PRX - Pieces for Tone: Quirky

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

419 results


Digging Up Myles Standish
From: Annie Sinsabaugh
Caption: Myles Standish reenactor
There’s a recent trend to question historical icons with complicated histories—Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, and of course the confederate flag. ...

Bought by WCPN, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 10:32
  • Purchases: 3
Sometimes a Saint & Sometimes a Sinner Part VII
From: tenali hrenak
Series: Muddy Boots
Piece image
Come usher in Part VII of Sometimes a Saint & Sometimes A Sinner. We’ll tread between the two worlds with a rich collection of old spirituals, murd...

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:56:18
Sticking the wicket: America's first co-ed sport returns to Brooklyn
From: Eric Winick
Piece image
Gabriel Vaughan and Piper Goodeve have set upon a singular mission: to revive the sport of croquet in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, where it once thri...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2014
  • Length: 12:59
Sarah Vowell Riffs On Satchmo, 'The Incredibles' And Andrew Jackson [Extended]
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman and producer Laine Kaplan-Levenson about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, New Orleans...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
The District
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
Caption: One of E. J. Belloqc's Storyville portraits.
This is the premier story for Storyville, about Storyville. University of New Orleans' Robin Baudier looks back on this historic district, and what...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
Dear Sweet Mike Levey
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs: Stories Inspired by "Appetite"
Piece image
An ode to the late great infomercial host and to the realization that we all hunger for something.

Bought by KRPS, WNIJ, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
NEA Jazz Moments with Lou Donaldson [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
Piece image
Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Lou Donaldson. In this batch, we learn about two of Lou's hits, Whiskey Drinkin' Woman a...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KBEM, WRTI and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 13
SITPE # 1323
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Piece image
Of Labels and Locales

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WOUB, KEOS and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
German Chef Rolf Schmidt
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: At Rolfs Place, Credit: http://rolfsplace.tumblr.com/
Rolf came to Kenya in 1973 in search of "Real Africa" and he found it. Few people know that Rolf is now a proud Kenyan citizen. I interviewed him a...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 13:28
Tales from the Secret Gardens of Oxton
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Piece image
every year the hidden gems and secrets of an urban village in Northern England are on display to the public. There are many links to France, shipbu...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
SITPE # 1204
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
Caption: In Search Of The Lost Chord, Credit: Moody Blues
It starts with a Human Monkey.

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, KPVL, KHNS, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Squeezebox Stories
From: Julie Caine
Piece image
Squeezebox Stories, a sound-rich, narrative-driven public radio documentary hosted by Marco Werman of PRI's The World, explores the rich musical wo...

Bought by WCNY, WWNO, KZUM, KLCC, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
Clever Apes: Playing With Fire
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Piece image
What better symbol of human mastery over the power of nature than fire? Countless years of evolution have written fire into our DNA…No wonder kids ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Castle in the Wilderness
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Piece image
The history of Hibbing High School with local historian Dan Bergen and photographer Larry Ryan.

Bought by KVSC and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 19:10
  • Purchases: 2
An Immigrants' History of South Park
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South
Piece image
Life on the Duwamish, Segment 1

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 09:01
Leaplings and Lunar-cy: The Science of Leap Year
From: Rebecca Sheir
Piece image
Every four years, February packs a whole extra day... but why?

Bought by KHNS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KISU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 6
genial - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "genial"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
pedigree - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "pedigree"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:32
tributary - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "tributary"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:19