion this ti...

Bought by KUNM, KTSW 89.9, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 8
McKinley vs. The High One
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Why has an Ohio Congressmen spent 30+ years obsessing over the name of a mountain... in Alaska?

Bought by 91.7 WHUS Storrs and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 2
The Slow Food Movement
From: Alex Goldmark
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Slow Food Movement explained - with sound

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
California to Cap CO2 Emissions
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Trend-setting California is once again leading the way - this time, on efforts to combat climate change.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Benefit Sharing Could Help Fund Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The bacterium Thermus aqaticus, discovered in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, made some people rich...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Lessons Learned from Katrina: A New Network
From: WKNO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the days following Hurricane Katrina, countless Americans watched, and listened, to the growing chaos in disbelief. One nurse, Kathy McGregor, f...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1

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