PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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The worst U.S. mass murder of homosexuals in the 20th century was by a gruesome fire in a New Orleans French Quarter nightclub. Yet, the Upstairs L...
- Added: Jun 27, 2023
- Length: 19:45
Unhappy with contemporary America, Avery Thompson travels to Plymouth, Massachusetts to consult the man responsible for bringing his family to thes...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 15, 2018
- Length: 12:13
- Purchases: 1
A Song Story is a mini-history of a time, a place, an individual and a song. It's a personal experience, rising from memory every time we hear a ce...
- Added: Jan 09, 2016
- Length: 06:50
At 15, Melanie Clarance's world was turned upside down.
- Added: Aug 30, 2015
- Length: 03:54
What is the nature of speech? Why did we start writing stuff down? And which of these lasts longer?
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 03:55
- Purchases: 2
This week's stories are all about being outsiders. Stories by Judith Gardner, Frank Fusco, and Alan Reese. True stories told by the Southerners who...
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 29:00
It's the 50th anniversary of one of the most dramatic and influential death penalty cases ever, the Caryl Chessman case that drew worldwide attent...
- Added: May 30, 2010
- Length: 05:01
It was 20 years ago this month the Berlin Wall finally fell. But I still recall the incredibly intense atmosphere I witnessed in the days just afte...
- Added: Nov 01, 2009
- Length: 03:50
A masterful songster recorded by two folklorists, fifty years apart.
Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WTIP, and WAMU
- Added: Sep 16, 2009
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 5
The Santa Monica Pier and Arthur Lessac turned 100 years old on September 9th
- Added: Sep 14, 2009
- Length: 11:20
Young foxes need to leave the farm. An old fox leaves the Senate floor
- Added: Sep 01, 2009
- Length: 08:13
February is the time to make new apple trees from old. Where have they come from?
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: 09:58
The back roads and side roads often show us more about where we are than the highways
- Added: Feb 17, 2009
- Length: 09:25