PRX - Pieces for Format: Soft Feature

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

112 results


Living Space
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
Piece image
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Living Space" by Michael E. Veal, which is a thorough and creative examination of John Coltrane's fr...

  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:27
Missing Music
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
Piece image
On this episode, we talked about producer Ian Brennan's new book "Missing Music," in which he discusses his latest song collecting activities durin...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:31
In Good Faith - LDS Experience in Turkey
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
Piece image
Steve discusses the history of LDS converts in Turkey, starting with 19th century Armenians.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:28
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Book Club, Poetry by Rumi
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
Piece image
In Good Faith welcomes two guests to discuss "Rumi: Studying the Sun".

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:28
  • Purchases: 1
'Sissy' as in Sister
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: A meeting at A Woman's Coffee House, Credit: Janet Dahlem
In the 1970s and 1980s, feminists redefined what it meant to be a woman in the United States. These activists didn’t always agree on how to reach t...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 46:02
In Good Faith - Rumi and the Sheikh
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
Piece image
Celebrating the power of faith and belief.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Ottomans and the Imam
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
Piece image
We explore Islam in Turkey and chat with a former Imam who founded a school to teach girls how to recite the Koran.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - The Hagia Sophia
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
Piece image
Steve explores the history and influence of the Hagia Sophia.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 53:02
  • Purchases: 1
Byzantine Chant
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
Piece image
On this episode, we talked about the book "The Past is Always Present," which documents Orthodox chant practices among the monasteries of Mount Ath...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Paul in Ephesus
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
Piece image
Both an influential place and a person--walk with us in Ephesus.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Jewish Communities in Turkey
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
Piece image
This week, the team visits Sardes--join our discussion on Judaism in Turkey.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Well of Souls: The Hidden History of the Banjo
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
Piece image
On this episode, we talked about the new book "Well of Souls," which dives further into the earliest history of the banjo than anyone has gone befo...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith - Elizabeth Schrader Polczer and Craig Evans: Who was Mary Magdalene?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
Piece image
Steve chats with two historians about the importance of ancient Christianity today.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:41
  • Purchases: 1
The oud
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
Piece image
On this episode, we talked about the new book by Rachel Beckles Willson, called "The Oud: An Illustrated History." This book might be the first in-...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2023
  • Length: 27:42
  • Purchases: 1
In Good Faith -The Power of Pilgrimage
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
Piece image
Four guests discuss their experiences with pilgrimage. Topics range from embarking on physical journeys to less intensive, historical landmarks.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:57
  • Purchases: 2
The Bach Cello Suites
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
Piece image
On this episode, we talked about a new book that serves as a companion to the Bach cello suites. Cellist Steven Isserlis has created a great book t...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:09
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
Piece image
On this episode, we talked about a new book in the 33 1/3 series that documents the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, whose early efforts intro...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Women of the Fur Trade
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Laura Powell-Marxen works in the basement of her Grand Marais home. Laura makes hats, mittens and other apparel from the fur from animals of the North Woods., Credit: Joe Friedrichs
The role of women, particularly Indigenous women, during the legendary fur trade in Minnesota is often overlooked. KFAI contributor Joe Friedrichs ...

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 21:58
If You Knew All I Could Tell You
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Whipple, Credit: https://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fap033
Archives tell an important story. The people in them—and the people left out—say a lot about our politics, culture, and consciousness. Today, resea...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 17:12
StoryCorps Griot: Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Thomas in his lab., Credit: Public Domain
Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris remember their mentor, Dr. Vivien Thomas, a surgical researcher who developed groundbreaking medical techniques.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Labor Day 2021
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
Piece image
Topic: How Beef Changed America

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WPCA-LP, KUHF, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 54:42
  • Purchases: 4
The Mint 400
From: Black Mountain Radio
Piece image
In 1971, Hunter S. Thompson chronicled his drug-fueled haze during an off-road-desert race, the Mint 400, in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Veg...

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 11:17
Railroads & Fire
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Piece image
Since the first rail line was completed in Minnesota in 1862, the railroad has had a storied existence in the state. Fire is part of that story. KF...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Modern West: Ghost Town(ing) Broadcast Special
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: The Modern West
Piece image
Ghost towns are an icon of the American West. But they’re not just part of a sepia-toned past; ghost towns in the making today as rural communities...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 57:41
The Most Hopeful Music in the World
From: Dale McGowan
Series: How Music Does That - Shortcuts
Piece image
Even starting a piece that's 639 years long is an act of incredible optimism.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 07:54