PRX » Search » Browse

The List: Public Radio Picks The Best of SXSW 2013

From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters

Each year, we ask some of public radio's most respected tastemakers to share their top picks for SXSW Music. We put those selections together and ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN

The Challenge of Crafting Ice Wine in Minnesota

From: Radio K

The German “eiswein” tradition was created almost by accident. This sweet, powerful wine was discovered when winemakers tried to save grapes that f...

Patricia Barber: Social Critic and Love Song Composer

From: Reese Erlich

Vocalist Patricia Barber manages to write about environmental destruction and losing a lover. How does she do it?

Stroke Awareness

From: Radio K

Each year, stroke affects approximately 120,000 women under the age of 45. For many young women, the idea of having a stroke at such a young age se...

From Farm to Fork: Cranberries

From: Marian Daniells

Caption: Organic cranberries in Ocranics' facility have been sorted and labeled prior to being packaged for delivery., Credit: Marian Daniells

(Holiday themed) I trace cranberries back from my fork to the farm where they originated.

Popularity Widens for Apps to Make Us Skinny

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Tipping the Scales: Examining Obesity in New Hampshire

Caption: John Rymes (l) running in the Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon, 2011

The smartphone is the newest weapon in the battle against weight -- and for some, it's surprisingly effective.

Bought by WAMC

A Round of Applause

From: RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive

Today’s show is all about performance. You’ll hear about IsleWilde, a circus group on Vashon Island. You’ll also hear about Awaaz, a south Asian a ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network

After Successful Movie, Temple Grandin Continues to Inspire

From: Grace Hood

Caption: Temple Grandin in her office of 21 years at Colorado State University, Credit: Grace Hood

Since the release of a biographical HBO film last year, Temple Grandin’s become even more of an unofficial spokesperson for autism.

Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What: A Guided Tour

From: Andy Cahn

Paul Simon and producer Phil Ramone go deep inside the making of Simon's new album "So Beautiful or So What." Download audio for full one-hour spe...

Bought by Prairie Public, KAWC, Wyoming Public Radio, and KSUT

G Wani

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...

Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix

Making Recycling a New Tailgating Tradition

From: Ryan Delaney

Caption: A Steelers fan tries to toss a recycling bag through a hole in an oversized version of cornhole., Credit: Pennsylvania Resource Council

Tailgating at football games is a tradition for thousands of fans and part of that ritual is drinking plenty of beverages - and that leaves plenty ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Tibetan monk, computer genius

From: The Tibet Connection

Caption: Venerable Lobsang Monlam, computer genius monk, Credit: www.lobsangmonlam.org

This Buddhist monk from Tibet went from learning how to switch a computer on to programming sophisticated, innovative software all on his own in ju...

Learning to Think Critically

From: The Tibet Connection

Caption: Tenzin Seldon, a Tibetan student from Stanford who created a class in critical thinking for Tibetan Students

What does it mean to have an opinion on a controversial topic? Stanford student Tenzin Seldon, who is Tibetan, created a class in critical thinking...

Bought by WAMC

Divorce Detective

From: Sally Herships

Suspicious spouses, philanderers, and questionable judgment. New York-based Private Eye Jay Salpeter has seen it all. But how will New York's recen...

Bought by Public Radio Remix

21. France Was Years Ahead

From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry

Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks

In 1962 France was years ahead of the U.S. in ecological awareness and energy conservation, before the word "ecology" was even used in either count...