PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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A 3 generation family farm business discusses farming
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 23:15
Listen to this story on how an act of benign neglect transformed Southwest Ohio based WYSO from a small public radio station into a community.
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jul 16, 2020
- Length: 30:33
- Purchases: 1
We all know that people listen to radio and watch television. The difference between radio and television is in the image. When you listen to radio...
- Added: Jun 04, 2020
- Length: 29:00
Nowadays we’re very accustomed to recording and hearing the sound of our own voices. But in the 1930s many people were doing it for the first time....
Bought by Troy Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 11, 2018
- Length: 10:50
- Purchases: 4
The disputed origin story of one of the 20th century’s most important inventions.
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 30:06
- Purchases: 1
Airplanes in department stores? There was a time in U.S. History when people experienced this reality. But are we any closer today to realizing the...
- Added: Nov 14, 2015
- Length: 13:22
During our short time on Earth we humans have created a lot of stuff. Some of it's life-altering, like the device you’re using right now and some o...
- Added: Jan 21, 2015
- Length: 39:39
- Purchases: 2
A innovative technology to preserve endangered sound recordings without playing them (which would further damage them) is bringing the voices of po...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, KALW, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 05, 2014
- Length: 06:24
- Purchases: 4
The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 04:29
Look around your daily life. There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.
Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Feb 05, 2014
- Length: 23:26
- Purchases: 7
The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 20:26
- Purchases: 1
Tereshkova climbed aboard the Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, and was launched into space to orbit the Earth forty-eight times over a three day period.
- Added: Nov 05, 2012
- Length: 02:30
Daily rundown of Tech History
- Added: Oct 06, 2009
- Length: 06:17
- Added: Oct 02, 2009
- Length: 04:40
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.
- Added: Feb 19, 2008
- Length: :18