PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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- Added: Jul 09, 2007
- Length: 09:31
- Purchases: 1
The story of a boy and his hero, baseball home run champion Hank Aaron, and an exploration of the hatred Aaron endured in chasing a white man's rec...
Bought by WXDU, KFAI Minneapolis, KISU, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix and more
- Added: Apr 13, 2007
- Length: 16:54
- Purchases: 8
Like many baseball seasons before it, the new season will be played largely under lights, although players and team owners alike once called night ...
- Added: Mar 24, 2007
- Length: 03:44
Despite his extraordinary career, Lefty O'Doul has again been bypassed for admission to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame.
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Mar 04, 2007
- Length: 03:09
- Purchases: 1
Singer/Songwriter Billy Bragg rewrites "The Internationale", Joyce Carol Oates spars with George Foreman, and Spalding Gray turns the tables on Joh...
Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WCPN, KERA, and WCQS
- Added: Feb 28, 2007
- Length: 58:31
- Purchases: 4
From: Deborah Van Fleet
Johnny, "The Jet" Rodgers, Heisman '72, honors another pioneer Nebraska athlete, Marion Hudson, and talks about the importance of black communities...
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 04:31
- Purchases: 2
The truth behind the bloody conflict between the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Then, the passionate life and untimely death of baseball great Robe...
- Added: Jun 01, 2006
- Length: 01:00:09
- Purchases: 2
Pro wrestler Nikolai Volkoff used to infuriate Cold War crowds with his singing of the Soviet National Anthem --- now he's a 55-year-old grandfathe...
- Added: Mar 29, 2006
- Length: 15:28
- Purchases: 2
Long distance running has long held symbolic meaning for many Native Americans, particularly Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. And as Hal Cannon of ...
Bought by WXDU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRCC-FM, The Nature Podcast, and KSUT
- Added: Feb 28, 2006
- Length: 09:32
- Purchases: 5
- Added: Jan 18, 2006
- Length: 06:09
From: N Lorde
A personal insight into the life of former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - his life after the blockbuster hit movie.
- Added: Jan 08, 2006
- Length: 14:07
- Purchases: 5
A commentary on today's dreadfully tacky Major League Baseball uniforms.
- Added: Jun 23, 2005
- Length: 03:33
The NBA, now a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry, looked very different a half century ago.
Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Remix Radio, and WOUB
- Added: Dec 07, 2003
- Length: 18:59
- Purchases: 3
