PRX on iTunes

Listen to great public radio the way you listen to music -- where you want, when you want -- with PRX's albums on iTunes! Download and enjoy these wide-ranging works by our innovative community of public radio producers. PRX also distributes This American Life, Car Talk, and The Moth episodes and compilations on iTunes.

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Wake Up and Hear the Roses

Devoted to the pleasure of listening to interesting sounds, each piece immerses the listener in a unique soundscape. By Ed Herrmann.

 

 

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Like a Rolling Stone: The Music of Bob Dylan

Veteran rock critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis debunk the myths and debate the highs and lows of Dylan's most-well known and prolific period. From Sound Opinions.

 

 

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Gone Astray: Russell Johnson's Curious Travel Emporium

Storytelling, social commentary, and cheap laughs from global destinations: Borneo, Banff, and Budapest, to name a few. By Russell Johnson.

 

 

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Obsession, Frustration and Art

The lives and endeavors of celebrities and artists, from Andy Kaufman to Bill Murray, Bollywood to California. By Eric Molinsky.

 

 

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Journey's End: The Memories and Traditions of Daisy Turner and Her Family

100-year-old Daisy Turner tells the story of her family, from a shipwreck off Africa, to slavery on a Virginia plantation, and freedom on a Vermont farm. By the Vermont Folklife Center.

 

 

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The Future of the Planet

Jared Diamond, Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan, Bill McKibben, and others talk about the future of food on our planet. Produced by Lydon McGrath Productions.

 

 

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

The true, timeless story of the ever-shifting lines between governance and oppression, political action and violence. By Quicksilver Radio Theater.

 

 

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries help people share their stories — and their lives — in their own words, creating intimate, timeless documentaries.

Prison Diaries
The Contenders: Portraits of Some of America's Most Original Presidential Candidates
Thembi's AIDS Diary: A Year in the Life of a South African Teenager
Teenage Diaries
Mandela: An Audio History
New York Works: Audio Portraits of a Vanishing City
My So-Called Lungs
Mexico '68: A Movement, a Massacre, and the 40-Year Search for Truth

 

 

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Prisoners of War: A Story of Four American Soldiers

Soldiers talk about life in German prison camps after their capture at the Battle of the Bulge, and the life-changing effects of this experience. By the Vermont Folklife Center.

 

 

rlpaulproductions

Award-winning radio producer Richard Paul brings in-depth, sound-rich explorations of America's past and present, culture, and experience.

Washington Goes to the Moon
We Were On Duty
A Small Southern Town: The Nation's Capital in Slave Times
Gut Reaction
Race and the Space Race
Rocket Girls and Astronettes
Rocketing Ahead
Shakespeare Becomes American
Shakespeare is a Black Woman: Shakespeare in American Politics
The Father of the Man in America: Shakespeare in American Social Life
Sing to the Glory of God
With God On Our Side

 

 

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A Christmas Carol (A Ghost Story of Christmas)

The Christmas classic of scrooges and ghosts, based on Charles Dickens' novella. By Quicksilver Radio Theater.

 

 

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Frankenstein: Modern Prometheus

If you've only seen the movies, you do NOT know this tale of love, of death... and of obsession. By Quicksilver Radio Theater.

 

 

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Deep in our Hearts

Four white women defied the color line to work in the southern Civil Rights Movement. By Sandra Sleight-Brennan.

 

 

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Votes for Women

Songs, interviews, re-creations of events, and comments from historians bring to life the story of how women got the vote. By Sandra Sleight-Brennan.

 

 

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Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady

An award-winning documentary about First Lady Johnson's life, times, challenges, and achievements. By Joe Bevilacqua.

 

 

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The Wild Child: Coping with a Bipolar Youth

The experience of youth bipolar disorder through the voices of kids and their families. By Karen Brown.

 

 

The Life Stories Collection

Stories about life as we find it and record it. Hosted by Alex Chadwick, produced by Jay Allison & Christina Egloff.

Life Stories: Memory
Life Stories: Families - Fathers, Sons & Brothers
Life Stories: Families - Women and Children
Life Stories: Friendship
Life Stories: Jobs - Teaching ('Educating Esme')
Life Stories: Jobs - Women at Work

 

 

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James Beard & American Cooking

How the culinary master changed American cuisine. Produced by Melissa Waldron Lehner for Lion's Tooth Media.

 

 

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Fragments

Everyday people share their stories, laid over pieces of music and sound, like lyrics to a song. By The Wandering Jew.

 

 

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The Binary Boys Legendary Video Game Review

An edgy, fast-paced and humorous delve into the world of electronic gaming. Produced by Doug MacRostie and Bud MacRostie.

 

 

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Chasing Love

A documentary, and a short coda, exploring the connections and complications of love in contemporary life.

 

 

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The Dalai Lama at the Seeds of Compassion Conference

Tibet's spiritual leader speaks at a five-day conference about compassion in Seattle in April 2008. Produced by Paul Ingles.

 

 

Illuminations: Jewish Culture in the Light of the World

Three documentaries exploring aspects of Jewish life in relation to the broader society. Produced by Claire Schoen.

Volume 1: Stories Make the World
Volume 2: Can You Hear Me?
Volume 3: An Open Gate

 

 

Working: Profiles of Workers in the Global Economy

In-depth views of the lives of individual workers around the world. Produced by Homelands Productions.

Volume One
Volume Two

 

 

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Global Culture

A musical journey with cellist and man-of-the-world Yo Yo Ma. Produced by Lydon McGrath Productions.

 

 

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Hearing Voices: Street Map

A collection of stories about neighborhoods and streets at home and abroad. Produced by Hearing Voices.

 

 

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Catalogue of Ships

A series of strange, lyrical, and thought-provoking stories produced by Michael Kraskin and David Terry.

 

 

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The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1

Comedy and mystery are happy bedfellows in these radio theater episodes paying homage to the characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. By Joe Bevilacqua.

 

 

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Uncle Dunkle and Donnie, Fractured Fables by Daws Butler, Vol. 1

Imaginative, never-before-released cartoon scripts by Daws Butler, the voice behind many classic Hanna-Barbera characters including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw and Snagglepuss. By Joe Bevilacqua.