PRX - Pieces for Tone: Upbeat
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Every year, over the course of a weekend, San Francisco’s Civic Center is transformed into a giant playground.
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 06:59
There’s a lot of talk in education circles these days about changing to the common core curriculum or changing from books to computers. But at Life...
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 08:23
Nakkach’s musical philosophies are influenced by both Western and Eastern traditions. She was born in Argentina and attended Mills College before m...
- Added: Jan 26, 2015
- Length: 02:31
If Vincent Van Gogh lived in the Bay Area now rather than the Netherlands in the 19th century, maybe he would have been a popular video game design...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 08:50
- Purchases: 1
San Francisco’s Mission District. It’s a neighborhood where Mark Zuckerberg now owns a home, and a place where an affluent, whiter population is di...
- Added: Jan 12, 2015
- Length: 06:23
Ellen Frankel slips the last of her quarters into the Medieval Madness pinball machine and wipes the sweat off her forehead. It’s her second game o...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 06, 2015
- Length: 06:36
- Purchases: 4
Every October, the free outdoor dance festival known as San Francisco Trolley Dances takes audiences on guided tours on public transit with live pe...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 06:42
- Purchases: 1
The history of hip hop usually centers on major cities, but a new archive is highlighting the rich history of hip hop in Virginia. Allison Quantz h...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 03:02
- Purchases: 1
John Grisham is one of the best known authors in America, with his books selling over 275 million copies. Allison Quantz tells the story of an aspi...
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 2
Ever been called on in a staff meeting and felt like you weren’t nearly as brilliant or articulate as usual? Well, you’re not alone. One researcher...
- Added: Oct 07, 2013
- Length: 02:36
Aristotle said there are three kinds of friendships—those of utility, pleasure, and virtue. But what about Facebook friendships? One scholar is stu...
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 02:39
- Purchases: 2
There’s a lot of talk this time of year about the “holiday season,” but the holidays mean something different to every family. One scholar uses her...
Bought by KENW, WOUB, KUER, and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Dec 14, 2012
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 4
A robotics competition for 9- to 14-year-olds is a sneaky way to get kids excited about science. Allison Quantz followed one team into competition ...
Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 2
A teen combines new farming techniques with traditional foodways at one of Hawaii's remaining agricultural high schools to help his family's farm.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 06, 2012
- Length: 08:13
- Purchases: 1
About ten years ago, a pair of mad scientists named Mike Koch and Pablo Solanet set about trying to reinvent the wheel - a wheel of cheese, that is...
- Added: Aug 04, 2010
- Length: 05:31
