PRX » Playlists » Valentine's Day

Playlist: Valentine's Day

Compiled By: PRX Editors

Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13041737@N08/2207710404/">clarescupcakes.co.uk</a>

Image by: clarescupcakes.co.uk

Curated Playlist

Love is on the air! Celebrate Valentine's Day with these great pieces.

Below are picks chosen by PRX editorial staff. You can find other options for Valentine's Day by using our search.

Hide notes

Hour+ (Over 1:00:01)

Beloved Clara

From L.A. Theatre Works | Part of the L.A. Theatre Works series | 01:57:59

An true-life love story about three icons of classical music.

${title}

Hour (49:00-1:00:00)

Hungry Valentine, with Julia Child

From Leet and Litwin | Part of the HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child series | 00:54:51

Happy Valentine's from Julia Child! This one-hour special was started years ago but never aired till now. She presents two love stories that have to do with cooking: excerpts from "Like Water for Chocolate," by Laura Esquivel, and "Violets," by the Irish writer, Edna O'Brien.

${title}

HOB Radio: Valentine's Day Special

From Ben Manilla | Part of the House of Blues Radio Hour series | 00:59:00

The House of Blues Radio Hour is a weekly syndicated program hosted by Elwood Blues (aka Dan Aykroyd). In this episode, Elwood bends the heart strings with music from B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Shemekia Copeland and many more.

${title}

It's the Science, Cupid!

From Big Picture Science | 00:54:01

All you need is love, and all love needs is basic chemistry: from the love potions of field mice to researchers cracking the science of kissing.

${title}

Lean & Hungry Theater Presents: Romeo And Juliet

From Lean & Hungry Theater | 00:53:58

A radio drama adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," set in modern day “Verona, California,” with live sound effects and some of the finest Shakespearean actors in Washington, DC. Modern-language narration provides an ongoing recap of the original text throughout the show. Lean & Hungry’s “Romeo and Juliet” was aired originally by Washington, DC's WAMU on February 14, 2011, as WAMU’s Valentine’s Day treat for its listeners.

Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound

From Association of Independents in Radio | 00:59:00

Ira Glass, Davia Nelson, Nikki Silva, and Jay Allison bring public radio love straight to your listeners with this one-hour special from AIR recorded at WGBH in Boston.

${title}

Valentine's Special: Immortal Beloved

From WFIU | Part of the Harmonia Early Music series | 00:58:58

Early music singing love's praises with words by Petrarch and more.

${title}

Love Me Did: A History of Courtship

From BackStory with the American History Guys | 00:54:00

The History Guys trace the history of courtship conventions from the colonial era to the present.

${title}

Love in Bits

From Love + Radio | 00:58:16

"For some reason girls just love the idea that they're spies."

The R&B Chronicles -Valentines Day Special featuring The Delfonics & The Dells

From WHRV | Part of the The R&B Chronicles series | 00:59:23

A musical and historical look at Valentine-themed R&B tunes.

A Rodgers and Hart Valentine's

From Fred Flaxman | 00:57:30

The best of Rodgers and Hart's love songs as interpreted by some of the most famous American male and female vocalists.

Compact Discoveries 027: Love Music, Part 1

From Fred Flaxman | Part of the Compact Discoveries series | 00:57:56

Classical music selections include Josef Suk's "Song of Love," Prokofiev's march from "The Love for Three Oranges," Khrennikov's "Love for Love" ballet suite, and Grieg's song "Jeg elsker Dig," and more.

Music From the Heart!

From WFIU | Part of the Afterglow: Jazz and American Popular Song series | 00:59:00

An hour-long program of jazz and American popular song invoking the image of the heart for Valentine's Day. Featuring music from Doris Day, Kurt Elling, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Billie Holliday, Bing Crosby and more.

${title}

Chasing Love

From Miguel Macias | 00:59:46

Explores the ways late capitalism has affected and is affecting the idea of Romantic Love and consequently, the way relationships are handled and viewed in American society.

BEAT LATINO 014: BOLEROS - Love in the time of boleros

From Catalina Maria Johnson | 00:59:02

A bilingual exploration of the most romantic of the genres of Latin music, the bolero. Born in Cuba several hundred years ago, rooted in Mexico throughout the 20th century and widely extended throughout all of the Americas and Spain, hear the velvety crooning that is at the heart of most Latin serenades.

BEAT LATINO 015: Love, amor!

From Catalina Maria Johnson | 00:59:34

Tunes from all over the Latin & Latino universe to celebrate love!

Valentine's Special: Cupid, Love and the Baroque

From WFIU | Part of the Harmonia Early Music series | 00:58:59

Harmonia explores Cupid, a classic symbol of love and Valentine's Day, including music from France, Italy, England, and Latin America.

${title}

RN Valentine's Day Special

From Radio Netherlands Worldwide | Part of the RN Documentaries series | 00:59:00

Two tales of transatlantic romance to warm up your Valentine's Day.

My Funny Valentine , A Valentine's Day Special; Jazz and Pop A Cappella sung by The Western Wind with love poetry read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

From William Zukof | 00:57:55

A musical celebration for Valentine's Day featuring sophisticated close-harmony arrangements of classic American love songs by jazz and pop songwriters from the 1930s-'90s.

ROT: A Gothic Comedy About Love and Monsters

From Paul Ingles | 00:58:59

A radio adaptation of Juli Hendren's ROT, a one-woman comic performance about a woman who channels the spirit of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley to help her face the challenges of turning 30.

Half-Hour+ (30:01-48:59)

The Break Up Project Performance (Clean)

From Megan Hall | 00:48:59

Clean version of a recording of a live mix of Providence break-up stories.

Half-Hour (24:00-30:00)

Dr. Phil

From starlee kine | 00:29:09

Produced by Starlee Kine for This American Life, "Dr. Phil" won the Gold Prize at the 2008 Third Coast Audio Festival. The story is about wallowing in sadness and heartbreak, with a fun twist (not the Dr. Phil you're thinking of...).

NPR's All Songs Considered: Break-Up Songs

From NPR Music | Part of the All Songs Considered from NPR Music series | 00:28:59

On this edition of All Songs Considered, you'll hear songs of love and loathing from Shop Assistants, The Ramones, Stars, Split Enz, Flight of the Conchords and Roy Orbison.

What's the Word? Famous Love Letters

From Modern Language Association | 00:29:10

Frank Shuffelton shares with us the letters of John and Abigail Adams, Dorothy Mermin discusses the correspondence between Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, and Virginie Green explores the letters of the legendary Abelard and Heloise.

What's the Word? Petrarch and Love Poetry

From Modern Language Association | 00:29:17

A look at how many contemporary ideas about love come from the love sonnets of fourteenth-century Italian poet Francesco Petrarch.

RN Documentary: From Brooklyn to Banja Luka

From Radio Netherlands Worldwide | Part of the RN Documentaries series | 00:29:31

A personal portrait of an unlikely international romance.

Lesser Known Love Songs

From NPR Music | Part of the All Songs Considered from NPR Music series | 00:28:57

Host Bob Boilen chats with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson about their favorite songs for love and heartbreak.

Marriage: A History

From Talking History | 00:29:02

Marriages were not historically founded on love.

Segments (9:00-23:59)

Eat Cake

From The Truth | 00:10:34

Coconut cake and random phone calls -- this is a fictional romantic comedy about being alone on Valentine's Day. It was produced for Weekend America and aired on that program's final broadcast in January 2009.

Distillations Episode 140: Swapping Spit

From Chemical Heritage Foundation | Part of the Distillations - The Chemistry Podcast series | 00:12:41

Pucker up! On this episode we investigate the kiss. First, what's in the saliva we share with each other? Then we interview Sheril Kirshenbaum, author of The Science of Kissing, to find out why our ancestors starting locking lips in the first place.

Love for Sale

From Michelle Legro | Part of the Storyville series | 00:09:58

A young woman with a failing ovary searches for sperm among friends.

All Coming Years of Peaceful Love

From Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Part of the CBC Radio's Outfront series | 00:13:18

The history of the twentieth century told through a love story, a mandolin, and an 81-year-old husband's guide to good sex.

How Jen Met Her Husband

From Matt Miller | 00:15:56

Jennifer Bosworth had to go crazy in L.A. before she could discover that the man she was looking for was in her home town all along.

Matching Outfits Not Included

From Hillary Frank | 00:10:24

Two elderly sisters, who are not twins, dress exactly the same, eat all the same food, and go everywhere together.

Jeremy & Virginia Twice Wed--Not Your Typical Love Story

From Sue Mell | 00:15:18

A story of practicality vs. romance and the struggle of two fiercely independent people to embrace commitment.

Civil War Widows

From Radio Diaries | 00:12:59

Alberta Martin and Daisy Anderson married in their early 20s to husbands who were near 80. They were not alive during the Civil War, but they may be the closest thing we've got.

Cutaways (5:00-8:59)

Long Distance Love in Los Angeles

From Karen Fritsche | 00:05:29

In Southern Calif., everything depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there? Whether it's where you work, where you eat, or where you love... This is a funny, sound-rich, first-person tale of love, dating and gridlock.

Looking for Love

From Angela Regas | 00:06:50

In August of 2009 I was 29 years old, single, and living in Iowa City. I wasn’t going to be 29 much longer, and I decided I didn’t want to be single much longer, either. So I went looking online, not for love, but something a little more mundane, something between U-Hauls and one night stands. So far I’ve found a Latin lover, a cougar-seeking piece of “hot chocolate,” and a Satanist named Dan. And you know? He just might be the one.

Jim and Martha - 56 years and karaoke

From Sara Paul | 00:06:19

Jim and Martha were married in 1955 - and took up karaoke "a week ago". It might have made their love stronger. Might have. Found sound from their nuptials combine with a little Frank Sinatra.

Love Triangle

From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 00:08:06

Real life love is never ordinary. This is a portrait of a couple's journey through a gender transition.

Thanks For Sharing Your Girlfriend

From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 00:05:49

From Monica Lewinski to Mark Sanford, infidelity is always big news. But recently a debate about whether monogamy is the only model for long-term relationships has also been making headlines. CNN considered the question “Is monogamy realistic?” and Newsweek wondered if consensual non-monogamy might be the next sexual revolution.

Why the Dudes Dig Me

From Live Wire! Radio | 00:07:53

Personal essay by Courtenay Hameister, host of Live Wire Radio, featuring lots 'o' humiliating moments.

Versions of Love

From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 00:06:41

Life is long and love is complicated.

Drop-Ins (2:00-4:59)

Buddy and Rose

From B.John Campbell | 00:03:37

Albert Madden was 17-years-old when he met the woman he would love for the next 71 years. Her name was Rose. This is his love story.

Museum of Broken Relationships

From Shannon Service | 00:04:30

When Paul Simon outlined "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" 35 years ago, it turns out he missed a few. There are well over 400, in fact, as bagged, tagged and now displayed in The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia. I traveled to the museum and filed this report.

Kazakhstan -- With this horse, I thee wed...

From Rachel Louise Snyder | Part of the Global Guru Radio series | 00:02:56

A girl. A boy. A horse. A chase. Listen as this week's Global Guru takes you inside the world of courtship in Kazakhstan...

Shakespeare Behind Bars

From Graham Shelby | 00:03:37

So a man commits a crime. He's caught, tried, sentenced and locked up. Then what? One group of inmates in a Kentucky prison has made an unusual choice: They're staging a production of Romeo and Juliet.

First Kiss

From Sandra Sleight-Brennan | 00:04:50

This evergreen feature brings a smile to everyone's face. Do you remember your first kiss?

Record Bin Roulette - Lascivious Love Songs

From John Kessler | 00:03:45

Record Bin Roulette is a weekly 4-minute trip thru music history, featuring oddities, rarities and classics. For Valentine's Day, it's Love Songs.

Teacher Crush Vox

From Curie Youth Radio | 00:02:16

A vox full of memories of innocent teacher crushes.

First Love

From Dmae Roberts | 00:03:41

A vox collage with men and women of various ages talking about their first love.

Lost Boyfriend (A Postcard from Mexico)

From Jay Allison | Part of the Stories From Carmen series | 00:03:31

Carmen Delzell tells about how her boyfriend left her Saltillo, the town where she's living in Mexico. She looks for him, but can't find him, even with magic spells. His guitar music threads through her reverie. This piece was produced in 1999, but it's evergreen.

Playlist: Valentine's Day

Hour+ (Over 1:00:01)

Hour (49:00-1:00:00)

Half-Hour+ (30:01-48:59)

Half-Hour (24:00-30:00)

Segments (9:00-23:59)

Cutaways (5:00-8:59)

Drop-Ins (2:00-4:59)

Interstitials (Under 2:00)

Average Rating

Actions

Other Playlists by PRX Editors