PRX - Pieces for Topic: Holidays

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What's the Richest You've Ever Been?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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With the gap between Haves and the Have-nots widening in the U.S., Hank Rosenfeld asks folks about a time when they felt they had their plenty-est.

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Rogelio Martinez and Lisa Moya King
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Rogelio Martinez talks to his former dance teacher, Lisa Moya King, about how she helped him through abuse at home.

Bought by WEZU and KMUD


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 2
Monroe Crossing Holiday Show at Bloomington Arts Center, Dec 20, 2013. Broadcast Dec 16-19, 2013,
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Monroe Crissing , Credit: Jamey Guy
We meet Mark and Lisa from Monroe Crossing and talk about the season and some of the group's songs.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Paul and James Bizzaro
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Paul Bizzaro (R) and James Bizzaro (L)
Paul Bizzaro and his brother James remember growing up on Liberty Island--home of the Statue of Liberty.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Boyd Applegate and Rhonda Dixon 2
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Big-rig driver Boyd Applegate tells his sister, Rhonda Dixon, about being a real-beard Santa Claus.

Bought by WOUB, KALW, WEZU, and WKSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Denny Daniels and Larry Rolf
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Larry Rolf (L) and Denny Daniels (R)
Best friends Denny Daniels and Larry Rolf, who were married to the same woman at different times, talk about how their unlikely friendship began.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 2
Bob Nadkarni, Extraordinaire or Home in Rio
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Eric at the breakfast table, Credit: Anton F.
Bob Nakarni is a former broadcast [ BBC and NBC among others ] correspondent, producer, cameraman and reporter who turned into an Inn Keeper in Rio...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 17:08
StoryCorps: Penelope Simmons and Suzanne Wayne
From: StoryCorps
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Penelope Simmons remembers her mother, Cora Lee "Sug" Collins, in an interview with her daughter Suzanne Wayne.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Scott Wall and Isabel Sobozinsky-Wall
From: StoryCorps
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Scott Wall and his wife, Isabel Sobozinsky-Wall, talk about their long-distance courtship that began on New Year's Eve.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUER, WEZU, KRZA, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 10
Single for Christmas, Yahoo!
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Actor/Film Maker/Comedian Chris Valenti, is pretty happy he's single for Christmas..have a quick listen and laugh!

  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:45
Never Done Year
From: Shannon Geis
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A woman does something new every day for a year.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
My Dad's Favorites: A Greatest Generation Playlist [Extended Version w/ full-length songs]
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Audrey, John and Paul Ingles
[NOTE: Although this version may be broadcast, there are no breaks in it and is primarily intended for online listening. The 59:00 and 54:00 versi...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU and KCSM


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 01:17:45
  • Purchases: 2
My Dad's Favorites: An All-American Greatest Generation Playlist [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Audrey Ingles, John Ingles Sr., Paul Ingles
Radio producer Paul Ingles sits down with his WW II veteran Dad to hear about the music his father feels has been essential to his appreciation of ...

Bought by KFSK, KUHF, KWSO, WRGY, North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 47
Producer Profile: Kate Montgomery
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Kate Montgomery
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Kate Montgomery.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 15:22
Granite City Days
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Summer in Minnesota means a few things: playing in the park, playing in the water and playing around at all the festivals scattered about Central M...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:19
Cracking Open the Kabocha Squash
From: KUOW
Caption: Jess Thomson cracks open a kabocha squash., Credit: Megan Sukys
The kabocha squash looks like a small green pumpkin. And with its warty texture, the kabocha isn't terribly inviting to the uninitiated. But food w...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 12:01
  • Purchases: 1
SRP: Ramadan Away From Home
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear about the bond that’s grown between two Sudanese men living in Norway who had to spend Ramadan far from their...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Bike Ride of '76
From: Hugh Duncan
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Two young children and their dad try to bike across the country before the Fourth of July.

Bought by KMUN, KUAF Public Radio, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer, KUER and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 16
Thanksgiving- Gratitude
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Two words: Thank you. They sound simple enough. But there is always more to a topic, phrase, or ritual than one might think.

Bought by WABE, KOSU, Michigan Radio, KTSW 89.9, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 29
Yisrael Campbell, non-narrated feature
From: Deanna Neil
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of Yisrael Campbell's comedy

  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 06:21
Passover: A Time to Crossover
From: Johanna Cooper
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Features w/artists of all stripes celebrating this holiday of freedom.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Radio Catskill, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Troy Public Radio, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:10
  • Purchases: 13
"Lee the Horselogger"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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Joe Bevilaqcua meets a man who set out in a covered wagon in 2006 to find his childhood sweetheart and fell in love with America instead.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 1
Cell Phone Santa
From: Scott Gurian
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An act of Christmas charity goes horribly awry

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WTJU, KUOW and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 17
StoryCorps: Danielle and Gabrielle Hall
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Danielle (L) and Gabrielle Hall remember their mother Martha, who died of breast cancer in 2003.

Bought by WKSU, KFOK-LPFM, and WMNF


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 3
Not My Job: Tales From the "Degreasing Room."
From: Chelsea Merz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matthew Works has been living on the streets for ten years. Here he remembers one of his last paying jobs, assembling Braille typewriters, which th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WLPR , KUT, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7