PRX - Pieces for Tone: Unusual

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

41 results


Piece image
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
Piece image
When we think of the Arab Spring, the countries Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Tunisia come to mind. But what about Morocco? Elliana Bisgaard-Church ha...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 07:17
Piece image
Historian Gerry Kangas on the origins and traditions of the Finnish Laskiainen Sliding Festival. The 75th Laskiainen Festival was held the weekend...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A report by leading international scientists concludes that human activities are causing a much more rapid deterioration of the ocean than previous...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: The Pentagon is building a $12 million tent city at the site of a once proposed $125 million or more military compound for staging war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Credit: Department of Defense
News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The tragic environmental and nuclear catastrophe in Japan is not the only example of world leaders ignoring obvious perils. The catastrophic effec...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
Caption: NZ Broadcast
This sound composition depicts a walk through the multicultural capital of New Zealand, Wellington. It encompasses sounds commonly found in the di...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:06
Piece image
When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Drawings from the kids of the Liebfrauen school
40 million Americans have German ancestry, but none speak German-how come? Why did the Germans emigrate at all? And the amazing story of the treaty...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 37:35
Piece image
It was 20 years ago this month the Berlin Wall finally fell. But I still recall the incredibly intense atmosphere I witnessed in the days just afte...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 03:50
Piece image
Malaysia is a country that does not distinguish between illegal migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. What's worse, refugees from Burma have recen...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Students watch as their teachers--former ping pong champions from China, demonstrate their skills, Credit: Heidi Chang
The Confucius Institute in Hawaii is attracting teachers and students nationwide to participate in a unique summer camp. It's the only camp that t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2009
  • Length: 13:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bowie at Takapuwahia Marae in Porirua NZ, Credit: Ngati Toa tribe
This documentary looks back at the 25th Anniversary of David Bowie's "Serious Moonlight" visit to New Zealand. It recounts Bowie being welcomed by ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 15, 2009
  • Length: 20:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at deciding whether to attend college in the U.S. or abroad.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 2
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Piece image
This week on War News Radio, we hear about how Iraqi Army recruiting efforts are going.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2005
  • Length: 33:32
Piece image
This week on War News Radio, we take a look at Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and why, even after Vietnam, it still often goes untreated

  • Added: Nov 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:26