PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family

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

25 results


The Fina Mendoza Mysteries
From: Kitty Felde
Series: The Fina Mendoza Mysteries (Audio Drama)
Piece image
Legend says whoever sees the Demon Cat of Capitol Hill is cursed. Fina Mendoza, the 10-year old daughter of a congressman, just saw it. Can she sav...

Bought by KUNM and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:56:10
  • Purchases: 2
Crayons have feelings? Drew Daywalt and "The Day the Crayons Came Home"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
Piece image
His box of crayons on his desk inspired Drew's first book, "The Day the Crayons Quit." His parents' generosity served as the bedrock for his latest...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Time Tunnel (mix)
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: Highlights
Piece image
This alternate theme to "The Time Tunnel" has been used on a couple of THE TIME TRAVELER Mondays Late Night Radio Shows, as its end title.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
The Best Laid Plans
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: Highlights
Piece image
You might not expect this to result from the best laid plans, nonetheless... (Rob plays with F/X and the opening theme to "The Time Tunnel")

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
Author Isabel Allende's first crime novel: Ripper
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
Piece image
A Chilean-born author, Isabel is best known for her novels and memoirs. But now, after deciding not to retire from writing books after all, she's ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Afropolitan Taiye Selasi and "Ghana Must Go"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
Piece image
This debut novel opens up in west Africa with a death and is a portrait of a modern family. Listen in for Taiye’s timely comments on the biggest m...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Hungry at the Homesick Restaurant: the Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Piece image
Anne Tyler has a new book out! "The Beginner's Goodbye." Here Julia Child presents passages from an earlier Anne Tyler favorite, "Dinner at the Hom...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:58
Hungry in Winter: The Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia Child
Julia Child wanted to be a novelist, or to write for The New Yorker. "They weren't interested in me, for some reason." So she just kept reading. An...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 49:35
"The Cartoon Carnival July 4th Special: Camping with the Boy Scouts"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Rare Welch's commercials from "The Flintstones" are only one of the treats on Joe Bev's new special: "The Cartoon Carnival July 4th Special: Camping with the Boy Scouts" , Credit: Hanna-Barbera
A great new holiday special from Joe Bev., featuring rare and classic cartoon audio and original radio comedy!!

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 53:47
  • Purchases: 1
Tale Spinning Terrors!
From: Jerry Kenney
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Frighten up your holidays with 'edge of your seat' storytelling and holiday music in this 'Tale Spinning' hour of Terror from WYSO Public Radio and...

Bought by KBYS 88.3 FM and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
"Sleeping" read by author Katharine Weber
From: Amy Wallen
Series: DimeStories
Piece image
A young girl never sees the child she's babysitting.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Pelham Bay
From: WFUV
Series: Sound Poetry
Piece image
Remembering days at a gritty but still summery Bronx beach.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 04:51
A Welcome Home
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a Maine foster mother who's taken in dozens of kids over the years.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 1
Swimming on Blind Faith/Deep Sea Sisters
From: ken girardey
Piece image
A love story between a fisherman and a mermaid. Can it be?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 25:48
KidTales: Wind in the Willows Ch. 2
From: KTNA
Series: KidTales: The Wind in the Willows
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A creative reading from the children's classic, read by Jessica Stevens.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
KidTales: Wind in the Willows Ch. 1
From: KTNA
Series: KidTales: The Wind in the Willows
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A creative reading from the children's classic, read by Jessica Stevens.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Pork Loin Roast
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a Sunday dinner

  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:24
The Beams! Radio Fiction for Kids
From: Space Radio Productions LLC
Piece image
The first episode of a kids' "spacecast" focused on the wacky, outer space adventures of the fictional Beams family!

  • Added: Jul 22, 2006
  • Length: 31:25
Elijah Haunt
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Elijah's Fan Dance, Credit: Ulla Johnson
A mother asks her 8yr old son what kind of ghost he would be if he were to suddenly die.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
A Cook's Notebook: Lunch in the City
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A grandmother and her grand daughter have lunch together in the city.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
A Christmas Carol
From: KRCU Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A sound-rich audio drama of the famous Charles Dickens story.

Bought by WRKF, WRFA-LP, WVRU, Interlochen Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 60
A Cook's Notebook: Baby Beef
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new mother tries to make dinner

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Oct 26, 2004
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: The Plum
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A plum, a kitchen renovation and a marriage

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Aug 10, 2004
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Linen Tablecloths
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman inherits her mother's table linens.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Aug 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: The Holy Basil
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
Caption: PRX default Piece image
finding her roots in hydroponic basil plant

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 27, 2004
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 2