PRX - Pieces for Topic: War

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Once a Marine
From: Gretta Herzog
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bill recalls his time spent in the U.S. Marine Corps.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:51
Tinnitus
From: Elaine Vitone
Series: Pitt Medcast
Caption: Some tinnitus sufferers experience their phantom frequencies as buzzing or chirping sounds, like the song of a cicada (here, converted mathematically into graph form)., Credit: Photo Researchers
This dramatic soundscape uses interviews, narration, sound effects, and music to explain the emerging neuroscience of tinnitus - a ringing, buzzing...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 1
A Soldier's Story on Film
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sgt. Matthew Pennington was injured while serving on combat duty in Iraq. He showed signs of PTSD, but is working toward recovery by promoting self...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Kurt Eichenwald
In his newest book, bestseller author Kurt Eichenwald chronicles the fast paced decisions, deceptions and delusions following the 9/11 attacks.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
WorldCanvass
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes. This month's program is about human rights.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:03:38
WWII Army Musician Remembers
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Homer Parce playing the cornet at his home., Credit: Greg Latza, greglatza.com
Love of music prompted Homer Parce to sign up for an army band. Military service whisked the small town South Dakota boy across the Pacific just a...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
Indie on Demand Reviews GARBO THE SPY
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A review of the intriguing WWII documentary.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Syria's YouTube Revolution
From: Latitude News
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As the Syrian revolution unfolded over the last year, Syrian-Americans have been glued to YouTube - the primary source of information from the war ...

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
Ink and M16s
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In a war you have your typical players. They're the soldiers, the medics. Politicians and journalists. The translators and engineers too. And then ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 5
Steve Pinker’s “Better Angels”: Dodging Our Own Bullet?
From: Open Source
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My guest this hour is Steven Pinker, who has written a game-changer on the little matter of how quickly humanity is headed for hell or redemption. ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
War Games among the Tipas Porteñas
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Ponys and their men
From old games to old soldiers war remains in our minds

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Decisions Project - 29 - Asking for Help
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A veteran of 25 years witnesses a fellow soldier kill an eight year-old girl. Upon returning home, he develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and f...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence
From: Alyce Ornella
Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella
Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Decisions Project - 23 - Marriage Before Deployment
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A single mom decides to marry her best friend before his deployment to Iraq.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
The Decisions Project - 21 - A Job Offer in Afghanistan
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A man in his early forties decides to take a job in Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
Kwan
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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From Sudan to Portland to Iraq and back.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1
In Memory of Tim Hetherington
From: Sheri Quinn
Caption: Tim Hetherington, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Photojournalist and war correspondent Tim Hetherington was killed wednesday, April 20, 2011 along with two other journalists while covering the fig...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 14:01
Human Textures - Nir Rosen & Marianne Leone Cooper
From: Open Source
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Even as we watched transfixed as the protests in Egypt and Tunisia pushed the region's political scene into new waters, Nir Rosen stayed (will stay...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Pioneers of Flight: Tuskegee Airmen in Transition
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Lt. Col. Ivan Ware, Credit: Courtesy Air Force Magazine
Lt. Col. Ivan Ware has known war. For thirty-two months, he served in Europe. He’s been bombed at, shot at, and fought back. But his battles did...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
G Wani
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
A Drum Is Always With Me
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In Portland, a small community exists around the public performance of Middle Eastern music and dance. Portland is also home to an Iraqi community ...

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 3
Death of the Liberal Class, Life of Our Inner Sky - Chris Hedges & Damion Searls
From: Open Source
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This hour brings politics with Chris Hedges and poetry with Damion Searls. Chris Hedges' new book recounts The Death of the Liberal Class. And the ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Problem Solving, Then Poetry - Kwame Anthony Appiah & C.K. Williams
From: Open Source
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We're talking with Kwame Anthony Appiah and C.K. Williams this week. The philosopher and storyteller Kwame Anthony Appiah at Princeton is on the tr...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
When Former Enemies Sit Down and Talk About World War II
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Japanese WWII Propaganda
A Japanese student got fellow students from England, France, the USA, Germany, China and Japan to tell each other what World War II meant to them, ...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Dec 06, 2010
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
A Few Reams of Freedom - Noam Chomsky & C.D. Wright
From: Open Source
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We're talking politics and poetry with Noam Chomsky and C.D. Wright. Noam Chomsky is on an upbeat about American views on war and imperialism, and ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2

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