PRX - Pieces for Format: Special

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

44 results


Planetary Radio Live! We See Thee Rise: The Canadian Space Program
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: "We See Thee Rise" University of Toronto Convocation Hall, October 1, 2014, Credit: The Planetary Society
We welcomed 1,600 Canadian space enthusiasts to the University of Toronto for our October 1st celebration of Canada in space! Join Mat Kaplan and ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 8: Stuttering, Dancing, and Detours
From: Faye Reiff-Pasarew
Series: The Art Of Medicine Podcast
Piece image
Using creative adaptation to overcome the bugs in our systems

  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 24:35
The Humanist Hour #102: Live at the 73rd Annual Conference in Philadelphia!
From: Bo Bennett
Series: The Humanist Hour
Piece image
In this episode, Bo, Kim, and Todd host this episode in front of a live audience at the AHA Conference in Philadelphia. Our guest is Lifetime Achie...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
Building the geologic history of Game of Thrones
From: Generation Anthropocene
Piece image
Ever wonder what Westeros looked like long before the Starks, Baratheons, Lannisters, or Targaryens roamed its surface? How far back can we really ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
Science Frog
From: Alison Bruzek
Series: Bottom of the Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Science Frog explains an important phenomenon.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:08
Two Guys on Your Head: Why We Go Out
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
Piece image
Human beings are a social species. Part of our natural programming, which has evolved as we’ve evolved with the rest of the planet into our current...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Two Guys on Your Head: Learning Styles
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
Piece image
Are you an auditory learner or a visual learner? If you answered "yes" you would be right. We use all our senses to learn and process information....

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys on Your Head: Sugar and The Brain
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
Piece image
Why is it hard to have just one of those delicious slices of pound cake over the holidays? Well, it turns out it has less to do with the creamy but...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jan 03, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys on Your Head: Words and The Brain
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
Piece image
The saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,” is really not as accurate as we would like it to be. Words are a p...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Poison Squad: A Chemist’s Quest for Pure Food
From: Sruthi Pinnamaneni
Caption: The Poison Squad dining room in the basement of the Bureau of Chemistry, Credit: FDA
Meet Harvey Washington Wiley, the mastermind behind this experiment where young government employees were fed poison-laced foods months on end. He...

Bought by WHYY, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 8
There's An App For That
From: VoiceBox
Piece image
Prerna Gupta, a vocalist and the Chief Product Officer of Smule, a startup that creates digital tools for singers like Songify and AutoRap, talks a...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
Moody's rates drugs
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
Piece image
In the news: Moody's and Standard & Poor's to be responsible for rating new drugs.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
Living with Hypochondria: The Real Costs of Imagined Illness
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Sheila Murphy
Woody Allen made hypochondria famous as a source of self-deprecating humor, but this clinical condition can be seriously debilitating for individua...

Bought by PRX Remix and Jazz 91.9 WCLK


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Twin Paradox
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
Piece image
Step into the weird world of relativity as we walk through the Twin Paradox with help from some great physics teachers.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 2
Maggots are our friends
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: Mass of maggots
One of the most disgusting creatures is in fact one of the most useful. Join Paula Kahumbu and Dino Martins on a smelly journey of discovery.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2010
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 2
Lipstick from a bug
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: Cochineal Bug
You can't help but love insects when you listen to Kenyan entomologist Dino Martins. In this short piece he explains the natural history of the Coc...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:37
Holiday Tech Toys 2007
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Piece image
Special report exploring the latest tech toys for the holiday gift giving season.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Dec 12, 2007
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 1
Technology Gift Guide 2006
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Annual technology gift guide for 2006

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
Disney Imagineer
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Jean Kumagai Tours Disney World with Disney "Imagineer"

  • Added: Dec 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:19