PRX - Pieces for Topic: Entertainment

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

66 results


Accordo Plays String Ensemble Music with Passion and Virtuosity
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Accordo is a chamber music string ensemble composed of present and former members of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra. Members...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Stress
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Stress, Credit: Julia Meek
If life seems like a stress test lately and you're tired of failing it, this week's Folktale is dispensing a megadose of musical relief.

Bought by WFIU, 'The Sea', and WFIU


  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
A Different Kind of Coming Out: A 'Nancy' Pride Special
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Piece image
Coming out means taking a risk and sharing something deeply personal with another person. In this hour-long episode of Nancy, the critically acclai...

Bought by KERA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFDD, WFIU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 22
Anne Hillerman — Leaphorn and Chee live on!
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
Piece image
In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople host Alan Wartes spoke with best selling Author Anne Hillerman.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:01
Lizzy Plotkin — Music at the root of things
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
Piece image
In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople host Alan Wartes spoke with singer, songwriter, and fiddler Lizzy Plotkin.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Departure by Andy Reynolds
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Len Cariou
In Andy Reynolds' A Departure, a father and son (stage legend Len Cariou and ”Ugly Betty’s” Michael Urie) bond in the most unlikely of places - an ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:15
Folktale of Hope
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Hope, Credit: Julia Meek
This week's edition of Folktales is dedicated to music from around the globe, all of a hope-building nature. Need some? Gotta have it! Here's hopin...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', WFIU, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
How to Clone a Mammoth -- Groks Science Show 2017-01-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Piece image
Beth Shapiro explains the science of de-extinction.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 31:46
  • Purchases: 1
A Quintillion Reasons Why the Rubik's Cube Still Fascinates
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Piece image
The Rubik's Cube was invented over 40 years ago.In 2009 it became the best selling toy of all time. How is it that such a simple item has continued...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:32
Folktale of Poverty
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Poverty, Credit: Julia Meek
This week's Folktale puts the musical focus on need--and hardship around the globe.

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 6
Mary 4 Martha 3 NO Footnotes: a play by Cate Belleveau
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Piece image
Producer Tammy Bobrowsky talks with playwright, Cate Belleveau about her new play "Mary 4 Martha 3 NO Footnotes," and also two actors from the play...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 13:17
Folktale of Going Nowhere
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Going Nowhere, Credit: Julia Meek
A dead-end street is a good place to turn around--and that's the musical direction this week's edition of Folktales is headed--ready to follow along?

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WLPR and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 6
Cosmic Connections: Two Short Plays by David Auburn and David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Amy Ryan
Two short plays. In Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn’s Fifth Planet, a professional astronomer played by Amy Ryan (Birdman; Gone, Baby, Gone) an...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Fast Rising Jazz Group Caps Off Twin Cities Weekend Music
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Solomon Parham, Credit: Andrea Canter
Word is spreading about Solomon Sessions. The group is headed by Solomon Parham and a talented core of musicians, plus musical friends. The group p...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Salvation on Stage
From: Justin Bull
Caption: Alex Valentine’s headshot outside Highfield Hall during the production of “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.” Alex played the role of Bert Bratt. - May 2015, Credit: Mark Bramhill
It hurts when you know you missed an opportunity. One actor from Dartmouth, Massachusetts knows that feeling. But he just landed the lead role in a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Barry Lank on Robin Williams
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
Piece image
The Final Edition’s Barry Lank offers a heartfelt tribute to Robin Williams.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:34
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
EAR OF THE HEART -- Mother Dolores Hart Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Mother Dolores Hart, San Francisco, CA 7/31/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mother Dolores Hart talks finding peace, the nature of faith, and keeping up on the latest film releases.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: 12:46
The John Sebastian Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
Piece image
John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
Lenses of Sound
From: Littleglobe
Piece image
Sophie Hammerman's poetic exploration of identity is revealed through her heritage, and her sensory perceptions. Built in is an acute awareness to ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
Folktale of Loyalty
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: Folktale of Loyalty, Credit: Julia Meek
It's sincerity and single-mindedness at its musical best on this week's true blue Folktale of Loyalty!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 7
JazzStories: Mary Halvorson
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
Piece image
"I want to have clarity of ideas and I want to be able to execute ideas. So if I'm going to play something really sloppy, I want it to be sloppy on...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 18:32
  • Purchases: 2
CWMJ #3: Standardized Patient
From: Michael Simon Johnson
Series: Conversations with Michael Johnson
Piece image
Michael Johnson shares what it's like to be act as a patient for med students training to be physicians and how being a fake patient has actually m...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
CWMJ #2: Rock Star
From: Michael Simon Johnson
Series: Conversations with Michael Johnson
Piece image
Michael Johnson opens up and shares the key to living a happy life. His band's legal troubles hint at larger issues of name and identity, but Micha...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
CWMJ #1: X-Man
From: Michael Simon Johnson
Series: Conversations with Michael Johnson
Piece image
Michael Johnson shares two stories from two schools. A look at race vs. gender on the playground leads to a reflection on academic failure.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:58