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FRUITVALE STATION -- Michael B. Jordan & Octavia Spencer interview.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Michael B. Jordan & Octavia Spencer, Oakland, CA 6/21/13 , Credit: Andrea Chase
Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer talk truth, pain, and spirituality.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 11:03
  • Purchases: 2
GIMME THE LOOT -- Adam Leon Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Adam Leon, San Francisco, CA 4/20/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Adam Leon talks anxiety attacks, passing the smell test, and taking what New York threw at him.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 14:44
Yolanda Williams
From: You're U.S.
Series: You're U.S.
Caption: Detain of Yolanda's portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B Klein
Who could imagine overcoming a multi decade street life, fed by crack & prostitution, to care for a family that disowned you? Yolanda can, and did.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 13:25
Fresh Talk: Jefferson Pinder
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Jefferson Pinder, Invisible Man, Credit: Jefferson Pinder
In Chicago, Cathy meets video performance artist Jefferson Pinder to learn about how his fascination with Houdini and street theater led to his liv...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 15:23
Fresh Talk: Ira Kip
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Ira Kip
In Brooklyn, theater director Ira Kip talks to Cathy Byrd about her new play "She'Baltimore" and the raw space between medical politics and domesti...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
A Conversation with August Wilson Scholar Jeannie Zeck
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a conversation with August Wilson scholar Jeannie Zeck about Wilson’s plays and the many influences on his work; the show also features pe...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:03
A Conversation with Stanley Nelson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Stanley Nelson discusses his award-winning documentary Freedom Riders. [29:39]

Bought by WNJR and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 2
PARIAH -- Writer/director Dee Rees
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dee Rees, San Francisco, CA 10/11/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Writer/director Dee Rees talks breakthrough poetry, gender fluidity, and the healing power of ice cream.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 15:04
StoryCorps Griot: A.P. Tureaud Jr. and Steven Walkley
From: StoryCorps
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A.P. Tureaud Jr. tells his friend Steven Walkley about becoming the first African-American undergraduate at Louisiana State University in 1953.

Bought by WEZU, KUOW, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps Griot: Ellaraino and Baki AnNur
From: StoryCorps
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72-year-old Ellaraino tells her friend Baki AnNur about meeting her great-grandmother for the first time.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Charles Randolph-Wright
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Charles Randolph-Wright talks about directing Lynn Nottage's play Ruined at Arena Stage.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:38
THE HELP -- Writer/director Tate Taylor and co-star Octavia Spencer
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Tate Taylor and Octavia Spencer, San Francisco, CA 7/11/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
THE HELP -- Writer/director Tate Taylor and co-star Octavia Spencer talk history, inspiration, and book reports.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
THE GUARD -- John McDonagh
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Filmmaker John McDonagh talks embracing serendipity, racism as a character device, and when stunt work goes wrong.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2011
  • Length: 17:49
William's Leap For Freedom
From: Sue Zizza
Caption: Portrait of William Wells Brown, Credit: Engraving from State Historical Society of Missouri
SueMedia Productions, in conjunction with the National Audio Theatre Festivals, (NATF) is offering "William’s Leap for Freedom" for Stations to bro...

Bought by KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, WEMU and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 52:57
  • Purchases: 21
TAKERS -- Idris Elba interviewed by Andrea Chase
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Idris Elba, San Francisco, CA, August 8, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
Idris Elba talks to Andrea Chase about glamorous gangsters, creative cross-pollination, and working in Rwanda.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2010
  • Length: 09:31
Whatchutalkin'bout?!
From: NBPC
Series: Rip And Rebind
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This episode looks at music as communication. In Africa drums were always used to send messages across the jungle. These same drums are now used to...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 18:08
  • Purchases: 1
Is Our Town Our Town?
From: Philip Graitcer
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Thornton Wilder's Our Town is the most produced play in America, but does it need an update for today's America?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WILL, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 4
HARRIET'S RETURN by Karen Jones Meadows
From: Camino Real Productions, LLC
Series: Theatre from the Land of Enchantment
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A radio drama based upon the legendary life of Harriet Tubman, written and performed by Karen Jones Meadows..

Bought by KUNM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUNM


  • Added: Feb 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:31:07
  • Purchases: 3
A Pirate Looks At Forty
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a young fisherman in Maine.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 1
Tanya Ward: A Triumph Over Addiction
From: Lisa Albert
Caption: Tanya Ward, Credit: Lisa Marie Albert
Tanya Ward shares her experience of recovery from the disease of addiction. In and out of jail from the age of 16, a life on the run, living on one...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 16, 2009
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Tell Me A Story: Author Performances by ZZ Packer and Julie Orringer
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: Tell Me A Story
Caption: ZZ Packer, Credit: Marion Ettlinger
Contemporary short stories, performed by two prize-winning young women writers. ZZ Packer has "Brownies," about violence that brews when white girl...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 56:17
Negro Cinderella -- The Story of Lena Horne
From: donnie betts
Series: Destination Freedom -- Black Radio Days
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of celebrated jazz singer Lena Horne.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 32:59
  • Purchases: 1
Five Days in July radio drama
From: Charles Schultz
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a half-hour original radio drama

Bought by KUNM and WCBE


  • Added: Jul 03, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Five Days in July Teaser
From: Charles Schultz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
teaser

Bought by KBYS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Jul 03, 2007
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
Five Days in July Special with news hole
From: Charles Schultz
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radio drama and panel with news hole

Bought by WHYY, KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, and WRPI


  • Added: Jul 03, 2007
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 4