PRX - Pieces for Topic: Public Affairs

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

68 results


Piece image
March brings us Sunshine Week, an annual honoring of the ethical and legal obligation for Transparency of Public Records and the Freedom of Informa...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 07:22
Caption: Recruit Crystal Townsend, 35, said the Army provided a more diverse range of career options than other military branches. She hopes to go into military intelligence., Credit: Dan Boyce / American Homefront
The campaign, which launched in November, emphasizes Army careers in technology, medicine, and other non-combat jobs.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KPBS, WUSF, Texas Public Radio, and KPCC


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis is Director of Collections & Public Programs at the Aga Khan Museum in Toront, Credit: Aly Manjy
What is Islamic art? In this fascinating conversation with Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis, Director of Collections & Public Programs at the Aga Khan Musuem i...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 59:04
Piece image
Interview with Rosy Greenlees, President of World Craft Council, which promotes the value of craft and making to society and supports thousands of ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:06
Caption: Michael Atwood Mason, Credit: Michael Atwood Mason
American culture is undergoing a huge transformation. In this interview, meet Michael Mason, Director of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cu...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 59:12
Caption: Peter Robinson of the Bradshaw Foundation, Credit: Peter Robinson
Interview with Peter Lyell Robinson, editor of the Bradshaw Foundation, which focuses on discovering, documenting and preserving ancient rock art a...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 59:03
Caption: Georgia Nicolau, Co-founder, Procomum Institute, Credit: Georgia Nicolau
Q & A with Georgia Nicolau, co-founder and co-director at the Procomum Institute, and Brazilian activist and researcher in the fields of culture, ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 59:06
Piece image
Sandip discovers that sometimes a class reunion is a reminder to how we've moved on.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Sixty Second Moral Inquiry! The Right Thing for Facebook to do is to tell posters immediately- as soon as the post is written- who will be seeing i...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:12
Piece image
This American Life recently reminded us that the Democratic Party doesn't seem to get who it is anymore. Is it the Political Gamesmanship that's do...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 05:54
Caption: Shared human experience..makes us human., Credit: Susan Cook
Amazon has announced they will soon launch an attempt to eliminate that pesky feature of day-to-day life- ‘the grocery store check-out employee’. ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 07:13
Caption: New York City Young Gun, Credit: Photo taken by George Samuals 1984
This is a series of interviews designed to showcase various attitudes held in the African American Community about Gun Ownership in General, and Co...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 16:05
Caption: Polls don't decide the winner. Voters do. , Credit: Susan Cook
The American voting public has become as gullible about Election polls as they are about quick weight loss plans. In Maine, Election eve, 2010, t...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2016
  • Length: 08:01
Piece image
David Rozenholc is the tenant lawyer who took on Donald Trump in one of the most famous cases in New York City real estate history. Rozenholc preve...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:52
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
We live in extremely violent times. Words can provoke aggression, insult and personal harm very quickly. Politicians spend much time trying to r...

  • Added: May 30, 2016
  • Length: 04:26
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
I hope you’re in the mood for some numbers. Or at least I hope you’re not in the mood for a poem. In Maine, the daily poem we all could feast on fo...

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 07:35
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Back in 2005, Dana Connors, Maine State Chamber of Commerce president said, "This is not the time or place to expand Maine care coverage to more u...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2016
  • Length: 07:02
Piece image
Mario F. Gallucci, a criminal attorney whose twitter handle is @MrAcquittal, has defended some of the most controversial clients in New York City h...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:03
Piece image
Tune into our Innovate Media interview with Ryan Merkley, CEO of Creative Commons, to learn about Ryan and how CC provides accessible legal and tec...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 46:43
Piece image
In this Innovate Media interview, sociologist, political writer, novelist and cultural commentator Todd Gitlin discusses how he came to understand ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 43:59
Piece image
One of the best mission statements I’ve read is the original NPR mission, which was written in 1969 by Bill Siemering. Bill is an amazing guy who, ...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 19:24
  • Purchases: 3
Piece image
In the heart of the Tenderloin, amid the crowded corners and occupied stoops, there’s an anomaly that’ll catch your eye. It’s a man in a suit and a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has introduced his administration’s marijuana prevention campaign to deter underage consumption. The theme of t...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
Piece image
In mid-July, federal and state agencies launched a month-long marijuana raid on the Yurok Reservation in northwestern Ca. At the request of the tri...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
Caption: Tia Lessin & Carl Deal, Credit: Andrea Chase
Carl Deal and Tia Lessin talk loopholes, dark money, and unexpected ironies.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 25:20