PRX - Pieces for Topic: Holidays
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It’s that time of the year again when dictionaries around the world try to sum up the year in a word or two.
- Added: Jan 03, 2023
- Length: 06:00
In Bethlehem there was no room at the inn for baby Jesus. But in India there’s always room at the Christmas party.
- Added: Dec 22, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Dyker Heights is a destination this time of year, with houses decked out in lights drawing visitors from all around the world. And inside Dyker Lib...
- Added: Dec 19, 2022
- Length: 10:42
Told through the eyes of his twelve-year-old brother, the older boy makes a discovery that allows him to become a beloved symbol of giving througho...
- Added: Oct 20, 2022
- Length: 04:02
Diwali is not just the Indian festival of lights. It's also a festival of sweets!
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 18, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Durga Puja and Diwali bookend our festival season in Kolkata. But there’s an ancillary festival that’s almost as important. It needs as much plann...
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 06:00
In honor of Halloween, mortifying tales about the kind of fears kids actually have.
- Added: Oct 23, 2016
- Length: 26:34
It’s like saying "I don’t like Christmas." But Sandip Roy has never been particularly fond of Diwali.
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 06:00
Sandip Roy never learned how to fly a kite, and he regrets it every September.
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
A charming hour of stories about love, hosted by Joe Bevilacqua
- Added: Feb 05, 2014
- Length: 59:31
Liz Massey's family only had 3 holiday record albums when she was growing up. In this story, she explains her role as an unlikely evangelist for on...
- Added: Nov 24, 2013
- Length: 08:22
Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...
- Added: Dec 11, 2012
- Length: 02:33
Dedicated to the late broadcaster, J.P. McCarthy—Detroit's #1 Irishman—here is a two-hour celebration for St. Patrick's Day. In song, poetry, and p...
- Added: Feb 11, 2011
- Length: 01:33:41
- Purchases: 2
We found our castle in Spain -- and celebrated Thanksgiving there.
- Added: Nov 17, 2009
- Length: 02:54
A brief, tongue-in-cheek commentary advocating making April Fools' Day a national holiday.
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Mar 27, 2007
- Length: 01:35
- Purchases: 1
A light-hearted essay questioning the tactic of selling to our friends during holiday gatherings.
- Added: Dec 07, 2005
- Length: 02:06
David Engwitch author of Mental Speed Bumps explains how the street activity of Halloween is just what we need to calm traffic.
- Added: Oct 29, 2005
- Length: 02:00
Essayist Jonathan Malesic learns something new about Christmas after attending one of the only midnight Catholic masses ever to end in a snowball f...
Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUT, KUT-HD, KMXT, WNKU and more
- Added: Dec 14, 2004
- Length: 04:33
- Purchases: 11