PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical

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

659 results


Summer
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
Piece image
Songs with summer in the title!

  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:55:13
Songs of Earth
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
Piece image
On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the book "Songs of Earth," which is an updated version of song collector/folklori...

  • Added: May 13, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
Calamity in Philadelphia
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
Piece image
The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 40:50
Lux The Lady From Cheyenne
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KSLU


  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:01:40
  • Purchases: 2
20230501: World War II, 5/1/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
Piece image
We take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago to World War II, one of the biggest conflicts in human history, which changed modern humanity for...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Faith No More in the 1990s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
Piece image
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about a new book in the "Decades" series that documents the band Faith No More and thei...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:59
World War II
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Piece image
We take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago to World War II, one of the biggest conflicts in human history, which changed modern humanity for...

Bought by KECG, KRSC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Lux The Fighting 69th
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KSLU


  • Added: Apr 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 2
Lux Ruggles of Red Gap
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KSLU


  • Added: Apr 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 2
Lux Showboat
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:04
  • Purchases: 1
#1 Both Sides of the Pond, Volume 1
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
Piece image
#1 Hits in US and UK

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:09
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
Piece image
A documentary about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre not only explains the full story of the shameful attack on the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa tha...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:23
230416 New Orleans Music and Some Familiar Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Dr. John and Freddie Staehle
An edited version of the May 9th, 2021 show.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Delmarva Public Media, KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:59
  • Purchases: 6
Lux Nothing Sacred
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lux Only Angels Have Wings
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU and KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:34
  • Purchases: 2
Lux Penny Serenade
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 1
A Few Good Women -- in the French Pantheon At Last
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The French Pantheon was created in 1790 to honor those who have done great service to the country. The motto over the door reads "To great men, a g...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:58
EXP 23-27 E: Bach’s Not-So-Minor B Minor Mass, Episode 5, 4/7/2023
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Piece image
“There’s so much that is mysterious about Bach’s Mass,” Bill says, and this week he attempts to demystify Bach’s grand work by setting its context ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:55
EXP 23-27 D: Bach’s Not-So-Minor B Minor Mass, Episode 4, 4/6/2023
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Series: Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Piece image
“There’s so much that is mysterious about Bach’s Mass,” Bill says, and this week he attempts to demystify Bach’s grand work by setting its context ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Lux Fifthe Avenue Girl
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1
Top 30 Records - March 15, 1958
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
Piece image
The Top 30 pop records - March 15, 1958

  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:31
Lux Invitation to Happiness
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU and KTXK


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:37
  • Purchases: 2
Class of 1969 - Top 30 Pop Records
From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show
Piece image
Top 30 pop records from 1969

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:55:11
Lux I Would Be King
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:16
  • Purchases: 1
Lux Silver Dollar
From: Bill Taylor
Series: When It Was Live
Piece image
The series featured as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance....

Bought by KSLU and KTXK


  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:00:15
  • Purchases: 2

Narrow the results by Topics

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Tones