PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque
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From our words, to dance, to the everyday sounds that surround us, we explore the special ways we express and feel the love..
Bought by KALW, WFSU, KVCR, WGBH Radio Boston, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more
- Added: Feb 06, 2024
- Length: 52:10
- Purchases: 12
Haley begins her career in the working world at her local NPR radio station, but this new job doesn’t exactly turn out the way she had hoped. It be...
- Added: Feb 15, 2023
- Length: 08:00
Many rites of passage are a source of much joy and anticipation, but some – such as the one Tanya Huyard observed at Jerusalem’s “pacifier tree” –...
- Added: Aug 21, 2022
- Length: 08:14
Shlomo and Sarah Adani were married for longer than most people are alive. They grew up together in the small village of Dalah in Yemen, and were p...
- Added: Jul 06, 2022
- Length: 09:35
Mishy joins his 18-month-old niece, Sol, for dinner. He tries, with partial success, to find out what her favorite food is.
- Added: Jun 21, 2022
- Length: 02:02
Thrift shops are much more than second-hand junk shops, they’re often treasure troves, chock full of goods, ready for the taking. They run the gamu...
- Added: May 10, 2022
- Length: 28:34
Leah Goldberg was a celebrated writer, translator, teacher, and professor of comparative literature. She is rediscovered anew by each generation of...
- Added: Mar 08, 2022
- Length: 15:53
From the origin of the most popular Christmas song to why men are so hard to shop for. Get comfy, because we're sharing comforting stories for the ...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBBI Alaska
- Added: Dec 16, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
Shermin de Silva was an elephant researcher looking for a sign. Then she met a king.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KRZA
- Added: Mar 31, 2021
- Length: 18:52
- Purchases: 2
Host Rick Brewer learns the details of a family secret. The story of how his parents met.
- Added: Sep 21, 2020
- Length: 17:28
Joann Jones co-founded a community dance class that helps senior citizens fight inactivity and isolation. But as she gets older, Joann has to fight...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 12, 2020
- Length: 06:43
- Purchases: 2
Artist profile of Carla Rondon, an Akins High School student from Cuba. This story is part of an audio series "See It Through My Eyes" created at A...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 05:45
It turns out that libraries weren’t always so friendly toward children. That started to change around the turn of the 20th century, thanks to a lib...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 20:41
- Purchases: 1
This week we're meeting a local business owner. Ruby owns Ruby kitchen in Maumee, Ohio, join us to hear how Ruby turned her dream of owning her own...
- Added: Mar 18, 2019
- Length: 06:09
Monty Hudson wanted his daughter, Siena, to have a good time on her first backpacking trip. But things didn’t go according to plan.
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Jan 23, 2019
- Length: 17:27
- Purchases: 1
*WINNER OF KCRW'S 24 HOUR RADIO RACE (Los Angeles) around the theme "The New Normal"*** With the widening age gap between parents and their kids, ...
- Added: Dec 13, 2018
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 2
Kids read to shelter dogs.
- Added: Aug 26, 2018
- Length: 02:30
Sharon and Cansu are from enemy countries and have no common language. They also happen to be in love. A story of a relationship in the age of Goog...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 09:16
- Purchases: 2
An Ultra-Orthodox couple seems to have a fairy-tale love until one of them begins studies at a secular university. Exposure to the outside world st...
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 22:17
Laura Ann Singh, as her very name suggests, seemed destined to sing. In the Kingsport, Tennessee home where she grew up music was ever-present. Her...
- Added: Jun 30, 2018
- Length: 26:21
When Paul Steklenski got his pilot’s license, he didn’t just want to fly to lunch. Instead, he flew to the pound.
- Added: May 29, 2018
- Length: 16:46
- Purchases: 2
Host Lede
(Over a sound bed of In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry)
0:15
Summer is a time of rituals. Grilling out. Camping trips. Beach excursions...
- Added: May 19, 2018
- Length: 04:56
Episode 26: It’s celebration time! Houda got her driver’s license!
Last September, Melanie started teaching Houda how to drive–the first woman in h...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:15
"Parks And Scandinavian Recreation"
A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Linda McGurk wanted her children to love the outdoors, just...
Bought by KSTK
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Stories of children getting their tongues stuck to metal things in winter.
- Added: Mar 07, 2018
- Length: 28:59
