Playlist: Genevieve's Favorites
Compiled By: Genevieve Sponsler
Hi, I'm Genevieve. I work at PRX and listen to A LOT of pieces. These are some of my favorite pieces from over the years. Random and good.
There were ghosts everywhere: an oral history of AIDS in Provincetown
From Sarah Yahm | 00:12:13
An oral history of AIDS in Provincetown Massachusetts
Searching for Blelvis
From Sam Greenspan | 00:10:49
Elvis Presley recorded 1,112 songs. Blelvis--the Black Elvis of DC--knows them all.
Kasper Hauser: Phone Call to the 14th Century
From Jesse Thorn | Part of the Comedy From Kasper Hauser series | 00:04:57
Comedy Sketch from Kasper Hauser
What Brought the House Down
From Brendan Greeley | 00:02:38
Every line in the 2004 State of the Union address that received more than twenty seconds of applause
Denny Doherty of the Mama's & Papa's interview on FM Odyssey
From FM Odyssey | 01:57:34
Music and interview. Denny brings his humor and stories to FM Odyssey and sets the record straight on the real story of the Mama's Papa's with live performances in the studio by Denny and Robin and Eddy
Shades of Gray
From Jonathan Mitchell | 00:58:27
an hour-long audio mosaic about abortion in America
Eliot Spitzer and Witch Burning
From Robert Karl Skoglund | 00:01:14
Is our generation just as irrational as the one that burned witches?
The War Card
From Center for Public Integrity | 00:06:37
An investigative report about 935 false statements made by top Bush Administration officials.
Fabuphilitis PSA
From New Hampshire Public Radio | Part of the Fundraising Pieces series | 00:01:11
An affliction that disproportionately affects public radio listeners.
Four Seconds: Suicide off the Golden Gate Bridge
From Jake Warga | 00:13:38
Search for meaning of a friends suicide.
Eat Cake
From The Truth | 00:10:34
Can coconut cake + random phone calls = love? Find out, when these two Valentine's Day traditions collide.
How to Observe Presidents' Day, Observed
From The Little Gray Book Lectures | Part of the The Little Gray Book Lectures series | 00:58:34
Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman and Joshuah Bearman on Presidents' Day, along with a fifteen-piece marching band and a new song about all forty-three presidents
A Lesson In Social Confusion (Or How I Essentially Became Street Kabuki Performer Entirely By Accident)
From Ryan Scammell | 00:03:32
A humorous look at awkward social interactions
I Thought You Were Dead
From Robert Karl Skoglund | 00:02:01
Old people are surprised when they meet a classmate who is still alive
Earned Income Kitty Credit
From Paul McDonald | 00:03:25
Why is it that I cannot get an Earned Income Credit for my cat?
The Guardian of the Murder House
From Michael Paul Mason | 00:22:27
A riveting and haunting journey into one of America's most sensational murder mysteries.
The Jingle Cats
From Julie Bruins | 00:20:32
There's a Christmas Album for everyone. Even your pets.
My Lobotomy
From Sound Portraits | 00:28:33
One man's quest to uncover the hidden story behind the lobotomy he received as a 12-year-old child.
God is Talking to Me
From Hans Anderson | 00:09:24
When God talks to me, sometimes it means I have to do things I don't want to do
I Didn't Know That: An Audio Collage
From Tom Tenney | 00:02:55
"I Didn't Know That" is a sonic exploration of propaganda and state-controlled "truths," created almost entirely from found clips appropriated from public domain educational and US military-training films. Any use of copyrighted material constitutes a fair use as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
Bin Laden's Hollywood Ending
From Eric Molinsky | 00:02:39
The raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, as told through movie and TV clips where life imitates art imitating life.
You Look Lonely
From Sage Tyrtle | Part of the True Stories series | 00:08:52
A true story. When my best friend broke up with me, I wished her dead. Then she had a brain hemorrhage.
Postcard from Guatemala: No matter where you go...
From Jake Warga | 00:06:40
No matter where you go, the past goes with you
"Eat Your Eggs" Grandma and Alzheimer’s
From Jake Warga | 00:10:09
A portrait of Grandma and Alzheimer’s
Heard: At Once - Portland Headligght
From Rob Rosenthal | 00:09:03
An audio composition featuring the foghorn of Portland Headlight.
How I Found Out My Relationship Had No Future, Pt 1
From Love + Radio | 00:13:10
A drunk dial to an ex.
The Tobolowsky Files - Memories of Groundhog Day
From David Chen | Part of the The Tobolowsky Files series | 00:52:05
Actor Stephen Tobolowsky discusses "Groundhog Day," and reveals the story behind the story behind the story.
