PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

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“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture” is a problematic statement: not just because nobody can agree on who came up with it, but ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The PEMcast, Credit: Chip Van Dyke
Examine the life of one of America’s most famous 20th century artists, who you may not have even heard of.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 16:24
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Just in time for Halloween, we look at gender issues in horror films. This essay takes a feminist angle on underrated horror heroines, from Candyma...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 21:26
Caption: Voices UnBroken, Credit: Voices UnBroken
A poet famous for writing about the civil rights movement and for epitomizing black arts movement feminism, Sonia Sanchez passed through Attica’s g...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 1
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A lot has changed for the Olympics over the last century, including the focus on an entire discipline.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
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The strange evolution of the iconic Pop-Tart.

Bought by WMMT and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 2
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A great poet of the Western landscape, Jeffers celebrated the heartbreaking beauty of existence and reminded humanity of its responsibility to the ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 26:54
  • Purchases: 5

  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
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From the start, the very concept of "State Parks" was an indicator of things that had already been lost...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:54
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Aaron has a very special bowl in his life - it's both glass, and invincible...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:13
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Michael asks, "Are we, ourselves, not bowls? Empty vessels always being filled and refilled..."

  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 02:35
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Regular KAXE contributor Nathan Bergstedt reviews "How To Steal A Car" by MN author Pete Hautman

  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: There's too many books!, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, chrisrobinsonphotography
How does a lifelong passion for books transform itself into an acute fear?

  • Added: Jan 18, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
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The art and life of chainsaw carver Mark Watson.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Aug 01, 2007
  • Length: 26:50
  • Purchases: 1
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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World

  • Added: Jun 28, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
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Three essays about different aspects of Stravinsky's life and work

Bought by WCQS


  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:25
  • Purchases: 1
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How -- and why -- Stravinsky revised theatrical pieces for the concert hall

  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 13:53
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A rhythmic essay describing the producer's first job cleaning up a drive-in theater.

Bought by WDBM, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 3
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An artist remembers an early piece of work

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1