PRX - Pieces for Tone: Informational

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

79 results


Maria Candelaria
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
Piece image
A drama of a woman unjustly ostracized reveals deeper meanings, in a breakthrough work of Mexican cinema.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 02:26
Under Three Flags
From: Jason Kladiva
Series: World Pieces
Piece image
Isabel Goddard shares her upbringing in England, Spain and Colombia to host Jason Kladiva.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2019
  • Length: 06:29
Moscow misadventures, Camino de Santiago, pet travel and country music
From: World Footprints LLC
Piece image
Some extraordinary people sharing a bit of travel advice, insights and experiences from Moscow to the Camino de Santiago and destinations in betwee...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:50
Life of the Law #128 UGANDA: Pt 3 - Escape
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Beatrice Oswee with her daughter in Gulu, Uganda.
"If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:25
Lentejas
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
Caption: Lentils
An ancient and misunderstood bean gets put to good use.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:08
Gazpacho
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
Piece image
This ancient, raw soup is easier than you think.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:58
Xoriguer
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
Piece image
This Minorcan gin tells us quite a bit about the island's history and culture.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2016
  • Length: 05:57
Coffee
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
Piece image
How an African bean conquered Europe and impacted Spanish culture.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
Chorizo
From: Maximilian Eyle
Series: Iberian Indulgence
Piece image
This seasoned pork sausage has a flavor as rich as its history.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:44
A local bar in Namibia
From: LN Lurie
Series: Where in the World is LN?
Caption: impalila island, Namibia, Credit: LN Lurie
I wanted to go to a bar in Impalila Island, Namibia. I couldn't because I'm white. Good thing- because I wouldn't have wanted to be there anyway.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 09:07
Dasgupta's Delhi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Piece image
Sandip Roy is at the Jaipur Literary festival in Kolkata, India's old capital, speaking with Rana Dasgupta about Delhi, India's new capital...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Tara and Lulama
From: Littleglobe
Caption: AIDS Skeletons, Credit: Bob Smith
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 08:22
Where's Jessie? In Calcutta!
From: KALW
Caption: Jesse Jackson speaks at the IIM, Credit: IIM Calcutta
Jessie Jackson was recently spotted in Calcutta, India. But why?

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
As Big As A Bear: Sarah Maycock's Minimal Marks, Larger Than Life
From: Teosson Wells
Piece image
Free, audio book excerpt. Once upon a time, there was a girl who imagined a bear. Actually, she imagined a lot of bears. And then she drew them—bea...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2013
  • Length: 13:16
24 Life in the City
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Piece image
David Hendy on the comforts and irritations of next-door's noise. Episode twenty-four of Noise: A Human History, ‘Life in the City'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 1
25 Capturing Sound
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Piece image
How recording technology made it possible to catch the fugitive moment. Episode twenty-five of Noise: A Human History, Capturing Sound'

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:47
  • Purchases: 2
Tiananmen Explosion Tests Beijing (October 31, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
Piece image
What a suicide attack in Tiananmen Square can tell us about the Chinese government's struggle with dissent.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:07
06 The Amplified Age (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Piece image
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 2
03 Sounds of the Spirit and of Satan (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Piece image
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 3
05 The Rise of the Machines (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Walden Pond
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
04 Power and Revolt (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Piece image
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
02 The Age of Oratory (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Piece image
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 3
01 Prehistoric Voiceprints (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Iegor Reznikoff illuminates red oche dots made 30,000 years ago
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
01 Echoes in the Dark
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Piece image
David Hendy begins his thirty-part series in the prehistoric cave

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:38
  • Purchases: 2
02 The Beat of Drums
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Piece image
Words are only one way to communicate - humans have found many more. David Hendy goes to Ghana to hear the talking drum in the second episode of hi...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 2