PRX - Pieces for Tagging: Censorship

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Banning of so-called “classics” grabs public attention, but books like To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984 don't need your defense. It's the more recent...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 19:25
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Over the past few years, school board races have become more heated and more political — and books have become the center of that political storm. ...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 26:32
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The birth of obscenity laws in the 1870s provides a cautionary tale for the present moment, when far-right conservatives incorrectly label books “s...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 26:15
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "Luminous: Your Brain On 'Shrooms" - More and more scientists believe psychedelics can open a window into how our minds work. And for som...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Two Years After Jan. 6 Insurrection, GOP Continues to Threaten Democracy; ...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War; Extinct...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WETS


  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The fight over what can and can’t be taught in schools is shaping up to be one of the most controversial issues in a pivotal mid-term election year...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Europe’s Dependence on Russian Gas Key Element in the Ukraine Crisis; GOP ...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WETS


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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HOUR ONE: "Jazz Migrations" - Jazz wasn't just born in America. There's an alternative history — a story of colonial empires, grassroots revolution...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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This week on the show: Defying censorship - Censorship comes in many forms. You might have heard that Facebook blocked news coverage in Austra...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Faruqui and Khamra's twitter headings
Something funny happened on the way to the comedy club in India but no-one is laughing.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
HOUR ONE: "Hope: How Do We Make It?" - We continue our three part series on hope. Can you create it through activism, faith, music or some other ac...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Music On Your Mind" - Doctors say a simple song can awaken the minds of Alzheimer's patients. This hour, music as medicine. HOUR TWO: "F...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Filtering Free Speech" - Language is powerful. But what if someone tells you to stop talking? This hour, free speech and modern censorsh...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Minneapolis Police Murder of George Floyd Triggers Nationwide Week of Mass...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "Filtering Free Speech" - Language is powerful. But what if someone tells you to stop talking? This hour, free speech and modern censorsh...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Finding Your Voice" - Your voice is one of the most recognizable things about you. So why do we admire some voices and silence others? ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
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“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.” So goes the quote from librarian Jo Godwin. From Dr. Seuss to kosher books to ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 24:17
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Lewis Wallace was a reporter at Marketplace. You may have heard his voice on the Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio. That was until h...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Mar 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Wilde's facility with words contributes to his undoing.

Bought by KKRN, WCPN, KKRN, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 17
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Dr. Shelley Stamp talks digging, allegory, and the relative nature of shocking subject matter.

Bought by WDBM and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 13, 2018
  • Length: 16:25
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Fear of Russian ‘Fake News’, Provokes Facebook Censorship of Legitimate P...

Bought by WRIR and WSLR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sara Weksler & Dr. Bassem Youssef, San Francisco, CA 10/13/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dr. Bassem Yousseff and Sara Taksler talk shooting from a moving car, the power of satire, and being airport certified.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 25:03
Caption: "Quiet! Loose talk can cost lives." Office of War information 1943., Credit: National Archives
Scholar Thomas Doherty explores the Motion Picture Production Code, a 5,000 word guideline that censored — and shaped –American cinema for nearly t...

Bought by WETS and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 2