PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

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During the 1910s and 1920s, the question of whether one was “highbrow” or “lowbrow” became a concern in the minds of modernist Americans. Brooks He...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
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During the 1910s and 1920s, the question of whether one was “highbrow” or “lowbrow” became a concern in the minds of modernist Americans. Brooks He...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
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The fear of public speaking can be debilitating. For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares, and so many of us avoid doing it altogether.

Bought by WCNY and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 2
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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry produced what some consider the greatest era of popular music. We look at the s...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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You've heard of Robin Hood, King Arthur, and even Beowulf. But Bevis of Hampton?

Bought by WJCT and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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You've heard of Robin Hood, King Arthur, and even Beowulf. But Bevis of Hampton?

Bought by WCNY, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 4
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After William the Conqueror defeated Harold, the Saxon king, William wisely combined the crests of the two forces into a new British logo—two winge...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 12:04
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: William Pope.L, Blink New Orleans, 2012, Credit: Cathy Byrd
William Pope.L, an American performance artist and interventionist, talks about Blink, his magic lantern show for Prospect.2 New Orleans, 2011.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
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FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL co-founder Nick Prueher talks context, unintended irony, and the video he thought might actually kill him.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 22:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chef Roland Mesnier
In this special 2-part Tin Roof Project, White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier tells stories of his White House years.

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
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Trumpeter and flugelhorn player, composer, arranger, educator, and advocate Jimmy Owens talks about his life in jazz.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 34:25
  • Purchases: 1
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A reminiscence of Christmas on the radio in the 1940's

Bought by KDUR, KUAT, KSLU, KRPS, WXPN and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 89