PRX - Pieces for Topic: Holidays

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Bells Are Ringing
From: Margaret Agard
Series: Christmas
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Ringing the Salvation Army bell is boring, cold work during the busy Christmas holiday season. Margaret Agard, author and bell ringing volunteer, ...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, KTXK, KZMU Moab Community Radio, 'The Sea', and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 5
All Mixed Up-Thanksgiving
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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The Holiday classic: "A Shortcut Back Home" plus music from Charlie Chaplin, Neil Young, the Avett Brothers, Laura Nyro, Ray Davies, Kronos Quartet...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUCB, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 41
Memorial Day 2012: Civil War 12-21
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week the heartbreak and valor of the American Civil War has inspired filmmakers and film composers since the earliest days of cinema.

Bought by WCRI, KPVL, KREV-LP, KPVL, and WEKU


  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Helping people deal with post traumatic stress
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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Dr. Julian Ford has a program and a grant targeted to help veterans deal with post traumatic stress syndrome. Dr. Ford's research, clinical work, a...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 49:40
Tales from the South 013
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Visit Christmas memories with Lisa Brandom, Excy Johnston, Amy Manning Burns. Southern-style storytelling in front of a live audience at Starving A...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
John Marshall Alexander Jr, (Johnny Ace) December 25, 1954
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was America's first rock star ... and we knew him as Johnny Ace

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Memorial Day 2010: Lest We Forget 10-21
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week on The Score with Edmund Stone – Lest We Forget – honoring those who have served our military in over 200 years of conflict.

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNMU-FM, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Accomplishment & Appreciation 09-01
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone
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This week we thank you, the listener, with Accomplishment & Appreciation in Movie music.

Bought by WDPR, WCRI, KPVL, WEKU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 5
Father's Day
From: Paul Currington
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"What do you think of when you think of your dad?" People in Seattle share stories about their fathers. Death, divorce, drugs, love, Casey Kasem...

Bought by KSFR, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 14:24
  • Purchases: 3
Calls from Home
From: Thousand Kites
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A holiday radio program for prisoners and their families.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 55:47
Cheryl-Anne Millsap: The Carol of the Bells
From: Spokane Public Radio
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The Salvation Army bell ringer, bundled up to stay warm in weather that has turned brutal overnight, stands just beside the front door of the busy ...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:01
Why the Smetana Family is Thankful
From: Michael Seidel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Members of the Smetana family, explaining why they're thankful on Thanksgiving Day 2008.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2009
  • Length: 10:30
A Sidekick Christmas by Andrew Ward, Read by Barry Corbin
From: Andrew Ward
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About A Sidekick Christmas Written by historian and former All Things Considered commentator Andrew Ward and read by the great character actor Barr...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 48:02
Civil War Re-enactors
From: Jake Warga
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A non-narrated portrait of a small group of Civil War buffs re-dedicating a Union veteran's grave in Oregon and reflecting on when our nation, as w...

Bought by Radio Catskill, Prairie Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, KISU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 10
For Whom The Bell Stalls - audio autopsies of heroes, patriots and villians
From: Jay sapir
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Former U.N. chief nuclear weapons inspector is the "U.N. sleuth slammed by the truth." Ritter was the first high profile public official to tell t...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2009
  • Length: 13:52
Surge in Baghadads
From: Jay sapir
Series: HiPapaDays
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An American soldier's song of fear, fatigue, and failure in the Iraq war.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:01
The Other Side of Valentine's Day
From: Mandy Walker
Caption: A Valentine's display at the supermarket, Credit: Mandy Walker
All the adverts for the lavish gifts make Valentine's Day sound wonderfully romantic but the hype sets couples for failure and disappointment.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 04:10
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
The Passover Story
From: William Zukof
Series: The Western Wind Judaica Series
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The Passover Story Sung by The Western Wind, Narrated by Theodore Bikel

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WGTE Public Media, WVTF, WNMU-FM, WDAV Classical Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2008
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 27
Good Friday, 1865: LINCOLN'S LAST DAY
From: Craig Wichman
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The character of a country, and its President, are revealed -- as a traumatic war winds down, and eerie events presage Abraham Lincoln's own end...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KPVL, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2008
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 17
My Funny Valentine , A Valentine's Day Special; Jazz and Pop A Cappella sung by The Western Wind with love poetry read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
From: William Zukof
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A Jazz and Poetry Love Fest, Sung by The Western Wind, Poetry Read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

Bought by WRGY, WNMU-FM, WPSU, KWIT, WCVE and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2008
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Man Who Gave Away Christmas Trees
From: Sean Hurley
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An Interview with "Harry", a man who gives away Christmas trees.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUER, KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 15
The Christmas Skater
From: Sean Hurley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Like "An Affair to Remember" but with a Christmas theme.

Bought by WITF, WITF, WITF, WITF, WITF and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
A Chanukah Musical Celebration
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Traditional music in celebration of Chanukah

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WRR, WRTI, Delmarva Public Media, KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 29:49
  • Purchases: 11
Virtuoso Voices - Erich Kunzel (Story Teller)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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We know that personal and artistic insecurities often accompanied Tchaikovsky's daily composing activities. Conductor Erich Kunzel says there's pl...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2007
  • Length: :15

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