PRX - Pieces for Format: Special

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

299 results


The Rwandan Genocide
From: Arndt Peltner
Piece image
In the evening of April 6th 1994 the plane of the Rwandan president was shot down. This sparked the genocide that nearly killed one million people

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 14:39
The Beatles Finale: Let It Be (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: The Beatles: Let It Be, Credit: Apple Records
Music writers, musicians and fans offer a track-by-track assessment of the 12th and last official Beatles album, LET IT BE, released in May of 1970.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WORT, Prairie Public, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, MPR News Stations and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 18
Giving Women The Vote
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: Votes For Women!, Credit: Library of Congress
2010 was the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave American women the right to vote. Women got the vote, in part, because of a promise ...

Bought by WWNO, KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Hark!, WSGE and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 9
Return to Camelot PT. 2
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
Piece image
As the Kennedy presidency begins, a veritable Who's Who of artists, writers, and composers visit the White House.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Return to Camelot, PT. 3
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
Piece image
In a matter of moments, hope and joy turns to despair and sorrow.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:05
Return to Camelot, PT. 4
From: Boyce Lancaster
Series: Return to Camelot: Music in the Kennedy White House
Caption: Marion Anderson sings at President Kennedy's memorial service
In the months following President Kennedy's assassination, musicians and composers the world over expressed their sorrow through music

  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
HIV’S FIRST RESPONDERS
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: Catholic AIDS Action staff
We'll introduce you to the Catholic AIDS Action staff in Namibia and their commitment to improving the lives of their countrymen stricken with HIV/...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
The Last Year In The Life of The Beatles - 1969/1970
From: Paul Ingles
Piece image
A two-hour special that chronologically follows The Beatles through 1969 and 1970 as they record their final tracks, struggle with their company, s...

Bought by WCBE, KBBI Alaska, WYSO, KLCC, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 39
What's the Word? Seeing 9/11
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Remembering 9/11
Piece image
Three representations of the events of September 11th.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 8
Two Miles From Bethel -- On the Road, well, "almost," to Woodstock!
From: Binnie Klein
Caption: 2 girls who didn't quite make it there
There are many stories of those who made it to Woodstock, and those who never went. What about those who, well, "almost" made it?

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
What's the Word? Shakespeare after 9/11
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Remembering 9/11
Piece image
A look at how the events of September 11th changed the way we read Shakespeare's plays about politics and leadership.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KFOK-LPFM, KSFR, WTIP and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
Woodstock 40th Anniversary on FM Odyssey
From: FM Odyssey
Piece image
Fred Migliore is joined by legendary NY radio personality, Pete Fornatale, who's new book "Back To The Garden" provides incredible insight to this...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KGLT


  • Added: Jul 31, 2009
  • Length: 01:57:53
  • Purchases: 2
One Giant Leap
From: WHRV
Series: How We Saw It
Caption: Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon., Credit: GETTY
This 1-hour radio documentary will celebrate the moon landing through the eyes of those who witnessed it and the memories of those who contributed ...

Bought by KWIT, KCNP, Radio Catskill, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WVPE and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 12
A Shortcut Back To 1969 -"The Lunar Module"
From: Peter Bochan
Caption: Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11
50th Anniversary Mix of man's trip to the moon which began on July 16th, 1969

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Jul 16, 2009
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 4
Whitman at War
From: With Good Reason
Piece image
On a trip to see his brother, Walt Whitman was so struck by the violence of the Civil War that he stayed to help heal wounded soldiers. He hoped hi...

Bought by KVNF, WHFR, WRKF, RadioFreePalmer, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 13
Peace Talks Radio: The Peace Work of John Lennon & Yoko Ono (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: John Lennon + Yoko Ono at Montreal Bed-in (1969), Credit: Ivor Sharp (c) Yoko Ono
In 1969, musician John Lennon and his wife, performance artist Yoko Ono, were among the most high profile peace advocates on the planet. We'll spot...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
One Giant Leap: How We Saw It
From: Camille Dixon
Series: How We Saw It
Piece image
On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing (July 20, 2009) this one-hour documentary will celebrate the event through the eyes of those ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 02:03
Tales from the Kerrville Folk Festival
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Caption: Producer Joe Bevilacqua at Kerrville, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A one hour documentary, a 9-minute "All Things Considered" feature and ten short modules about the longest running open air festival in the country...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and KUT-HD


  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:44:58
  • Purchases: 2
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -1: How the South (or White Supremacy?) Won the War (1865 - 1877)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: An American Terrorist
From the founding of the Ku Klux Klan by ex-Confederate officers, through the defeat of Reconstruction: How history is made and remade, with histor...

Bought by WCPN, WRPI, and KUNM


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 3
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -6: Rosewood Reborn (1923 --
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Rosewood survivor Minnie Lee Langley
It began on New Years Day 1923, when a white woman in a small Florida (saw-)milltown claimed that a black man had attacked her. By the week's end, ...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
Benny Goodman: A Centennial Celebration
From: Helen Wigger
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A one-hour special commemorating 100th anniversary of the birth of Benny Goodman.

Bought by KMUW, KSJD, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
History This Week
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Caption: This Week In History, Credit: SLG
Flashback to a voice this week in History -- for a lesson we can learn for today.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
Tibetan Uprising: The Meaning of March 10th
From: The Tibet Connection
Piece image
Documentary on the significance of March 10th for Tibetans

Bought by CKMO, KVMR, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
Afropop Artists Celebrate Human Rights: The UN Declaration at 60
From: Matt Payne
Caption: Beninese Chanteuse Angelique Kidjo
This special edition of Afropop Worldwide looks at the 60th Anniversary of the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the eyes (and m...

Bought by WNCU, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
How Long Must I Dream: Roy Orbison
From: KUT
Piece image
You know his music, now get to know the man behind these classic songs.

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KUPR low power FM, Radio New Zealand, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2008
  • Length: 55:35
  • Purchases: 12

Narrow the results by Topics

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Tones