PRX - Pieces for Tone: Fresh Air-ish

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

169 results


Piece image
Danny Boyle talks meeting royalty, seducing the audience, and training Rosario Dawson’s voice.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 12:00
Piece image
Matteo Garrone talks materialism, capitalism, and why he cast someone serving a life sentence as his star.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 11:33
Caption: Adam Leon, San Francisco, CA 4/20/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Adam Leon talks anxiety attacks, passing the smell test, and taking what New York threw at him.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 14:44
Piece image
First published in 1947, Goodnight Moon has become one of the most popular books for young children. Yet the book’s author, Margaret Wise Brown, al...

Bought by WJCT, XRAY.fm, WFHB, and KVLU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Walter Salles, San Francisco, CA 12/8/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Walter Salles talks searching for freedom, finding the story behind the book, and bicycling with Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:56
Piece image
A common historical myth is that Native Americans were an “oral people” who didn't engage in literacy. But one scholar argues that Native Americans...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WFHB


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Juan Diego Solanas, San Francisco, CA 3/6/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Juan Diego Solanas talks the power of metaphor, the advantage of being naïve, and shooting with soul.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 15:32
Piece image
Feminist Mothers, Michelangelo in America, and Humor in the Workplace

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Anthony’s latest book, “Hotels, Hospitals and Jails” describes his life after the pluses and minuses of the fame of "Jarhead." In that book he chro...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Alice Englert and Alden Eherenreich, San Francisco, CA 1/28/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Co-stars Alice Englert and Alden Ehernreich talk the pitfalls of fanaticism, the subtleties of accent, and subverting the cliché.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:50
Piece image
Writer/director Ursula Meier talks the power of thinking, the tug of family, and the avoidance of cliches..

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 17:58
Piece image
Writer/director Ric Klass talks turning prose into cinema, the power of words, both written and spoken, and the serious business of comedy.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 13:59
Caption: Zach Booth & Ira Sachs, San Francisco, CA 6/21/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Director/co-director Ira Sachs and co-star Zach Booth talk using Dogme 95 as inspiration, feeling like an outsider, and why it's best to get the se...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2012
  • Length: 11:07
Caption: Lauren Miller & Ari Graynor, San Francisco, CA, 8/14/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller talk cinematic waves, the perks of friendship, and the virtues of raunchiness as a plot device.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2012
  • Length: 14:22
Caption: Sam Fell and Chris Butler, San Francisco, CA 7/27/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Co-Directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell talk using fantasy to enhance reality, the perfection of the imperfect, and why slugs lend themselves so rea...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 20:39
Caption: William Friedkin, San Francisco, CA 7/11/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
William Friedkin talks sex, violence, and why he's happy to have gotten an NC-17 for KILLER JOE.

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 17:52
Piece image
Actor Cillian Murphy and writer/director Rodrigo Cortes talk paradigms, perceptions, and the pleasures of being fooled.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 13:09
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
Caption: Benh Zeitlin, San Francisco, CA 6/5/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Benh Zeitlin talks life, death, and ulterior motives.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2012
  • Length: 12:45
Piece image
Daryl Wein talks by phone about silence, silliness, and being an authentic mess.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2012
  • Length: 15:22
Caption: Colin Trevorrow, San Francisco, CA 6/7/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Colin Trevorrow talks respecting legacies, celebrating oddballs, and the best day of his life.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 10:12
Piece image
Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling talk metonymy, subversion, and embracing the apocalypse.

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 13:24
Caption: Richard Linklater, San Francisco, CA 4/20/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Richard Linklater talks law, justice, and small town life.

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 10:02
Caption: Taika Waititi, San Francisco, CA 3/15/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Taika Waititi talks childhood, hero worship, and whether or not the Maori are one of the lost tribes of Israel.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:55
Caption: Ewan McGregor, San Francisco, CA, 2/28/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ewan McGregor talks faith, travel, and transcendence.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 09:44