PRX - Pieces for Topic: Holidays

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Father's Day Among the Immortals
From: Charles McGuigan
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My son and I, after many years, were reunited at his home in Mendocino, CA

Bought by XRAY.fm and KZYX


  • Added: Jun 08, 2009
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 2
David Bouchier Essay: Deep French
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David continues his linguistic and cultural education in France.

  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:41
David Bouchier Essay: Presidents' Day 2009
From: WSHU
Series: Essays by David Bouchier
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David suggests that we should pay more attention to Presidents' Day.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:43
O Tannenbaum
From: Fitz Cahall
Caption: Snowflake, Credit: Walker Cahall
Christmas trees are a massive business. Americans spent $2.5 billion on Christmas in 2007. Outdoor writer, Fitz Cahall wasn’t among them.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:07
Postcard from Guatemala: No matter where you go...
From: Jake Warga
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No matter where you go, the past goes with you

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, HCC Radio The Dragon, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 4
Hiking in Australia
From: Jake Warga
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A travel writer gets lost in Australia's outback

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
"A Valentine From Graham Nash's MAC"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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A perfect piece for Valentine's Day! The true story of how Joe Bevilacqua met his wife because of Graham Nash's laptop

Bought by KUT and Public Interactive


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 10:07
  • Purchases: 2
KERA Commentary: The Hope of Christmas Light
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thoughtful commentary about the symbolic role of lights at Christmas

  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
A Rockabilly Christmas
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: A Rockabilly Christmas, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
the story of underground rockabilly guitarist Ray Campi

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2
The Joe Bev Holiday Treat
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
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a joyful and surprising self-contained hour of Christmas themed stories

Bought by WAMU, WRFA-LP, WLRN, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 8
Showmen's Rest
From: Shannon Heffernan
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A tragic train crash, a memorial to circus folk, and a graveyard haunted by elephants.

Bought by WMPG, WRIR, KBRP Community Radio, KSRQ, KUT and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 13
April Fools' Day
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Unconventional Wisdom
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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
Home Planet: Behind the mask (The un-Valentine)
From: Spokane Public Radio
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(Could be used as a "dark" Valentine) Public smiles often hide the private anger of those 'perfect' couples

  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:25
Thanksgiving in Athens
From: amara hark-weber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a narrative piece about living in a foreign country during Thanksgiving.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
New Years: A Reflection
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A meditation on New Years as a time of reflection and healing.

Bought by Michigan Radio, WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, WNMU-FM, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 55
Compact Discoveries 105: The Dream of America
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Peter Boyer's "Ellis Island: The Dream of America" is featured, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by the composer.

Bought by KISU, KRPS, KENW, WFIU, KALW and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 30
Gigantic, True Love for Valentine's Day
From: Nanci Olesen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary by Nanci Olesen about true love for the planet

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WEPS


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
Abe's Light - from Mistakes to Making It
From: Ellen Weber
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When we light a candle for Lincoln's day we rekindle ours

  • Added: Jan 23, 2006
  • Length: 02:51
Kick the Holiday Junk Habit
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: BioSphere
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ideas for slimming that holiday wasteline

  • Added: Dec 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:05
Happy Holidays! (Now buy an eyeliner)
From: Robin Sussingham
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A light-hearted essay questioning the tactic of selling to our friends during holiday gatherings.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:06
Home Planet: A not-so-perfect holiday
From: Spokane Public Radio
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We're driven by the belief that we can create this one perfect day or season, and the warmth generated by it will carry us through the rest of the ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBHM


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
Home Planet: (Christmas) Mom's Secret Christmas List
From: Spokane Public Radio
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When my children ask what I want for Christmas, I give the the standard list: perfume, slippers and things like that. But I have a secret list.

Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
Playing In The Street: Halloween Tames Traffic
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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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
Ghost Stories and Personal Narrative
From: Michael Kraskin
Caption: PRX default Piece image
All about ghost stories with a spooky score

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KALW, KUNC & The Colorado Sound, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 8
Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WTJU, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4

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