PRX - Pieces for Tone: Sound-Rich

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Inmates in Utah jails die at a higher rate than any other state in the country. And the secrecy surrounding the issue is just as disturbing as the...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 15:20
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The Tennessee Walking Horse has a natural gait that’s famously smooth. And, if trained in a certain way, it can perform a walk that’s even more spe...

Bought by WUTC and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 23:05
  • Purchases: 2
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Lizzy Borden had an axe...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:42:35
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In 2010, Michael McIntosh’s son was incarcerated at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in the small town of Walnut Grove, Mississippi. On...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 32:55
Caption: Christ Child and Hans Trapp in Alsace (1863 illustration), Credit: Public Domain
Santa Claus knows when you've been bad or good ... so what happens when you've been very naughty? According to French legend, the black knight Hans...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:55
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The first two-party debate of the 2016 presidential election; wreaking havoc in Africa and the Spanish Main, Sir Francis Drake disembarks at Plymou...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 02:22:44
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Caffeine Powder, or the purest form of caffeine, is a very lethal substance in small amounts. Many people do not know about the dangers of the prod...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
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Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick.

Bought by WJCT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 17:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Credit: Duncan Wright
Some early sailors, visiting remote Pacific islands, surely feared that the ungodly wailing on shore meant they had been tricked to the gates of He...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Rita’s Day Off is a sound-rich and surreal tale of bourgeois mayhem. (6:51)

  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:57
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Include this terrifying short story on audio in your spoken word programming, and listeners will never forget it - a thoughtful mix of words, sound...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 13:02
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A poem by Meri St. Merry with sound design and music.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:42
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Up until fairly recently, the public knew very little about what happens to a woman when she lands in jail and is pregnant. What prenatal services ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:30
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Hurricane Sandy was nearly one year ago. Days after the storm, one woman described seeing the storm surge cause a flood of the extremely toxic wate...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:22
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:16
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Marlene Azoulai reads her poem "Phoenix."

  • Added: Jun 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
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Marlene Azoulai reads her poem "Hit Single."

  • Added: Jun 01, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
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A canvasser gets the donation she needs, but it will cost her.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 2
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The recording doesn't lie.

Bought by WJCT, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 4
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The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laugh...

Bought by KRUA and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:04
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The ash landfill, partially covered with grass, at Louisville Gas & Electric's Cane Run Power Station in Louisville., Credit: Erica Peterson
The power company tries to reassure residents that nothing is wrong. But despite problems with the current landfill, they're still planning a secon...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:30
Caption: coqui frog, Credit: long haul productions
The Coqui, a tiny, but very vociferous tree frog, is the national symbol of Puerto Rico, beloved in folklore and in song. But while the coqui’s lus...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 25:06
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Many Uch at the Airport Way Detention Facility., Credit: Eroyn Franklin
An imposing brick building on Airport Way at the edge of the International District housed detained immigrants from 1931 to 2004. It was once known...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Farmers ready to Bid, Credit: Beatrice Murch
The Feria de Mataderos in Buenos Aires is the biggest cattle market in the world. Monday through Thursday 45,000 head of cattle pass though it's p...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hakeem Shaheed
Tens of thousands are in solitary confinement in American prisons which according to the United Nations is torture. Producer Claire Schoen met nine...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1