PRX - Pieces for Tagging: History
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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 22:02
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 1
In the early 1970’s, author Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape recorder interviewing people about their jobs. The result...
Bought by KCUR, WWNO, Michigan Radio, WWNO, North Country Public Radio and more
- Added: Aug 13, 2017
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 68
With a national debate raging about the 2nd Amendment, we went to meet a man who epitomizes the right to bear arms: Dragonman. Born Mel Bernstein i...
- Added: Jan 18, 2016
- Length: 58:13
The story of William Cimillo, a New York City bus driver who snapped one day in 1947, left his regular route in the Bronx, and drove his municipal ...
Bought by American Voices, KPIK-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 17:37
- Purchases: 4
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe is a sound rich special that includes original interviews, clips, music, and new skits with many of the orig...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 55:05
- Purchases: 1
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 16:51
- Purchases: 2
