PRX - Pieces for Topic: Science

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The Children's Hour celebrates Pi Day with Albert Einstein and learn about the number Pi.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WCNY and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Dick Gregory
The retrospective of 2017 continues with mixes from Charlottesville to Washington with music and emotions from a turbulent year

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:03
  • Purchases: 1
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The “body farm” at Texas State University is a place almost no one except researchers and law enforcement is able to see, because it’s one of very ...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 31:13
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Being surrounded by invisible streams of data.

Bought by KALW, KVNF, KALW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:31
  • Purchases: 4
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There is a rainbow of noise out there - white, pink, brown, blue, purple. We try to recreate a scientifically accurate sonic rainbow and, along the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Hark!, Radio Newark, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Brian Bushway, Credit: Danny Zapalac
As a teenager, Brian Bushway lost his sight. But as he adapted to his blindness, he began exploring his world through sound...and took up extreme s...

Bought by KSJD and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Noor at the piano, Credit: Tatyana Safronova
A couple years ago, this young composer discovered that rhythm manipulation affects us on a deeper level than anyone had imagined. This piece was p...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:42
Caption: Martha Lillard, 65, uses her iron lung to breathe at night., Credit: Julia Scott
Sixty years after polio was eradicated in America, a dozen survivors still rely on their iron lungs to breathe. Come inside the machine Martha Lill...

Bought by KPIK-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KOSU, Hark! and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 14
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From the red eyes of a periodical cicada looking out: a bug's first person rendition from emergence til death.

Bought by KSJD, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WTIP, Radio Newark, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 8
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Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:47
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Sound is a vital though invisible aspect of human existence. “EarthTones” gives its audience the opportunity to experience the natural world throug...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 1
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An interview with Pinback founders Zach Smith and Rob Crow featuring music from their latest release "Information Retrieved" and all mixed up in th...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2012
  • Length: 58:31
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A story of the surprising healing power of sound.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KGOU, SALTcast Podcast, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Find yourself in the middle of a pod of killer whales on this edition of Encounters!

Bought by KCHU, KDUR, KTRT RADIO INC, KMXT, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 7