PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

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

23 results


Piece image
This week on the show: - The murder of a young journalist during a riot sparks outrage in Northern Ireland. - Environmental activists cause ma...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Mark Rylance and Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's 'Bridge of Spies'
With the Academy Awards just behind us, we revisit our review of multi-award nominee, Stephen Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies." The Cold War drama to...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WOUB, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Piece image
In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, a number of Germa...

Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WTJU, and WXDU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
The first 24 hours after a city declares bankruptcy, there’s a reckoning: what gets to stay and what has to go.

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KKRN, WLPR , KVSC and more


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Piece image
Africa is rising, but some fear the spread of Ebola is a sign the continent has a long way to go.

Bought by WJCT, KKRN, WXDU, and WLIW


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
Africa is rising, but some fear the spread of Ebola is a sign the continent has a long way to go.

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc., and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Piece image
When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...

Bought by WJCT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Piece image
When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Today when we vote, we enter a private space, secretly make our choice, and go about our day. But early voting wasn’t just public; it was a raucous...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, German physicians...

Bought by WJCT, KBYS 88.3 FM, WFHB, WTJU, WLIW and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Piece image
In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, German physicians...

Bought by WCNY, global24radio, and WRPI


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19th, 1863., Credit: Library of Congress
November 19th, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. It’s one of the most iconic speeches in American history, ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WMMT, and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Detail from 1919 Red Cross poster, “Facing the Future: Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service.”, Credit: Library of Congress
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created thousands of new combat veterans - but what is it like for those soldiers as they return home? How we...

Bought by WMMT, WHRV, WGCU, WLPR , KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Detail from 1919 Red Cross poster, “Facing the Future: Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service.”, Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific ...

Bought by WHRV, WUFT, and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: “Save me from my friends!” Uncle Sam shelters Cuba, illustration from Puck, 1898.
With President Obama making the case for military action against Syria, BackStory takes on the history of humanitarian intervention. What are the o...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, NPR Illinois, WRPI, WMMT and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama got a short reprieve when Russia put forward a plan to avoid a U.S. missile strike on Syria by sequestering Syria’s chemical weapon...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: The Gatling Gun patent drawing (1865). The gun was patented on May 9, 1865, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Army on August 21, 1866. , Credit: National Archives
Reports that chemical weapons have been used in Syria raise important questions about what is—and is not—an appropriate means of waging war. This w...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Detail from “Field of Gettysburg” by T. Ditterline, 1863 , Credit: Library of Congress
The Battle of Gettysburg took place 150 years ago this week – the bloodiest of the Civil War. Thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers were kill...

Bought by WUFT, WLPR , WOUB, WTJU, and WMMT


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Piece image
With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. But the transition to aca...

Bought by WJCT and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. But the transition to aca...

Bought by WCNY, KVSC, WCWP, and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Constitutional Union Party meeting flyer, 1860, Credit: Perkins Library, Duke University
With the 150th anniversaries of the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg coming up, BackStory is re-airing its special series on the Civi...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WLPR , Prairie Public, WEZU and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Piece image
More than 20 years after Germans tore down the Berlin Wall, they are still dealing with the stigmas of a formerly divided country.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Are colleges and universities ready for the influx of veterans returning from military service?

  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:00