PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical

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

13 results


Las Cantigas de Santa Maria 2020
From: Dale Bolton
Piece image
Explore a glimpse of this vast repertoire of poetry, songs, stories, and recitations about the “Blessed Virgin Mary” in this holiday special. The i...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 2
GRAILVILLE
From: renee wilde
Series: COUNTY LINES
Caption: Oratory at Grailville, Credit: renee wilde
Eighty years ago - in 1940 - two Dutch women came to Cincinnati to start a spiritual center on a farm. They were part of The Grail, a women's movem...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 05:22
Delta Epiphany
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ellen Meacham
In the spring of 1967, Senator Robert F. Kennedy had an experience that changed his thinking about America, and his own responsibilities. His awake...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Kathryn Smith
The Glass Ceiling: That’s a term that’s been bandied about for some time. Those women who reach the top of their field whether it’s in business or ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Progressive Environmentalist
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Cecelia Tichi
Jack London is known for his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North. But, that’s overlooking the real story. London was a reporter who made n...

Bought by KVSC, KPVL, and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Artie Shaw (Ep. 16)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: The swing era's reluctant hero: Artie Shaw
In the 1930s, clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw reigned as one of the great kings of the swing era. But just 20 years later, he mysteriously le...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, KMUW, WNMU-FM, WCPN and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 33
Thelonious Monk (Ep. 24)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Jazz legend Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk was one of the most original voices to emerge from the world of mid-century jazz. But it took decades for the world to realize it.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCQS, KMUW and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 32
The State of Faith
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
What is in the future for the Catholic Church and the shrinking parish of Jackman, Maine? Adapting to reality.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 3
National Debt
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Women at the Tulle Lake War Relocation Camp, circa 1942. , Credit: Bob Bobster.
Two survivors of Japanese American internment describe how they went from being seen as model citizens to being seen as the enemy. In the story of ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVSC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 9
Virgil's Georgics: ThoughtCast interviews the poet and translator David Ferry
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Piece image
Virgil's Georgics: an interview with poet David Ferry, who recently translated Virgil's second great poem, The Georgics. We're joined by Virgil sch...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
California Wildfires; A Perspective
From: Michael Faulkner
Piece image
A provocative essay contemplating rebuilding after the Calif. wildfires

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Remus - Music and Fine Arts
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Remembering Remus
Piece image
Growing up in small town Michigan during the 70's.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 10:42
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Path To Nonviolence -29:00 Version (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Piece image
Martin Luther King Jr.'s journey to a philosophy of nonviolence and his lasting legacy as a peace proponent is recalled in interviews with his daug...

Bought by KQAL, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KWMU St. Louis, WFHB, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 49