PRX - Pieces for Tagging: Highways

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The word that best describes America's infrastructure is "crumbling," says Henry Petroski. Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engi...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:07
Caption: Producing at the Magic Shop, Credit: Gianluca Tramontana
An inside look into the closing of one of New York City’s last iconic recording studio where David Bowie, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, The Ramones, Blond...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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"Open Road" is about The Negro Motorist Green Book.

Bought by KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, PRX Remix, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Image created for "The Seventh Ward Creoles of New Orleans," an Arts Council of New Orleans publication. View of elevated highway built on neutral ground of North Claiborne Avenue. At center, a man pulls a grocery cart, Credit: THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with part two of its highway series. This is the story of the I-10 interstate bridge that sits above Claiborne A...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 10:17
  • Purchases: 1
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A weekly news report about water issues around the globe by H2O Radio.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:34
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Road salts put down in Winter are emerging in drinking water and Summer streamflows. Are we trading mobility for environmental degradation?

Bought by WMPG, KSUT, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: When completed the new TappanZee Bridge will be the world's widest bridge. , Credit: Conceptual design/New York State Thruway Authority
This piece explores the unintended consequences that occurred to a once rural New York community after the building of the Tappan Zee Bridge.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 08:13
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The 27th segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series; 7-11

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 22:34
Caption: Rincon Park and Cupid's Span in the Embarcadero. , Credit: Dewet. Used under GNU Free Documentation License.
How did you get to work this morning? Did you take a freeway into a city? What if it weren’t there? It’s a distinct possibility. Half a century aft...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:04
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The ninth segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series; 11-09

  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 19:00
Caption: The 2009 "Remember the Removal" Cherokee riders, Credit: Remember the Removal, Cherokee Nation
This year, a group of young Cherokees set out on a journey to remember, on bicycle. It took them nearly 1,000 miles away from home--and back again...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
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The third segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series; 5-09

  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 23:16
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The second segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series; 4-09

  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 20:55