PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

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

26 results


Slum Detectives
From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Piece image
How researchers are using Google Earth to find the undocumented slums of India.

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 03:29
GN_4.29_MexicanGalapagos
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Piece image
Mexico protects it's most valuable waters.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
Episode 5: Eat With Your Ears (And More)
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
Piece image
Episode 5 — Sensory overload! We explore how taste, touch, sight, smell and sound influence how we experience chocolate. With a soundtrack designed...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 24:00
  • Purchases: 1
The weed that saved Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Piece image
In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
Hawaiian Voyaging Canoe Navigates World Without Instruments
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: The Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hokulea, Credit: Courtesy Oiwi TV & the Polynesian Voyaging Society
The legendary Hawaiian voyaging canoe, Hokulea, is sailing around the world using the ancient art of wayfinding, navigating without instruments. Th...

  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:19
SWEET DREAMS -- Lisa Fruchtman Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Lisa Fruchtman, San Francisco, CA 11/22/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lisa Fruchtman talks simple pleasures, honoring the past, and warming up to cold.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 21:51
CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN -- Fredrik Bond Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Piece image
Fredrik Bond on instinctive acting, fighting the dark side, and the pleasures of an underdog city.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
Bhutanese Refugees Prove You Can Farm Rice in Vermont
From: Lauren Ober
Piece image
There are many places in the world known for their rice production — China, India and Japan to name a few. The New England state of Vermont is not ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:27
Changing Landscapes
From: War News Radio
Piece image
In this month’s show, we examine three issues that build on the relationship between environmental stresses and conflict. First, we examine the imp...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 40:01
  • Purchases: 1
Italian Tailors: An Age-Old Tradition Unravels
From: Nancy Greenleese
Series: Made In Italy...For Now
Caption: Paola Gueli is one of a dwindling number of tailors in Italy, a country renowned for its tailoring tradition. , Credit: Luigi Fraboni
Skilled tailoring is a dying art. Many of the best tailors hail from Italy where the tradition is unraveling due to a lack of training opportuniti...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
International Testing in Science and Math
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Piece image
In response to international tests that show American students lagging, a number of programs supporting the study of science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by KENW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
International Guitar Night: Four virtuosos from Germany, Israel and America talk about a convergence of finger-style guitar
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Piece image
There are some guitarists for whom one insturment isan't enough. Brian Gore is one of them. For the past decade, he’s been realizing his ambition...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Chris Bocast and MJ Catalin: Global Possibilities
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Chris Bocast
Ambient guitar meets electronica percussion via the internet in a CD of cinematic sweep

  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
BLINDSIGHT: New Vision in Tibet
From: The Tibet Connection
Piece image
Award-winning documentary film director Lucy Walker to talk about her latest film BLINDSIGHT that took her up one of Tibet's highest peaks with 6 b...

  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 15:54
Best of 2007-2008
From: Sudan Radio Project
Piece image
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
In the Line of Fire
From: War News Radio
Piece image
News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
In the Line of Fire
From: War News Radio
Piece image
News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Argentina to Alaska
From: Jesse Hardman
Piece image
A journey like no other in a 1928 car

  • Added: Nov 17, 2007
  • Length: 07:29
Medical Inquiry
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Piece image
News and features on the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KWCW, Raven Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KGOU


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Return of the Hellenes
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
Caption: Triphon Olympios officiates at a naming ceremony at the annual gathering of Greek pagans on Mount Olympus.. , Credit: Photo by Jon Miller
Jon Miller reports on a resurgence of interest among Greeks in their pre-Christian roots.

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Jul 07, 2006
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
Kinvara: A Spirit of Place
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
Piece image
Producer Frank Browning visits an Irish town where economic prosperity has locals wondering how to move forward while keeping their traditions intact.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2006
  • Length: 10:36
Connecting The Hebrides
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
Piece image
The Internet helps revive a dying culture in Scotland's remote Outer Hebrides islands.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2006
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
Three Years Later
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Piece image
News and Features on the War in Iraq

Bought by KSJC, KUOW, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 17, 2006
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
Saving Electricity
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Piece image
News and Features on the War in Iraq

Bought by KSJC and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 03, 2006
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Keeping the Peace: the Winter Olympics are not just for sport
From: Barbara Simmons
Piece image
This feature takes the listener to the city of Torino, Italy, to get a better understanding of the Olympic Truce and how an organziation uses sport...

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 07:29
  • Purchases: 1