PRX - Pieces for Tone: Sentimental

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StoryCorps Griot: Rowan Allen and Dorothy Salmon-Lindsay
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Dorothy Salmon-Lindsay speaks with Rowan Allen, the EMT who saved her son’s life and inspired her to become a nurse.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:59
The Working Tapes: Gravedigger
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
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Studs Terkel interviews a gravedigger in 1972 for his book "Working."

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 4
Remembering Tom Landry: The Man In The Hat
From: W F Strong
Series: Stories from Texas
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A quick biopic on the life of Tom Landry with a focus on his finest season.

  • Added: Oct 02, 2016
  • Length: 04:24
A Lifetime of Caregiving: Mom and Uncle Harold
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Mom and Uncle Harodl, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
Most often family members are the ones that step up and provide care when a parent or loved one needs it. According to the Family Caregiver Allianc...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 12:39
New Orleans Reconstruction Workers Fight to Remain
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Immigrants and supporters march down Poydras Street in New Orleans on July 10., Credit: Jasmin Mara Lopez
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Southern Gulf Coast. Reconstruction after Katrina drew thousands of people from India, Bra...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
Scraping the Sky: Art Deco Architecture in the Twin Cities
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: The outdoor observation deck on the Foshay Tower in Minneapolis, MN., Credit: Noel Clark
The skyline of the Twin Cities in the 1920’s and 30’s was an ever-changing sight. Buildings like the Foshay Tower, the Ramsey County Courthouse and...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: James Taylor and Darlene Lewis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Darlene Lewis, who helps former inmates find employment, interviews James Taylor about his life after prison.

Bought by Public Radio for All, WMUU-LP, Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 5
Eva, Nanny
From: Bending Borders
Series: 24 Hours: A Day in the Working Life
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Eva fled to the U.S. from El Salvador’s civil war more than 20 years ago. Since then, she’s cared for 11 kids – and mastered emotional calculus of ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
Dixon Ticonderoga: An American Pencil Tragedy
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: The Dixon Ticonderoga Pencil, Credit: Bryan Ward
Author, producer and teacher Bryan Ward loves the Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, but his relationship with the writing utensil has soured since he disc...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
The Beat: Larry Gavin - "Digging Post Holes"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Larry Gavin teaches English at Fairibault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press. And he's a nationally...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "H"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's reigning Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites a poem about her favorite model of farm tractor. The Beat is a dai...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: John Thornberg - "Settling"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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John Thornberg is a poet living in Chisago City, Minnesota. He is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Group of Park Rapids, and the Mulberry Street P...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
More Than Mail - Rural Postal Service Threatened
From: WMMT
Caption: Blake White, outside the Burdine Post Office in Letcher County, KY, Credit: Mimi Pickering
As the U.S. Postal Service faces financial crisis, Central Appalachia and much of rural America may be hard hit by pending closures of post offices...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 21:19
StoryCorps Griot: Queen Jackson and Debra MacKillop
From: StoryCorps
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Queen Jackson tells her case manager, Debra MacKillop, how she became homeless.

Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Gloria and Lou Del Bianco
From: StoryCorps
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Gloria Del Bianco and her nephew, Lou, remember her father, Luigi Del Bianco, one of the chief stone carvers of Mt. Rushmore.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 2
Tales from the South 045
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Jobs: some drive us to extreme measures, some we think we can't do, and still others we love to hate. Mike Rush isn't so sure he has what it takes ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
The Passionate Pizza Man
From: Jill Strauss
Caption: Stephen Lanzalotta, Credit: Jill Strauss
Stephen Lanzalotta is an artisan bread baker in Portland, Maine. Lanzalotta discusses his passion for his craft and his philosophy of life while he...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Dairy Farm
From: Logan Hasson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A short portrait of Billy Latta, a North Carolina dairy farmer.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 10:57
9. Dawud Raamah, dentist and soul singer
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job (2007-2008 series)
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Dayjob is a look at how (Seattle) musicians pay the rent

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
The History of Pablo Davis
From: Amanda le Claire
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Artist Pablo Davis's life in activism

  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 07:54
I need to get Paid! Teens take on the minimum wage
From: Radio Rootz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Can jobs really keep teens out of trouble - at $5.15 an hour?

  • Added: Oct 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:43
Casual Carpool Radio #1
From: jason libsch
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Interviews with Casual Carpool Riders

  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 10:01
"Madam, When You're Going to Have a Baby, You Don't Take a Number"
From: Johanna (Jones) Franzel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A few days before she gave birth, Elizabeth learned she was carrying not one baby, but two.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2005
  • Length: 04:09
Rocco from the Bronx
From: Adam Allington
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Rocco Migliorelli talks about farming in the Bronx during the 1930's, 40's and 50's

Bought by WFUV and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Rugged and Beautiful
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visit with two female WWII Liberty Ship welders from South Portland, Maine.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Yellowstone Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4