PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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Hear Bob Kustra talk with Amor Towles about his novel "A Gentleman in Moscow"
- Added: Jun 05, 2018
- Length: 30:00
When you think about Las Vegas, you might picture casinos, opulent hotels and neon signs. Like the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign, Circus Cir...
- Added: May 09, 2018
- Length: 12:37
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Special Programming
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Special Programming
Some say motherhood is the hardest job in the world; turns out, there's a lot of history to back that up. In this special Mother's Day episode, the...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WUFT, KISU, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KICI Iowa City and more
- Added: May 03, 2018
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 24
Today, women outnumber men on college campuses, but that wasn't always the case. Before the 1960s, colleges routinely used gender quotas to suppres...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 13, 2018
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 3
TED Talks meets The Moth meets The History Channel? Except with Dead Ladies. The Dead Ladies Show is a live event in Berlin that tells the stories ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 26:34
This week, we look at how a religious cult of number worshipers on the Italian coast gave rise to modern science, mathematics, philosophy, and musi...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 22, 2018
- Length: 30:09
- Purchases: 1
This feature uses the natural sounds and rhythms of a watchmaker’s workshop to take listeners on a journey through time and space.
- Added: Dec 22, 2017
- Length: 05:02
Howard Blackburn should have been a statistic. Instead, he became a hero.
Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 03, 2017
- Length: 13:20
- Purchases: 3
For the next few episodes TriPod dives into the city’s messy relationship with water through a new series called NOLA vs. Nature. First up: a look ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 30, 2017
- Length: 11:45
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 16, 2017
- Length: 20:52
- Purchases: 1
From: Out of Bounds
Journalist (LAT) and author BILL CARLSEN discusses his compelling book "Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey & T...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 29:00
We explore the origins of your favorite cliches.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 39:15
Host Bob Kustra interviews Alden about his book about how America got left behind in the global economy.
- Added: Jun 18, 2017
- Length: 30:30
Host Bob Kustra interviews Greg Mitchell, author of "The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films that the JFK White House Tri...
- Added: Jun 04, 2017
- Length: 30:30
Host Bob Kustra interviews Noah Isenberg, author of “We’ll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie.”
- Added: May 23, 2017
- Length: 30:30
Host Bob Kustra interviews Marc Levinson,, author of “An Extraordinary Time: The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy.”
- Added: May 12, 2017
- Length: 30:30
Skidmore, Missouri is a very small town. In the ’70s, there was only one bar, one grocery store, and one bully. Ken McElroy was so ruthless and int...
- Added: May 08, 2017
- Length: 27:10
Host Bob Kustra interviews Aaron David Miller, author of "The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President."
- Added: May 05, 2017
- Length: 30:31
This is the short segment focusing only on Bo Diddley, Indo Rock and Surf musics' similar sounds. Taken from the 170429 show.
- Added: Apr 30, 2017
- Length: 01:20:55
A conversation with biologist and naturalist E.O. Wilson on what winning a second Pulitzer Prize meant for him and his Harvard colleagues. A look ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 24:59
In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we're entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the former...
- Added: Mar 20, 2017
- Length: 06:06
In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes a journey back to the formative years of St. C...
- Added: Mar 15, 2017
- Length: 30:08
A great arrangement from trumpeter Donald Byrd harkens back the ‘50s, then straight into salsa. What’s the difference between “Jazzvanes” and “Java...
Bought by WMOT, WVBI-LP, WJSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WKAR
- Added: Feb 28, 2017
- Length: 01:59:59
- Purchases: 5
Unexplored Depths
- Added: Feb 20, 2017
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Hear what happened this week in rock-n-roll history to lay the groundwork for today's musical landscape.
Bought by WOUB, KSRQ, 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, and KSKQ
- Added: Dec 15, 2016
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
