PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative Atom Feed

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

342 results


Lost In The Stacks
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
Piece image
For researcher Andre Picher, the library is a noble place, a place full of potential, discovery and wonder.

Bought by WMPG, WTIP, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 11, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 3
In Place and Out of Character
From: Emily Feder
Piece image
Audio Portraits of three refugee families living in New York City

Bought by KFAI and WYSO


  • Added: Jul 01, 2005
  • Length: 26:04
  • Purchases: 2
Jumping Off The Raft Without Dad
From: Nanci Olesen
Caption: PRX default Piece image
First person narrative about missing my dad.

Bought by KUT, KFAI, KTNA, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 4
Only For A While
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
Piece image
Natasha Fatah has always seen herself as a third parent for her autistic younger sister which makes leaving home for a career opportunity a very di...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 13:45
  • Purchases: 1
Once Is Lost
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
Piece image
Barbara Harrison puts her rocky relationship with her father aside to help him deal with Alzheimer's.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2005
  • Length: 14:15
  • Purchases: 1
Home Planet: Going home
From: Spokane Public Radio
Piece image
Home. It's where we go for comfort, even when it no longer exists.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: May 25, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Dad's Paper
From: Thom Butler
Piece image
Adult daughter reflects on times with Dad

  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 05:56
The Secret
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
Piece image
Jarrod Livingstone was once officially dead for three minutes and his sister Carma wants to know what this experience was like.

Bought by HowSound, Vocalo.org, WBEZ, and KFAI


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 4
He's My Brother
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
Piece image
If your brother is a drug addict, what do you do?

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 12:30
  • Purchases: 2
Vows
From: Catherine Girardeau
Piece image
An exploration of wedding vows that combines personal essay with documentary form.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KPFA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 2
Revoking My Citizenship to iPod Nation
From: Meghna Chakrabarti
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Girl buys iPod. Girl enters bubble. Girl wants out.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 1
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
From: Radio Arte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If she were a lesbian, there wouldn't be anything wrong with that, right?

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1
Watching My Mother's Breath
From: Dale Short
Piece image
A gentle poem about the ending of a 90-year-old farm woman's full life

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
LIVE at the Writers House: Writers who work at Penn
From: WXPN
Series: LIVE at the Writers House
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This edition of LIVE at the Writers House features poets and writers from the University of Pennsylvania community.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 59:01
My Body My Temple
From: Dmae Roberts
Piece image
Women writers reading their own works about how breast cancer affects their body image

Bought by KLCC, WAMC, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 30, 2005
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 3
Women Making Music: Mary Gauthier
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mary Gauthier is a Nashville based performer who has used her rich life experience as fodder for her material.

Bought by KBUT, KBUT, KUT, Public Interactive, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 7
Women Making Music: Tori Amos
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tori Amos has always had a one of a kind take on music making. In this three minute vignette she talks about the changes pregnancy and motherhood...

Bought by WSGE, KBUT, KBUT, KUT, WCOM and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 7
Women Making Music: Joan Baez
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In this "Women Making Music" vignette folk icon Joan Baez ponders her evolution in both her personal and artistic life since her beginnings as a pe...

Bought by WSGE, KBUT, WAMC, WYOU, KBUT and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 9
Linda's Gift
From: Catherine Girardeau
Piece image
A personal story of losing two mothers, and finding a voice.

Bought by WAMC, KTNA, and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
Women Making Music: Erin McKeown
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Singer songwriter Erin McKeown muses about her artistic process and fascination with Judy Garland in WXPN's continuing series of short modules call...

Bought by WSGE, KBUT, WAMC, KBUT, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 8
Women Making Music: Jolie Holland
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jolie Holland is a Texas-born singer-songwriter with an impressive musical vocabulary and a wandering spirit. The newcomer muses about her life in...

Bought by KBUT, WAMC, Vermont Public Radio, KBUT, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 9
Women Making Music: k.d. lang
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Genre defying performer k.d. lang remarks on her life in music as WXPN continues it's "Women Making Music" vignettes.

Bought by WSGE, KSRQ, KBUT, KBUT, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 9
The Zen of Cappuccino
From: Dale Short
Piece image
A guide to contemplative coffee-making

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZSC, KTUH and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 6
Women Making Music: Lucinda Williams
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In celebration of Women's History Month our Women Making Music series continues with words and music from Alt. Country singer-songwriter Lucinda Wi...

Bought by WSGE, KBUT, KBUT, KUT, WCOM and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2005
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 8
Women Making Music: Suzanne Vega
From: WXPN
Series: Women Making Music
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Veteran singer songwriter shares insights about her music as part of WXPN's Women's history month series Women Making Music.

Bought by WSGE, KBUT, WAMC, KBUT, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 9

Narrow the results by Tones

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Topics