PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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The old saying "necessity is the mother of invention" may be true, but it leaves out an important component -- the real "mothers" and "aunts" and "...
- Added: Mar 12, 2024
- Length: 03:00
In 1898, a farmer dug up a stone engraved with a Nordic language in a field in Kensington, Minnesota. People have been arguing about it ever since...
- Added: Feb 02, 2023
- Length: 25:48
Joe Reginella, a Staten Island based sculptor, sneaks a statue into the park every weekend to commemorate a disaster that has been scrubbed from th...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 24, 2017
- Length: 06:49
- Purchases: 1
Life’s precarious journey—lessons today’s parents often avoid.
Rediscover the frightening tales from our collective past.
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 11:46
There’s a recent trend to question historical icons with complicated histories—Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, and of course the confederate flag. ...
Bought by WCPN, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 13, 2016
- Length: 10:32
- Purchases: 3
Highlights of the top Republicans debating in the first contest for the 2016 nomination, with typically apolitical commentary by Rob MacClanahan
- Added: Aug 20, 2015
- Length: 03:01:45
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:09
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:14
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:28
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:13
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:30
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:27
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:10
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:25
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:22
Don Floyd looks back on his life of 80 years after surviving a heart attack in March of 2012.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2012
- Length: 02:57
- Purchases: 3
Traditional kermes from the 50's Interview, narrative as if your granddad where telling you something from his time.
- Added: Mar 25, 2004
- Length: 05:22