PRX - Pieces for Topic: Holidays

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Caption: Host Martha Burk
Maybe you can't change world affairs, but there’s lots you can do to make things better right here in the USA, no matter where you live. Make a Di...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:45
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The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) Episode 226 Topic: What To Serve With The Bird 2022

  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 35:13
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The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) Episode 228 Topic: Holiday Wine Buying Tips

  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 27:50
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Memorial Day is when we honor those who died while serving in the armed forces. It dates from 1866, when women decorated graves from both sides of ...

  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The U.S. is far behind other developed countries when it comes to support for motherhood. Most mothers are in the paid workforce, and we need new ...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Kenny Rogers / Helen Reddy
Music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts 1 of 4 hours remembering musicians who passed away in 2020. This edition spotlights pop music artists lost. ...

Bought by KSJE, Prairie Public, KMSU, Troy Public Radio, and KGLT


  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Celebrate Labor Day with our discussion on the history and culture of barbecue.

Bought by WVTF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KTXK, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 54:46
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: William Goldstein, Credit: Shefik
Hanukkah - William Goldstein was previously a recording artist for Motown Records and CBS Masterworks. He has over 50 albums currently available. H...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
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This Independence Day special explores how Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. viewed equality. We also learn about our first president,...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KUHF, Wyoming Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 52:56
  • Purchases: 8
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In this special Fourth of July episode we talk about the American Founding Fathers, how to speak with your children about elections, and great snac...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 55:59
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A wish for my oldest daughter on Valentine's Day - keep gifts, expectations, and hope for this day small. Do nothing that creates permanence. Avoid...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:42
Caption: Dr. Julie Bailey
A mom and veterinarian politely asks Santa not to bring her children the item that tops their Christmas lists: a puppy. With love and detail, Dr. ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
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At the end of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads the poem "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite is chos...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 2
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A Jazz Christmas Holiday is special programming for a public radio station during the Christmas / winter break holiday season. The one hour program...

Bought by WHRV, WRTI, KTXK, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WSLR and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2017
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Phil w/ 2013 Zeitfunk , Credit:  Karen Van Norman
The piece shows that despite that bluegrass is considered a singular styles, it actually stems from a variety of cultural traditions.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 08:34
Caption: Host Martha Burk
We celebrate a lot during the holiday season – family, faith, giving, shopping. But since 2012 in the U.S. the season is not all about celebrating.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
There is a demand in this country that corporations acknowledge that they are not people. Until corporations wake up one morning, and say, “I‘m r...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The last of the turkey's in the soup, and Black Friday weekend is behind us. We're now into a full-on month of shop-till-you-drop.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
A reading of the entire Star Spangled Banner.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
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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: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
Caption: Shrimp fishing from horseback in Belgium, Credit: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has no central "ocean" theme, but many of its myriad studies, project...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
Caption: Liz Massey, Credit: Photo courtesy of Liz Massey
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
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A conversation between Rabbi Ismar Schorsch and Host Larry Josephson about the history, rituals and meaning of Hanukkah--and its importance in our ...

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WHFR, Michigan Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:10
  • Purchases: 65
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. In this piece, Finch explains the role of a Christmas t...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
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At six years old, in my family's barren living room, Santa furnished our hearts with love.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:48