PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry was working overtime. Listen to some of the gems and the stories behind them.

Bought by KUER, WGBH Radio Boston, KFAI Minneapolis, and WRPI


  • Added: Jul 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Orville, Katharine and Wilbur Wright, Credit: Library of Congress
Why you've never heard of the Wright Brothers' sister, Katharine.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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Noel Hendrickson considers questions about what might have been if the past had happened differently.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:39
Caption: The Atcheson children, Washington, DC, Credit: Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) Courtesy: Library of Congress
Elementary school teachers may want to encourage a noisier classroom this fall. Adam Winsler’s recent research shows that 5-year-olds perform bette...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:43
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Two interviews for the curious among us: Why we can thank the anarchist movement for an 8 hour work week , then a discussion of new insights into t...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
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Very personal conversation with author Diane ACKERMAN about The Zoo Keeper's Wife, now a major film.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
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5 generational essays on Community from This I Believe archive

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
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"The Face of Poetry" is an exhibit matching black and white photographs of some of the most important poets of the last 50 years with their poems.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:09
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Zen and coupledom (and other Valentine's treats)

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Feb 20, 2006
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Who decides how to commemorate sites of wars and what do those monuments say about us?

  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:46
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The story of one man who saved Jefferson's estate from ruin and one "being" that captured authors' fancies.

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Dec 15, 2005
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1