PRX - Pieces for Topic: Politics

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

28 results


Civics 101: Is Santa A Criminal?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Piece image
In an uncharacteristic wash of holiday cheer, today we investigate how the actions of Santa could be interpreted in a court of law.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 23:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Costly, Confusing Medicare Choices Facing 62 Million Americans
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
It’s Medicare open enrollment — the one chance each year that all 62 million beneficiaries have to shop for better coverage. But choosing a new pla...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 22:50
WRM20 - Will's Opinion on Opinions
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
Piece image
The Will Rogers Minute is a lighthearted look back at the influential comedian, radio host, movie star, and political commentator.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
André Wallace: Rain Does Have Some Good Parts
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: André Wallace, Credit: Shefik
Rain - André Wallace is a City Council Member at Mount Vernon, New York. He is also the owner of a construction company, Creative Direction Constru...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:22
Will and Lawyers
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
Piece image
Will's jokes extended outside of politics to discuss other topics, like lawyers

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
WRM10 - Will and Congress
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
Piece image
Will Rogers loved to poke fun at Congress. Now he keep an eternal eye on them.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
WRM09 - Will Rogers and Elections
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
Piece image
Will Rogers had a lot to say about elections

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
WRM07 - Will Finds His Niche
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
Piece image
Will Rogers begins to incorporate humor and commentary to stand out over other trick ropers.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
Bo Ambrozewicz
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
Piece image
He's running for El Dorado County Supervisor, District 4 (so say goodbye to the incumbent while you can)...

  • Added: May 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:50:30
The Forgotten Trailblazer
From: Matt Mitchell
Series: The Forgotten Famous
Caption: www.TheForgottenFamous.com
Cloaked in mythology by the age of 40, this original hero of the Wild West embodied the term "living legend." So why have we forgotten him?

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 17:16
87: Kids That Protest
From: The Mortified Podcast
Piece image
Tales of precocious kids who fight for causes they haven't completely thought out. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, CI Dolphin Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2017
  • Length: 23:39
  • Purchases: 3
Obligations of a Freeman
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
Piece image
'Obligations of a freeman', a serious sermon by a humorous and anti-religious Mark Twain...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:35:32
Iran Belongs to Its Youth
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Piece image
Veteran journalist Reese Erlich takes us to Iran, where young people, who make up over 40% of the country’s population, are looking toward the futu...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #43 – There Oughta Be A Law
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Piece image
Everyone's familiar with local laws that don't seem to make sense. In Tennessee, it’s illegal for grocery stores to sell wine, but legal to ride in...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 15:46
  • Purchases: 1
The (political) lure of Minnehaha Falls
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Piece image
Minnehaha Falls has been a popular tourist spot for politicians since Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his epic poem, “The Song of Hiawatha” in 185...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
Chapter 17 - Up on the Co-op Farm
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard and his friends sign up to work on the newly organized Carrot River Co-op Farm in the sparsely settled, harsh northern terrain of Saskatche...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 19:30
Chapter 15 - A Turning Point
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard’s leadership of the Student League for Industrial Democracy on the Wooster campus has not gone unnoticed. On of Richard's professors confro...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 19:17
Gracie Allen: The Joke That Became a Campaign
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
Piece image
In 1940 the United States was just emerging from the shadow of the Great Depression and war loomed in Europe. Into these serious times stepped Grac...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 10
E-lection Bay
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
Piece image
Bid on and buy a place for yourself in the government.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: :55
Calexico Episode IV: Other Borders
From: James McKee
Series: Calexico: The True Story of Life in the California Borderlands
Piece image
Washington Monthly's Peter Laufer and Markos Kounalakis report on the Mexican-American Borderlands in this five-part series.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
Sign Thieves
From: Long Haul Productions
Piece image
The citizens of SW Michigan talk about the recent and unprecedented rash of thefts of Obama and McCain yard sign thefts in their area.

Bought by KALW, WVPE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 4
A Sense of Belonging: Life at Northwestern's MOSAIC Co-Op
From: Zach Spear
Piece image
13 members of a Northwestern University-area co-op talk about living green, living together

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 12, 2008
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 1
Mayor Bill Bell
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Passionate Citizens
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Producer Emmanuel Watson discovers Durham NC's mayor Bill Bell is an R.Kelly fan

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Progressive
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A high school student publishes an anonymous lefty newsletter . . .

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
Part Four : Mat Fraser
From: Siobhan Mullen / David Lewis
Series: Get On With It
Caption: PRX default Piece image
in the fourth part of our series we look at an actor

  • Added: Jul 12, 2006
  • Length: 10:03