PRX - Pieces for Tone: Surprising
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"The first time I knew my parents loved me" ? a woman's memory of "two frantic angels" coming to her rescue.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A son disappoints his dad by deciding to forego college to learn a trade, even though he's clearly "college material."
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A woman tries to tell her uncomprehending doctor that she doesn't have her family medical history because, as an adoptee, she's legally denied acce...
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A man finally meets the son he abandoned 26 years ago; he's prepared to face rage, but not indifference.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A teenager whose parents are divorcing sees that she has become a pawn of negotiation, in competition with the family dog.
Bought by WQJC and East Village Radio
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 2
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
Mom finally allows her child to go out and play in the mud if he promises to keep clean.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
He couldn't be with his dying lover because he wasn't family. "What does it take to be family?"
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A harried father tries to coach his small child to open a locked bathroom door.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:37
A grown daughter rages at the immaturity of the parents who abandoned her but is chastised by the grandmother who raised her.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
Mother and daughter quarrel over the writing of the obligatory "thank you note," while Dad tunes out.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
A woman is stuck in the attic and sends a note down on the cat's collar, hoping to be rescued by her sleeping husband -- who misinterprets it in a ...
Bought by WQJC
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
Dad proudly teaches his small child to read "walk" and "don't walk", then crosses against the light.
Bought by KISU
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 1
A middle-aged divorcee going out on a date is grilled like a teenager by her elderly father.
- Added: May 31, 2004
- Length: 01:38
What is it like on the other side of the peephole? The Half-Girl, the Snake Lady, the Fat Man and others share their experiences and surprising vi...
- Added: May 28, 2004
- Length: 29:36
- Purchases: 5
- Added: May 18, 2004
- Length: 07:40
- Purchases: 1
The story of a man who hits rock bottom when he's surrounded by a whole lot of rocks -- and how he uses those rocks to get over heartbreak.
Bought by KUOW, KUT, Iowa Public Radio, Remix Radio, PRX Lovesick Stream and more
- Added: May 10, 2004
- Length: 09:30
- Purchases: 7
Willard Mental Hospital closed in 1995, but for over 100 years it was at the center of life in upstate New York, for both the patients, staff and t...
Bought by WCFM, WZBC, WRFI Community Radio, and WNYC
- Added: May 07, 2004
- Length: 14:38
- Purchases: 4
Yo-Yo Ma describes how a 21st-century hotel key helps him create the right sound for a rustic piece called "Drunken Fisherman."
Bought by PRX Remix, Public Interactive, KMHD, and KNAU
- Added: Apr 27, 2004
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Apr 23, 2004
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 2
Have cello, will travel: Yo-Yo Ma describes how he works his way inside the "DNA" of musical styles from all over the world, and finds joy in "the...
- Added: Apr 20, 2004
- Length: 03:24
- Purchases: 6
Mick Pratt, youth reporter, filed this vox-pop, featuring teen opinions on file sharing.
- Added: Apr 19, 2004
- Length: 04:13
Changing values about sexuality among China's youth, and the role of Western pornography in their sex education.
- Added: Apr 12, 2004
- Length: 05:55
Old coots reminiscing about wars and police actions of words. . . and steam, geothermal and nuclear-powered doorbells they have known. . .
Bought by The Prairie Star and WCOM
- Added: Mar 24, 2004
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 2
Even without a conga drum handy, a master of Latin Jazz finds a way to demonstrate the essence of the mambo.
Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCUR, Public Interactive, KMHD and more
- Added: Mar 16, 2004
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 9
