PRX - Pieces for Tone: Thoughtful

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

230 results


Sports Programs That Point To Peace (29:00) (Peace Talks Radio)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Piece image
We look at some programs that stress the peacemaking, unifying aspects of sports and we ask the question, why don't more celebrated sports stars sp...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Steve Almond
You've heard part of this story on two NPR shows. Here is an extended interview: Football is not good for us, Steve Almond concludes, it’s not goo...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
It's Not About the Fish
From: Jessica Murri
Caption: George Nickel was once in an armed standoff with the Boise Police Department. Today, he fly fishes. , Credit: Jessica Murri
Six military vets go fly fishing in Southwestern Idaho, to cope with the war that left their lives in ruins.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
First Black National League Umpire
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JULY 2014
Piece image
From the book, "For The Love Of Baseball: A Celebration Of The Game That Connects Us All," co-editor Lee Gutkind reads from his chapter. Just one o...

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
All Around Cowboy
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: At the rodeo , Credit: Vanessa Rancaño
A tight knit group of queer cowboys has found a way to live the country and Western lifestyle in their own way. Producer Vanessa Rancaño brings us...

Bought by KVNF, Marfa Public Radio, and Wild Planet Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Phil Bowen named Coach of the year in 2014 Ultiworld College Awards
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Piece image
Carleton College Ultimate coach Phil Bowen was recently named Coach of the Year by Ultiworld, the news site dedicated to ultimate (a team sport pla...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 22:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Bottom Line: Jill Layfield
From: KCPW Salt Lake City
Series: The Bottom Line
Piece image
Interview with Jill Layfield, CEO of Backcountry.com

  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
StoryCorps: Frank and Jack Tempone
From: StoryCorps
Piece image
Frank Tempone apologizes to his 12-year-old son, Jack for leaving the family after suffering from severe depression.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WEZU


  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
The Appeal of Running Track
From: KBEM
Series: Minneapolis Freestyle
Piece image
A lot of mental work and skill the combine to help you win a running race. To this young Minneapolis poet, nothing is more fun.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: 01:06
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Women's Sports - "Lack of Inherent Interest, Or Lack of Enactment of Proclaimed Principles?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
Piece image
Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:01
Start the Year Off Right (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Piece image
You can’t finish something you haven’t started. Francis Bush started running late in life and has now run more than 60 marathons.

Bought by WJCT, KMXT, Troy Public Radio, and WLIW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Start the Year Off Right (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Piece image
You can’t finish something you haven’t started. Francis Bush started running late in life and has now run more than 60 marathons.

Bought by WCNY, Troy Public Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 4
Instant Replay Controversy
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Sports Buzz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Owen takes on the baseball controversy of the instant replay.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 04:27
Playing Against the Odds (5:09)
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
Piece image
Training to become a professional hockey player doesn't come without a price for this teenager. Will countless hours of practice and perseverance p...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
Cricket - Beyond All Boundaries
From: KALW
Caption: A fan at a Cricket match, Credit: Beyond All Boundaries documentary
Do you find the sport "Cricket" to be baffling? The documentary Beyond All Boundaries, the definitive Cricket documentary, can help. In fact, it's...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
244: America's Cup
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: America's Cup 2013 | San Francisco Bay, Credit: SailWorld.com
The spectacle of the America's Cup concluded in September in San Francisco Bay, bringing to a close the high stakes game of capital enterprise and ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 04:55
In Which I Almost Join the Baltimore Orioles
From: Matt Byars
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of how a guy cold calls a Major League Baseball organization Matthew Byars and almost becomes their new PA announcer.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 07:05
Something about Sport: Hockey, Identity, Relationships
From: Mark Conrad
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mike Craig's self-identity was rooted in hockey. Then he became the team's scapegoat...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2013
  • Length: 11:31
Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe mixes sports & activism
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Piece image
Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe chatted with WTIP's Buck Benson recently about football, marriage equality, and more. He just joined the Raiders ...

  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 13:17
The Farewell Season of Rollerdome
From: Radio K
Caption: Lisa Smith and Tad Wagner skate at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN., Credit: Noel Clark
Built in 1982, the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome has seen it’s share of sporting events. Baseball, football, soccer. But off the field, a community o...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Jo Deurbrouck - 279
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Piece image
During this program Jo Deurbrouck talks about and reads from her book 'Anything Worth Doing: A true story of adventure, friendship and tragedy on t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, KMXT, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 8
From Rivals to Teammates
From: Todd LeVeck
Piece image
The 50th meeting of two middle school football teams is more than a great football matchup but a lesson in the changes involved with growing up.

  • Added: Dec 25, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
Frankie’s Diary, Part 2: Football
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Teenage Diaries
Piece image
Frankie’s second Teenage Diary follows his season playing running back for the Valley Head Tigers. Recorded in 1997, Frankie documents his life as ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 16:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Game (Book Review, 2005) by Hockey Superstar Ken Dryden
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
Piece image
Ken Dryden of the Montreal Canadians writes one of the most thought-provoking books in sports. Dryden writes like a poet - his analyses of the pla...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
Muhammad Ali Goes to Mars: The Lost Interview from 1966
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
Piece image
It was the summer of 1966 when a persistent 17-year-old with a high school radio show near Chicago got the interview of lifetime: Muhammad Ali. But...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WABE, KJZZ, KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 6

Narrow the results by Topics

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Tones