PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

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In this episode, Conor takes a tour of the Mormon Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair with Nate Kogan.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 07:15
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A new breed of bartenders calling themselves mixologists--with a little help from the TV show Mad Men--have put classic cocktails back on the bar. ...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Nationally renowned writers, singers, and poets pay tribute to Toni Morrison, whose works have earned her the highest accolades in literature and e...

Bought by WJCT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Jeannette Pena believes it's important to smile, Credit: Will Coley
From the Washeteria II Corp laundromat, Jeannette Peña, has a unique vantage point on her neighborhood in Queens, New York.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
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Before Daphne Maxwell Reid appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, she was a number of "firsts," including the first African American homecoming q...

Bought by KENW and WDBM


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
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A young Frenchman visits the Red Square in Moscow. His guide is a pretty Russian girl. Romance blossoms, notwithstanding Cold War politics.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
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One block from my apartment sits the Capitol Pool Checkers Club where, each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Raz...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Story, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, San Francisco, CA 7/23/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris talk finding the right tone, the terror of the blank page, and the synchronicity of cities.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 10:13
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On a 150 km Trans Rift trek from the Laikipia escarpmetn to the Keiyo escarpment, we climbed the Tugen Hills with William Kimosop and were entertai...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:15
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One-part talk radio, one-part classical music, this hour will give people framework and tools to improve their listening abilities.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 53:52
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Join the Koch brothers for all their zany adventures in this upcoming series. Laverne & Shirley redux.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:51
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This week on It's Movie Time, Kristin and John recap recent films in the Avengers anthology before taking a look at Joss Whedon's new superhero spe...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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This week on It's Movie Time, Kristin and John explore the jungle with Disneynature's Chimpanzee, endure The Five-Year Engagement, and sail the sev...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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Bill Audette became our second guest on "Desert Island Discs" and his show aired in March of 2012 on WMPG radio. Audette offers up his vast knowle...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:24
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For students locked up in Maine's Long Creek Youth Development Center passing notes is a crime... and an art form. Jacorey investigates.

Bought by The Story, KUOW, PRX Remix, KUT, and YouthCast


  • Added: Dec 31, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 5
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Lee Morse and her Bluegrass Boys (not related to today's music known as bluegrass!)

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jacob Notowitz examines a gold chain at Numis International. , Credit: Callie Shanafelt
President Obama continues to tout his jobs bill, though it hasn’t been getting much traction in Congress. Still, there are a few industries that ha...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: SFWA weaver Aiko Kobayashi Gray at the American Craft Week Celebration., Credit: Photo courtesy of the SF Women Artists Gallery
If you’ve ever been to Ghirardelli Square, then you’ve probably seen the mermaid fountain that’s right in the middle. Would you have guessed it was...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Market Street, c. 1940 (Photo: Shaping San Francisco)
Market Street is one of the oldest streets in San Francisco. And in some places, it can seem like the busiest, the loudest, the dirtiest... RICK R...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pop-up bookstore Scanners is oepn through November at the Mina Dresden Gallery in San Francisco
The current state of our economy is getting everyone to think more creatively. For business owners, this means finding ways to cut costs, and in Sa...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:22
Caption: Entrepreneur Eri Gentry left her job in finance to build a community laboratory in her garage.
A study released earlier this year showed that the U.S. is on its way to a major shortage of science talent; about 1% of American students score ab...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:25
Caption: Lateef the Truthspeaker (left) and Lyrics Born (right) perform Sunday, August 14 at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival
Music, as an industry, has found a consistent audience in young people for decades. But what music means to them is changing. Popular songs today o...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Tuesday nights aren't exactly the most exciting night of the week. Most bands play over the weekend. Movies open on Friday. But, if you're the type...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:02
Caption: Los Cenzontles, Credit: http://www.themockingbirds.info/
Los Cenzontles is a unique musical group. Based in San Pablo, it's a band that usually performs usually performs and writes rock, latin fusion musi...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 09:56
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KALW’s Nathanael Johnson lives in San Francisco, near Mission and 30th Street. It’s at the intersection of several different neighborhoods with lot...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1