PRX - Pieces for Topic: Public Affairs

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

162 results


Fractured Bedrock, Fractured Communities
From: A World of Possibilities
Piece image
In this program recorded on site in northeastern Pennsylvania, we follow the Marcellus Shale trail and find the fracturing of the bedrock under thi...

Bought by WSKG and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Sound of Change: Hip Hop in Cuba
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Piece image
We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Collapse of Fish Stocks Worldwide
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists predict fish stocks worldwide will collapse by mid-century unless drastic changes are made to humankind's impact on the oceans.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Whose Water? The Struggle for Public Ownership of Freshwater
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: http://michiganwro.blogspot.com, Credit: Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 28:56
The 100 Year Legacy of the Big Burn
From: Amanda Loder
Caption: The Aftermath of the 1910 Big Burn, Credit: US Forest Service
Evergreen Documentary: About a hundred years ago, one of the largest wildfires in US history taught Americans to fear flames. The Big Burn of 1910...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
The Planning Problem
From: Nathanael Johnson
Caption: Artist rendering of the California High Speed Rail, Credit: CAHSRA
The Big Dig, the Bay Bridge, the Chunnel... Why do transportation projects go so spectacularly over budget? There's a simple explanation - this doc...

Bought by The Neighborhood and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 26:38
  • Purchases: 2
These Buildings Have Feelings
From: Hannah Krakauer
Caption: Bellingham Granary, Credit: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
An in-depth exploration of the waterfront development in Bellingham, WA.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 27:46
Humankind: The Green Economy
From: Humankind
Caption: VAN JONES, founder of Green for All, Credit: Courtesy Richard Hume, Experience Life magazine
Environmental visionary Van Jones, former White House special adviser for green jobs, is featured

Bought by Vermont Public, KBBI Alaska, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KWIT, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
Keeper of the Mountains - an evening with Larry Gibson
From: Christopher Weller
Piece image
Chris Weller, host of Fret Knot Radio Hour, spends an evening with Larry Gibson in his cabin on Kayford Mountain in the heart of coal country. Gibs...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 32:46
Documentary - Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future
From: The Environment Report
Piece image
Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for the day. That’s how much ...

Bought by KUER, WYSO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 16
Cleaning Up Pigtown
From: Towson University EMF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sebastian Sassi, Dan Cosgrove and the Washington Village Development association are cleaning up the crime and grime in Pigtown, Baltimore.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2009
  • Length: 07:43
Tapped Out: Clean Water in Peril (1-hour version) with Newshole
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Piece image
From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country. They’re people wor...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Efforts at the Rainbow Gatherings (29:00) [Peace Talks Radio]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Mike Niman's Book: "People of the Rainbow"
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUAC, KSFR, and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Efforts at the Rainbow Gatherings (54:00 / 59:00) [Peace Talks Radio]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A "Welcome Home" Sign from a Rainbow Gathering
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Tom Thomas is staying in Picher
From: Gideon Thompson
Piece image
Tom Thomas, a lifetime resident of Picher, Oklahoma, is one of very few staying in the town even after it closes.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:48
The Good Neighbor
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Piece image
For Mark Johnston, living next door to a trash incinerator stinks.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:34
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 12
From: David Kattenburg
Piece image
Conserving scarce pockets of precious water and their wildlife. In the middle of one of India’s largest cities, citizens say, ‘Don’t touch our lake...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 11
From: David Kattenburg
Piece image
In today’s edition, communities struggle to be healthy in the shadow of the Big Three: tuberculosis, malaria and HIV-AIDS.

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sustainability
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
Piece image
Hosted by Barbara Bogaev, and produced by Richard Paul, Sustainability looks at what is being done to address our energy needs and environmental c...

Bought by WFHB, WNIJ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 27
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 10
From: David Kattenburg
Piece image
Media and development. Two stories of how journalists contribute to the communities where they report, and an interview with one of India’s leading...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 28:44
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 9
From: David Kattenburg
Piece image
Three of the world’s most bustling cities … what makes them tick, and what their citizens are doing to improve life on the street.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 29:55
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 8
From: David Kattenburg
Piece image
The plight of the farmer – struggling to produce for global markets, avoiding the toxic tailings of chemically treated fields, or robbed of the lan...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2009
  • Length: 29:56
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 7
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Wind turbines, Credit: web
In today’s edition … clean energy – it’s the way to go. Wind power in China, natural gas in Egypt. And from one of capitalism’s most hallowed halls...

Bought by WRPI and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 2
Death's Footprint
From: Todd Melby
Piece image
A documentary exploring the environmental consequences of traditional funeral and burial practices.

Bought by Prairie Public, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 28, 2008
  • Length: 27:51
  • Purchases: 3
Ghost Bikes
From: Mark Saldaña
Piece image
In Portland, OR, and across the United States, Ghost Bikes mark the sites of fatal bicycle-autombile collisions.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 8