PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative

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How does an architect of Facebook's biz model reckon with what he built?
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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He built Facebook's business model.....and then realized he was addicted to his phone.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 43:36
A perpetrator priest speaks out — in dialogue with a survivor
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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As a young priest, he sexually abused boys in his parish. In high school, she was sexually abused by her Catholic teacher, a former nun. Today, the...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:02:43
  • Purchases: 1
A survivor and her perpetrator find justice
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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What does it sound like for a perpetrator to take responsibility for sexual abuse? What does it sound like for a survivor to get her needs met? Hea...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 56:15
A journalist reckons with truth
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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Alternative facts. Fake news. How are journalists grappling with this moment? Dive into one journalist’s reckoning with truth.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2018
  • Length: 44:42
The only paid climate skeptic who ever flipped
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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For over 20 years, Jerry Taylor was a leading spokesperson for climate skepticism. He waged TV battles against climate activists on the likes of CN...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 41:51
Captain Gravitone and the String Theory Orchestra: An Original Combination of Music, Fantasy and Theater
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Captain Gravitone CD Cover Art, Credit: Al Fack
Every once in a while you learn of a group that really is different than all others. Such is the case with Captain Gravitone and the String Theory ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 07:21
Members of the 1% navigate cross-class relationships
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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In parallel but separate tales, Michelle and Abe inherited immense wealth at a young age. For many years, they didn't talk about it, or know what t...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Mysterious James Tiptree
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Alice Sheldon, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Alice Sheldon served in the OSS and the CIA. And then she went deep undercover posing as a male science fiction writer. It wasn't an assignment, it...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 23:44
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Liza Long and her son
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Liza Long talks to her son about his experiences living with mental illness.

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 2
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Detroit punk band, ahead of its time
From: Michigan Radio
Caption: Hackney Brothers, Credit: Facebook
In the mid 1970s, three teenage brothers from Detroit formed a band. That’s not exactly an unusual story. Motown history is full of bands that made...

Bought by WDBM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Bernard Holyfield and Charles Barlow
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Bernard Holyfield (R) and Charles Barlow
Bernard Holyfield (R) tells his friend Charles Barlow (L) about a painful memory from his childhood in the 1960s.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 1
Painting from the Ashes
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Caption: Kevin King painting in his studio, Credit: Sarah P. Reynolds
Kevin King is a painter. His paintings aren't controversial, but his medium is.

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 4
Rebel Yell
From: Peter Solomon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A historian in Richmond, VA believes he has solved the riddle behind the legendary Confederate War cry that was thought to be lost to the ages.

Bought by WEZU, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 4
The birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees ...
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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How air pollution is affecting the fragrane from flowers, making it harder for bees to find and pollinate them.

Bought by KENW, WRVO Public Media, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 3
McKinley vs. The High One
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Why has an Ohio Congressmen spent 30+ years obsessing over the name of a mountain... in Alaska?

Bought by 91.7 WHUS Storrs and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 2
Nuclear Plowshares
From: Gabriel Spitzer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What if the government wanted to blow up thermonuclear bombs near your house -- and forgot to tell you about it.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPFA, and KSUT


  • Added: Jun 25, 2006
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 4
File Sharing Vox Pop
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mick Pratt, youth reporter, filed this vox-pop, featuring teen opinions on file sharing.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2004
  • Length: 04:13