PRX - Pieces for Topic: Entertainment

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

35 results


The Apple Seed - Bill Harley's "The Best Candy in the Whole World"
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
Piece image
Grammy-winning storyteller Bill Harley tells us a story about candy that makes a teacher exclaim, "This is the best candy in the whole world!"

Bought by KTXK, WVPE, KSJE, KKRN, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
This Performance Company Wants You to Talk about Sex
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Sex Ed: A Sex Prov is a variety show that encourages talking about sex, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
Sex is hard to talk about. We often speak about it so indirectly. In Minnesota, many of us are even more adept to tiptoeing around the issue. But S...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 07:42
The Apple Seed - Monkey King and Inky Pinky
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
Piece image
"The Monkey King" features a story about an emperor of the south gate to heaven creates a monkey from a magical stone. Then listen to fun stories c...

Bought by KTXK, KSJE, KTXK, KKRN, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 6
The Apple Seed - Black Mamba
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
Piece image
On this episode of the Apple Seed we'll hear a story by the great storyteller Charlotte Blake-Alston, about a village who's survival depends someho...

Bought by KSJE, KKRN, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, WVPE, and KTXK


  • Added: Sep 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 5
The Apple Seed - The Invisible Boy
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
Piece image
On this episode of The Apple Seed we're bringing you a rendition of the Cinderella story. The story of Cinderella has hundreds of versions from all...

Bought by KSJE, WVPE, KTXK, KKRN, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Sep 02, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Apple Seed - Onions
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
Piece image
On this episode of the Apple Seed you're going to hear a story called "Onions" from Cindy Rivka Marshall. It's a Jewish folktale about a young girl...

Bought by KTXK, KSJE, KKRN, KTXK, and WVPE


  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 5
Swipe Right for Hookup Culture!
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: College student using Tinder as a way to keep busy during the day., Credit: © 2018 Morgan Trau
"Hookup culture" is seen as just a part of society for college students. But could dating apps be what is harming relationships? Click play to hear...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
Mobile Game and App Reviews
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Piece image
Pius reviews with Rachel five mobile apps related to engineering education, available on Android and iOS. A ten-year-old guest reviewer also gives...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:56
Cello
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Cellist Alisa Weilerstein, Credit: Decca / Harald Hoffmann
We'll hear music by Steven Stucky, Elena Ruehr, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Paul Moravec, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and Elliott Carter on this ep...

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', WETS and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
CDC's Medical Detectives
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: EIS Badge, Credit: CDC
As the Zika virus spreads throughout the Western Hemisphere, dozens of medical epidemiologists are following its course and developing strategies t...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:31
TSR16-02 Arlo Guthrie
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Piece image
Arlo returns to Big Top to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the event that inspired his seminal song, ‘Alice’s Restaurant Massacree’. We’re pleas...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KMXT, WPCA-LP, KALH, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 12
The Speed of Sound: Courtney Barnett
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
Piece image
I probably don’t have to motivate you on the importance and excitement behind Courtney Barnett. The Aussie exploded onto our collective radars wit...

Bought by KSUT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 2
TSR15-25 Natalie MacMaster
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Cape Breton fiddler extraordinaire.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KALH, WRNC-LP, KSRQ, KMSU and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
16: Song Swap (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
Piece image
There's a man in Brooklyn who owns a song by Sufjan Stevens... but he doesn't release it as some normally would. He does something much more special.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
TSR14-07 Elephant Revival
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Piece image
Tent Show Radio best selling author Michael Perry discusses hoof trimmers and forgetfulness and welcomes Elephant Revival to the Big Top Stage.

Bought by KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WRNC-LP, WDSE and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:20
  • Purchases: 7
The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Thomas Alva Edison
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Fugitive Waves
Piece image
Look around your daily life.  There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 7
Factsheet Five
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Piece image
A look at that DIY mainstay, known as the zine, through the lens of a long-running publication called Factsheet Five.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 1
Why don't you choose your own adventure?
From: Taylor Tower
Caption: Taylor Tower at CKUT studios in Montreal, Canada
Edward Packard, the man behind the Choose Your Own Adventure books, talks about how he came up with the concept and what role adventure has played ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 1
16: Song Swap
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Piece image
There's a man in Brooklyn who owns a song by Sufjan Stevens... but he doesn't release it as some normally would. He does something much more special.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 19:56
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 03/03/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
Piece image
PERHAPS AN ANCIENT CALLING CARD...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions, 01/07/12
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
Piece image
A WIND WILL HOWL...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Beer'n'Burger Stock Exchange: The Big Board
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
Caption: The Big Board offers a stock exchange... for beer., Credit: agencyQ
A new restaurant is trying to corner the market on neighborhood pubs, with beer prices that fluctuate in real time, based on customer demand.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
below
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A group of ordinary people ponder a dairy question.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/23/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
Piece image
EACH YEAR COMES THE BANDIT...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
I Didn't Know That (Comedy)
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's so much more than telling jokes.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:59