PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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The Monroe County History Center shares the stories of bygone diners and dives.
- Added: Nov 10, 2022
- Length: 54:01
You’ve heard of explorers discovering new lands, but new… fruits? In this episode of Gravy, a couple of young fruit explorers scour the South on a ...
Bought by KVLU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KSFR
- Added: Aug 15, 2016
- Length: 26:09
- Purchases: 3
Everybody loves Grand Marais' World's Best Donuts--so WTIP's Julie Carlson invited second- and third-generation donut makers Dee Brazell and Stacey...
- Added: Aug 02, 2016
- Length: 23:54
Shortly after Meridy Volz moved from Milwaukee to San Francisco, she received a phone call from a friend asking her to take over a small bakery bus...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 21:16
- Purchases: 1
Listeners escape with Michelle Valentine to a quaint, historical Florida waterside bed & breakfast. Learn about the history of the hotel and take a...
Bought by KXCR
- Added: Mar 23, 2016
- Length: 27:50
- Purchases: 1
How is a region of the far north—Canada—intimately connected to a region 2,000 miles away in the Deep South? In this episode of Gravy, the story of...
- Added: Nov 05, 2015
- Length: 25:55
- Purchases: 2
Ask someone from out of state to describe Minnesota and you’ll probably hear a lot of “Minnesota Nice,” "uff dah’s" and "you betcha’s." Scandinavia...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 06, 2014
- Length: 05:04
- Purchases: 1
For some South Jersey residents, "Sing a Song of Sixpence" is more than just a nursery rhyme; it's supper.
- Added: Jun 26, 2013
- Length: 02:53
Bonnie Sue Pokorny, 66, of Forest Hills, Queens, recalls her grandmother's stuffed cabbage. It's a dish she loves, but it's too difficult for her t...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 01:56
- Purchases: 1
Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 01:56
- Purchases: 2
Monte Malach, 85, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, remembers a time when soda fountains occupied any busy street corner in New York City.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 01:07
- Purchases: 1
Of course ice cream is a treat at any time for anyone, but it was awfully difficult to stock in any island store in the 1930’s. Marguerite Staples...
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 01:31